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[slidekellyslide]

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.

[mjkm90]

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.

[mjkm90]

I have been all over the place with pins. If I find them cheep and I like them, I buy them. I have a tough time focusing...hee hee.