Any One Collect Pins?

[ooo-ribay]

Could the pin in the center be a 1950's Crane issue? It's a pretty common pin but I have never seen a Crane attribution. The slightly larger ones are also a mystery to me and I've never had an explanation for the two color schemes. If any are Cranes, I would lean toward the center pin...it's the right size.

[ooo-ribay]

This might also be a possibility…

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

This might also be a possibility…

Definitely a possibility, doesn't look like crane had any kind of license or deal with the league. Very bootleg looking pins. But nice quality at the same time.

[Vintagedeputy]

Does anyone have any examples of those four pins in their collection? I have this one.

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Does anyone have any examples of those four pins in their collection?

Yankees one top right and Indians diagonal to it. Thanks to my friend Mark for sharing. Sorry for the abysmal quality it's a zoomed in screenshot.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

Yankees one top right and Indians diagonal to it. Thanks to my friend Mark for sharing. Sorry for the abysmal quality it's a zoomed in screenshot.

I would say that based on this paper, we can solidly confirm that Cranes did issue a set of pins in the early 50s. We have two of the four examples shown and I’m sure the other two are out there somewhere in people’s collections.

Now we need to find some kind of documentation that shows what the complete set of pins should look like. I know we all have team pins that are unattributed to any particular manufacturer or set so it would be nice if we could find out which exact pins were part of the Cranes set.

This picture from your friend, could those also be Cranes pins or are they attributed to some other set?

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

I would say that based on this paper, we can solidly confirm that Cranes did issue a set of pins in the early 50s. We have two of the four examples shown and I’m sure the other two are out there somewhere in people’s collections.

Now we need to find some kind of documentation that shows what the complete set of pins should look like. I know we all have team pins that are unattributed to any particular manufacturer or set so it would be nice if we could find out which exact pins were part of the Cranes set.

This picture from your friend, could those also be Cranes pins or are they attributed to some other set?

Very possible, I will send the 3 photos he sent me unedited. He couldn't date them before I found the coupon so they are very likely mixed in with 1960s pins. I am not well versed on cranes pins so I can't tell which do or don't match current known years. I would say the right side with the similar size as the two we know are 50s definitely are the most likely.
Obviously there are some that are far newer as well.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Does anyone have any examples of those four pins in their collection? I have this one.

7/8 of an inch?

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

7/8 of an inch?

3/4 of an inch, by my measurement.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Could the pin in the center be a 1950's Crane issue? It's a pretty common pin but I have never seen a Crane attribution. The slightly larger ones are also a mystery to me and I've never had an explanation for the two color schemes. If any are Cranes, I would lean toward the center pin...it's the right size.

Huh?! How come they're all Giants pins?