Speaking of charms - I won this the other night - probably overpaid? But love these old brown plastic gloves….will add to one of my pins…

https://www.ebay.com/itm/28516761127...emis&media=SMS

Very nice Jim I believe we have re started your pin collecting...;);)

I think so Al!

Nice buy!

I just picked up a glove charm last week myself.

Love it! Congrats!

HOLY CRAP!!! Now that’s a book!!!!

Just arrived, can’t wait!

Nice! Enjoy!

Wonderful!

I look through it all the time. It is one of my favorite reference books.

Living in Richmond, Va., I enjoyed seeing some of the Richmond. Va. pinbacks in the Muchinsky book for our old minor league teams. I did note an error though in his book. This Richmond Robins pinback is from our 1970’s era hockey team (I believe). Their colors were orange and black like in this other grainy pinback photo.

I could be wrong though, but I’m pretty sure.

Probably correct Jim I have found other errors also. I will post a few...

Just ordered my copy of the book - Natalie is off the charts nice….

Here is another one Paul says its Churches Fried Chicken reality is the pin has no relation to the pittsburgh pirates.
The pin is for Cochrane Fountain City High School It a football pin for the Wisconsin pirates team... Like I said a good reference book for pics but not always correct...

Well on to a fun note lets try a put up some pins..... We havnt done that in awhile.. I will show a pin I have always loved The great walter johnson on the 1924 senators world series pin. Also a photo showing that very same pin with a very large paper mache ball.. The pin is rare to start with but look at that board! Loaded with this pin... In all my years of collecting never have seen the ball with the pin... They also used the same image on other pins of the era and after.. Love walter Johnson!

Yeah she’s a sweetheart.

Incredible - the photo is great - the guy wearing the pin with the two balls hanging…..just looks…..well, I’ll just stop there and say what a great photo….

You know Jim I was going to say something about that ! But Im glad you said it first...:D:D

That's a world-class WaJo pin collection there, Al! With TWO of those great 1924 Pennant Winner pins? Wow! Here's what I'm down to after selling off my P1 and P2s some years ago. There were other configurations of the '24 pin, including this one with a smaller ball and one with three longer ribbons printed with "1924 World Series."

Very nice Hank! Had a feeling you might enjoy;);) that....

Hank maybe that is why you dont see the large ball maybe they swapped it out for the smaller ball and that ribbon instead as sales with the large ball didnt go over well or people just didnt want to ware it like that.... just a thought...:eek::eek:

Yes, we can only speculate. I've never seen the large ball, even if, as you point out, there's a whole board full of them in that picture. But I have seen a couple with the smaller ball, and at least one with the longer red, white, and blue ribbons and a beautifully printed "1924 World Series" on the white one. They would have had at most a few days to get those made and distributed, so it's a real mystery why there would be any variations at all. Considering I've probably only seen ten or so of these pins total, its rarity only adds to the mystery.

agreed!

Back when Mastro was thriving, they had at least 2-3 of those Walter Pins. The Mastro examples all had the smaller Ball adornment. I was the high underbidder one time, and now I really wish I popped another bid or two. That ship has now sailed...

Another possible theory is that the big baseball charm was too heavy. It probably made the pin uncomfortable to wear, or perhaps the weight pulled the ribbon off completely. Looks very cumbersome and out of proportion, but great photo none-the-less!

Never Mind.... Computer froze and after a 20 second delay, I hit reply, only to duplicate the post. Ugh!

The smaller ball variation was also a feature of the 1925 Washington Pennant Winners pin as well as a white " Washington Senators" pin that was probably of that period. I think I've also seen the 1925 Pirates Pennant Winners version with that same small ball, so it seems to have been a one or two-year conception of whoever made these.

These are the two I have.

Wow! I rest my case! And there is another 1925 Pittsburgh Pennant Winners pin identical in design to the 1925 Washington Pennant Winners pin, both of which I have seen with the small ball and ribbons.

Mark I totally agree it probably made the wearing the pin cumbersome and probably down right annoying.. But still would love to find one... Mike and Hank yes I to have those pins with the smaller ball for 1925. I have the other mate to the senators pin. Funny The 1934 tigers pin is such a fragile pin to find in condition. With the small pennant but that ball is damn near impossible to find.. Also that ball is about twice the size of the smaller ones used in the 1924 1925 pins. This is how it looked back in the day....

Who got this one that just sold on eBay?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/35386309711...p2047675.l2557

Wasnot me Hank I have mine....;);) The mate to the 25 senators

Sweet!

Anyone have a football pinback with a football like this one?

cool charm....

I have this one.

Hard to tell with the lighting in your photo, but is yours that same brown plastic like mine?

Yes it’s plastic. Just a lighter brown.

Good deal, thanks!

I have always tried to pick up vintage 1970's Cincinnati Reds pinbacks when I can. Here is some of what I have plus a recent pickup.

Thirties Yankees
 

Looking for PM10’s of Gehrig, Dickey and any other 30’s Yankees

Very nice assortment of pins.

Great Reds pins!!

I was discussing this pin with someone and can’t recall who. I’m trying to find out if it’s real or a repop, and whether or not there’s any evidence that it actually has anything to do with the Chicago Cubs. I feel like I’ve seen it in the Muchinsky book but now can’t find it.

I’d say it’s definitely real and was meant to appeal to Cubs fans, similar to how Bambino tobacco capitalized on the Ruth/Yankees connection. I don’t have an idea as to value. Isn’t MK a “Cubs guy”?

There were two different versions of the pin. They were definitely meant to be connected with the Cubs baseball team. They are in Paul’s book in Section Q, advertising. They are condition sensitive since they are lithograph.

Thank you, Mike. Did you see the photos I posted above? Does that look like an original pin to you? If real, what do you think it a real world value would be?

I have no doubt it is real. I can’t see the entire pin so I don’t know about the condition. If it’s not scratched or otherwise damaged, I might say around $75.

Thank you, Mike. That’s as much as I was able to photograph but I believe the condition to be as nice as the section you can see.

Appreciate your info!

Picked up a new HOFer!!

Hey Jim - I don’t think pins are faked as often as you might think. Oftentimes, the back is an easier way to identify a fake than the front. Pinzplus on eBay makes a lot of fakes and fantasies but the backs are always brown. A nice rusted back or paper label is a pretty good indication of the real deal.

Good info, Rob. Thank you.

Every day is a learning experience!