Just a few pins I've picked up recently.
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Very cool pins...I wonder how many people knew off the top of their head that Dizzy Dean's real first name was Jerome (not me!)?Comment
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Mike and Dan - Very nice pins and Scrapps.
Picked up this 1890s mask. Very happy with it - heavy wire, non-welded, and large size.
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Right now I have them in a glass top display table. I like the look of the different shapes colors and textures. Nice Scrapp. Five years ago I found the entire set minus 2 on scrap book pages in an antique mall for $200. I steamed them off with an iron and sold them to dealers at the Cleveland National. Obviously they weren't in perfect shape, but most were Vg-Ex.Mike HComment
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Sweet display Mike! Heh....I thought you were concentrating on Cubs pins...looks like you're all over the place. What's the 411 on that Red Sox pin sitting up above the bat barrell?
PS How did you steam off the Scrapps? It took me over a year to get up the courage to soak off my Comiskey.Comment
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That is a 1950s Red Sox stadium pin. If you look in the upper left portion of the picture just below that white Cleveland Indians pin you will see a little navy blue pin that says Oh You Red Sox. That is a veeery rare early pin with a Perfections Cigarette paper backing. I got that thing on ebay for $10 last year because it was listed in some crazy location. I can't even remember how I found it, but it's a good find.
I just put the pages on an ironing board, laid a clean cloth of them and started ironing with the steam on full blast. It didn't take any time at all. I think I soaked the backs also. After they came off I laid them out with little weights on the ends to keep them from curling while they dried. Nobody I showed them to including the big boys had any problems with how they looked or how I did it. I gave full disclosure.Mike HComment
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