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Article: As finds go, pins are rare antiques and collecting.(Flavor/Gracious Living)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 5, 2008
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By Terry Kovel
FLEA MARKETS STILL OFFER exciting finds and great bargains. A collector searching in an Arkansas flea market found a set of nine small 1915 baseball pins with ornate metal frames surrounding pictures of individual ballplayers. Each pin, about 1 inch square and almost mint, was still attached to its original 2-by-2-inch blank card. They were bought "for a song" because the seller did not realize how rare and important they were. Although the set was known, one of the pins found was unknown. It pictured Charles "Chief" Bender, a pitcher in the Hall of Fame. Who issued the pins and why they are so different from other pins are mysteries. Because these ...