I've been looking for that Billy Pierce pin for a long time!! Still no luck...

Thanks! It's the first time I've seen one too. I was hoping ooo-ribay might be able to provide some info about it. If he's willing to, that is. I would certainly appreciate it.

Thanks!

Aw, shucks. It’s definitely a rare pin. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen one although the fellow Giants collectors I know all have one. They used the same picture on another McCovey pin. These kind of fit with the series of 12 orange border Giants player pins from the late 1960s but are obviously different. I saw what you paid for it and that’s about what I would expect. Had my Giants buddies not had it, it would have gone for more. You know how it goes…

Thank you for the information!! I knew you'd know about it.! I appreciate the help! Thanks again!!

Nothing to rare

Maybe not, but gorgeous!

Agree.... Gorgeous!

Seems like a highly underrated segment of the hobby, as Mantle collectors tend to pay a "King's Ransom" for everything else with his mug on it.

Thanks Hank and Mark!
Reasonably priced, Mantle, and colorful, I'm all in:D

Great stuff everyone! Here's a recent addition for me. If anyone has any scarcer Reds related pins avavilable FS or Trade I'm all ears:)

Anyone else get anything from the recent Hake's auction? With a good number of Muchinsky pins? I won this Gabrielson pin and now have all of the 1.75 SF Giants PM10 pins (other than a few of the blacked out hat variations). The slightly larger Ed Bailey pin was also in the auction but I let another Giants collector friend go for that one.

I really only collect the Giants, so it's hard for me to know what was really rare in that auction and what overperformed or underperformed, but there were a good number of Phillies player pins that seemed to command high prices (up to $1,000).

I also know from the main Net54 page that some people were having trouble getting onto the website for extended bidding. Maybe some of the prices were lower than they would have been? I did think I was going to have to pay a bit more than I did for this one.

Hi Marc Yep the web site crashing cost alot of people some extra money for sure.. Hakes antiquated web site is terrible.. As for your giants try a put a pic together showing all of them. I believe you are missing a few.. This might be one of them there is another cepeda has background, a little larger head and larger letters... I think your search will continue.....

Hi Marc Yep the web site crashing cost alot of people some extra money for sure.. Hakes antiquated web site is terrible.. As for your giants try a put a pic together showing all of them. I believe you are missing a few.. This might be one of them there is another cepeda has background, a little larger head and larger letters... I think your search will continue.....

Hey Al- thanks for posting that. I do have the Cepeda variations (one was a very recent purchase and did not make it into the picture). I would love to see pictures of any I am missing. I think I have seen that Davenport and McCormick both have black hat variations out there. Are there others?

Hi Marc yep there is a McCormick Black hat.. And the Davenport listed in Pauls book which I also need to finish my run! I have Mccormick.. Very expensive pin!:eek:

here is another one if your a crazy like myself.. I was able to do a trade not long ago for it.. Blue Willie Mays with a blacked out cap logo.. Extremely rare...

Do any other teams have the blacked out hats? I can sort of understand McCormick, given that he played on a few other teams, but Davenport and McCovey were Giants though the 1960s and there does not seem to be a need to block out the team logo. If it was a licensing issue because the pins were sold at the very end of the 1960s, why is there no blacked out Mays?

There is a blacked out Mays I just posted it... As for others yes there are some dodgers yankees Roger maris comes to mind. and some others. As for the mays I believe that pin was blacked out in 1957 the year they left N Y to move to San Fran. you can almost date it to that year...

Picked this up...

Crazy cool! Any info on this?

Thanks!

"Cleveland Basebelles , a booster club for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball franchise from 1966-1991. In addition to promoting attendance at games the Basebelles became a fundraising organization for charities like the Salvation Army and the Make-a-Wish Foundation"

I'm hoping an Indian fan might be able to give me some more information about it.

Just like Cincinnati's Rosie Reds. I have a few pins of theirs.... very similar idea to this Cleveland example, with a feminine "Mrs. Red" Baseball-headed Mascot.

I picked this up. I can't find it as a Yogi Berra pin, only as a Larry Berra pin.

I had a name for Mrs. Wahoo but Wiki told me it’s offensive.

Would it be offensive to say she looks HOT? :rolleyes:

Cuban baseball pinbacks. I’ve always thought these were very cool.

Nice collection. How many different ones are there?

My understanding is that the number of teams varied slightly throughout the history of the Cuban League, but I think these four (Almendares, Habana, Marianao, and Cienfuegos) were the main four and those that stayed in operation until the end in 1961.

Great group! I’ve only ever seen one Almendares pinback before.

Not a pin, but a tab I just picked up

There's one on eBay if anyone is interested ...

Not surprisingly there is an Ernie Banks in this style of glossy 3.5" pin that also has close up photos of Ron Santo, Billy Williams, and Glenn Beckert. I would guess they are from 1972 or 1973. They have cardboard backs that could be used as stands. The Banks was recently on eBay and is the first one I have seen.

I have the Banks pin, but it's a little smaller, and it's not cropped so tight.

Ernie’s facsimile signature changed quite a bit. Did this happen in “real life,” as with Mays?

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...970s+pinbacks5

I picked up another 1927 PM6 pin at the National. These are exceedingly rare and I was just casually looking through some cases on my way to another booth when I noticed this in the corner of my eye. (Thank goodness for peripheral vision :) )

That makes it 4 out of the 8 pins in the set that I have.

very nice Gary tuff little set to finish! Congrats!

Let’s see them all!

Pm6
 

Those are SO very rare, especially in good condition or without serious back oxidation or acidification, or whatever it is. Does anyone know anything about them, like method of distribution, etc.?

Here's all 4 of mine

There's some background on them at Pre-War cards https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...wRSuVSGYY6lnsW

I've also seen a reference on Heritage that "It is believed these small (3/8" diameter) pins were given away in cereal boxes, but their true origin is unknown." If that's true id love to know which cereal.

I guess, at least as of the date of that PSA page, no WaJo had been graded, which means that Val's is still raw. Maybe he could post a picture.

Attachment 668818I found this photo online from a 2017 REA auction.

Interesting that Harris made the cut, but not Gehrig. I'm wondering if that might date it slightly earlier when "The Boy Wonder" manager was in his heyday.

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...t%20Badge.jpeg

1948 Indy 500 pit badge with backer. Mauri Rose 2nd straight win.

Amazing!

Seems a bit early for cereal boxes, and wouldn't a box or two have survived with the pins pictured to sell the cereal, or an ad somewhere? What was the distribution method for P2s? If that was cereal, then likely these were also.

Brooklyn pm10s
 

Looking for dodgers and yanks I don’t have ….trading quality vintage cards for Erskine and others Thanks, Marty

I have this PM6 in my WaJo collection because of Hank's gratuitous, persuasive effort on my behalf with a dealer he had just sold it to at the 2016 National at Atlantic City. Hank, thanks again for this kindness and the many others you have bestowed upon me over the years.

Nice! Thats what its all about!

Thanks, my friend Val, it's always been a thrill for me to be able to help add to your collection!

Made a trade with a fellow Giants collector/Net54 member. I got the better of the deal. :D

Amarillo was the Giants' Texas League AA affiliate from 1968-74. If anyone can tell me what the "YY" means, I'd love to know.

I checked ebay at exactly the right time to get this lot right when it was listed. They are all in really nice shape.

Very nice lot Marc some tuff ones in there... Great Pickup!

Great pickups Rob and Marc.

Anyone have any information about this 5/8 inch pin? I'm trying to figure out what it was for. Thanks in advance!

I'm thinking a college frosh pin or something?

Thank you.

These are some pins I just picked up

Neat assortment.

Hi.... I hope someone can help me with this pin. Does anyone know the purpose of it? It looks like an official team pin to me. Thanks in advance!!

Hi Ed - what size is that pin? I’m thinking it belonged to an usher or concessionaire.

Hey Rob!! I don't have it in hand yet, but it looks to be 1.5 or maybe up to 2 inches.

Hmmm. If it was for an usher or concessionaire, I would more expect it to be in the 3 to 3.5” range.

Happy to add this into the collection... seems lately trade is the only way to get things.. Like they say you have to give something up to get something! A very tuff Mantle pin to get! Absolutely clean pin....

A great pin!

Thanks Hank! wanted it for a long time!:D

Nice one, Al. Must be pretty hard to find if you didn’t have it.

Thanks Rob not that many out there....A little birdie told me you added one to the fold yourself!;)