Any One Collect Pins?

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by EYECOLLECTVINTAGE

Quick question guys... How off are the prices in baseball pinbacks and buttons book? These seem to be very high imo. Any insight would be great!

The cheaper ones are not far off. I believe Paul grossly exaggerated the prices of some of his rarer pins in order to make himself feel better about what he paid. I liked Paul a lot but some prices were way too high. Also, once the one crazy bidder gets what they're after, the price often drops next time around (at least with pins). I am usually the buyer in the first scenario and seller in the second.

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

The cheaper ones are not far off. I believe Paul grossly exaggerated the prices of some of his rarer pins in order to make himself feel better about what he paid. I liked Paul a lot but some prices were way too high. Also, once the one crazy bidder gets what they're after, the price often drops next time around (at least with pins). I am usually the buyer in the first scenario and seller in the second.

Would you consider pins in the 100-750 range accurate? When you say higher are you referring to the ones in the thousands?

[icollectDCsports]

The pinback book is a great resource for letting you know what's out there and the photos are nice. I don't consider it an accurate price guide at all, but I suppose the prices listed may be somewhat helpful as indicators of relative availability and scarcity.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by EYECOLLECTVINTAGE

Would you consider pins in the 100-750 range accurate? When you say higher are you referring to the ones in the thousands?

Without really analyzing every pin and every price, I think Paul's prices got a little whacky on usually anything over about $50.... and it seemed the "multiplier" got bigger as the prices went up. e.g. he might say a $50 pin was worth $100 and a $200 pin was worth $800. Bottom line remains any pin is "worth" whatever someone is willing to pay.

That said, Paul's pinback book is a beautiful, must have book for pin collectors. In the oddball world in which I collect, no other reference book comes close. Also, please keep in my that my collecting focus makes me only an "expert" on Giants pins....and many would dispute even that!

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Without really analyzing every pin and every price, I think Paul's prices got a little whacky on usually anything over about $50.... and it seemed the "multiplier" got bigger as the prices went up. e.g. he might say a $50 pin was worth $100 and a $200 pin was worth $800. Bottom line remains any pin is "worth" whatever someone is willing to pay.

That said, Paul's pinback book is a beautiful, must have book for pin collectors. In the oddball world in which I collect, no other reference book comes close. Also, please keep in my that my collecting focus makes me only an "expert" on Giants pins....and many would dispute even that!

Thanks so much Rob. I saw your Giant collection of Giant pins on this thread and its AMAZING! Very Impressive

[71buc]

I thought I had all versions of this pin until I picked this one up on eBay earlier today. This is the first time if have come across this version. It is 3.5" in size. Normally the Pittsburgh text and Pirates text are the same sized font and the Buc image is located in the center of the pin. On the other versions there are charms and a larger space between the 1971 and the text. As can be seen this is not the case with this pin. I have also never encountered one of these pins with the congratulations text on the banner. If anyone has an idea of what in the hell a Zum Zum is I would love to hear about it.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by 71buc

I thought I had all versions of this pin until I picked this one up on eBay earlier today. This is the first time if have come across this version. It is 3.5" in size. Normally the Pittsburgh text and Pirates text are the same sized font and the Buc image is located in the center of the pin. On the other versions there are charms and a larger space between the 1971 and the text. As can be seen this is not the case with this pin. I have also never encountered one of these pins with the congratulations text on the banner. If anyone has an idea of what in the hell a Zum Zum is I would love to hear about it.

SWEET!!!! If you don't know what a 1971 ZUM ZUM is, who would?

[71buc]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

SWEET!!!! If you don't know what a 1971 ZUM ZUM is, who would?

Is that flattery or confirmation of my obvious lunacy? I set my snipe for this pin at $200 and won it for a whopping $20.50. If that isn't an indictment of my lack of common sense and addiction I don't know what is.