Football Pin Display

[vintagesportflips]

Hey guys,

After looking at the many pin displays shown on net54 over the past year or so, I had been trying to figure out how to best display my Philadelphia Eagles pin collection. Nothing really valuable, and nothing pre-war, with a couple dating to WWII era, and dating to as late as the 1980s, but it one of the many type of Eagles collectables that I try to pick up any that I don't have. I used to have them displayed in butterfly/riker cases, and had them hung on the wall, but they weren't firm enough to hang very easily.
Recently my dad picked up a large antique 40 inch by 30 inch frame that had corkboard in it. He painted the gold frame black for me and the corkboard green for me. I then screwed in the tiniest hook eyes I could find, and individually pinned each pin into place. I am very happy with the outcome, and am happy to get the pin collection up on the wall and out of storage.

[GoldenAge50s]

Very,very nice! Thanks for showing it!

[vintagesportflips]

Thanks for the compliment Fred.

[roarfrom34]

very nicely done; I love it!

[CW]

Very cool display! Kudos to your Dad for painting the corkboard
green -- it makes the perfect backdrop. Collections like that are
meant to be displayed. Thanks for posting.

[mjkm90]

Well done!!! I love seeing pinback collections.

Couldn't you stick the pins into the cork and save yourself the step of adding the hooks?

Thanks for posting

[vintagesportflips]

Thanks guys.
Mike, I did try that first, and some of the pins didn't stick in well, and with a 2 year old running around the house, I didn't want him to be able to pull them out easily. With the hooks, even though it took a while to screw them all in, most them are sort of locked onto the hookeye.

[Oldtix]

Looks great! Well done!

[slidekellyslide]

Where is the "Like" button?

Great collection and a very nice display. Well done.

[Rickyy]

Yeah I love it too. Thanks for sharing. I like the Eagles green and white colors...looks great all together like that!

[andypcl]

Those look great! I love the green. I recently did a similar thing with my better Disney's. My six year old daughter has already claimed them as her own someday so I figured they may as well be on her wall and as you said, out of drawers where they aren't as appreciated.
-Andy