How to determine if a pin is real/fake?

[Topnotchsy]

Thanks for the help everyone. The seller had listed a bunch of pins that he said came from a collection of an older individual, so was hoping that it was good. I love how clean it looks.

I collect barnstorming related items, and have mostly been limited to the 40's and 50's (Paige, Feller, Lemon, Jackie Robinson, Campanella etc). Love that era, but excited to find an earlier, Ruth barnstorming item.

edit: It looks like PSA grades pins. I'm thinking of going that route, though don't see info on how to go about it on the PSA website. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'm sure I'm just overlooking it. (Obviously don't have the pin in hand yet, but thinking about it when I get it.)

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by Topnotchsy

Thanks for the help everyone. The seller had listed a bunch of pins that he said came from a collection of an older individual, so was hoping that it was good. I love how clean it looks.

I collect barnstorming related items, and have mostly been limited to the 40's and 50's (Paige, Feller, Lemon, Jackie Robinson, Campanella etc). Love that era, but excited to find an earlier, Ruth barnstorming item.

edit: It looks like PSA grades pins. I'm thinking of going that route, though don't see info on how to go about it on the PSA website. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'm sure I'm just overlooking it. (Obviously don't have the pin in hand yet, but thinking about it when I get it.)

But why would you want to do that?

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by icollectDCsports

But why would you want to do that?

Was wondering the same...

How does slabbing it make it any better? Why waste the time and money, when the people here are 10X more knowledgeable about vintage pinbacks? If PSA is obsolete or gone in 10 years, do you really want it to reside in that unsightly bar-coded case?

Seems like people are automatically conditioned to flock to them, despite all of the “errors” and corruption. I’d try to resist the hyperbole and just enjoy the Pin for what it is!

[MK]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Was wondering the same...

How does slabbing it make it any better? Why waste the time and money, when the people here are 10X more knowledgeable about vintage pinbacks? If PSA is obsolete or gone in 10 years, do you really want it to reside in that unsightly bar-coded case?

Seems like people are automatically conditioned to flock to them, despite all of the “errors” and corruption. I’d try to resist the hyperbole and just enjoy the Pin for what it is!

I completely agree with Mark about the slabbing. I have thousands of pins in my collection and none are encased. Raw is the way to go.