Press Pins - Whats the worth without a back?

delesch

Picked up a nice 61 Red Sox All Star pin but without a pinback. Anyone able to sell pins without? For arguments sake say it's worth $1.00, do I expect .20cents on the dollar?
No clue with pins.

Thanks for the help.

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ajw

I have NO idea, but if I was in the market (purely as a collector) the lack of a back would be of almost no issue to me. You can easily replace the back and it's got to be quite difficult to guarantee the back is original in any case.

dennis07

I guess you mean it doesn't have the clasp "thingy" that holds the pin to the shirt or hat. I would think you could pick those up cheap and I wouldn't think it would affect the value
if the clasp was not period but this is not my area. The way I display my pins is I spray painted a 18"x 18" piece of styrofoam and I stick the pins into the styrofoam. It displays well
on a wall shelf. I've got a bag full of those clasps sitting in a drawer.

Stone193

I collect some pins to include WS Press Pins.

The All Star pins are cool also.

Basically, from my experience there are two types of clasps on the press pins - needle post and threaded post.

Good news is yours is a needle post.

If you check ebay - some are asking in the 300 or more range so it's worth finding a cheap pin - also made by Balfour and using the clasp that goes on it.

E.g. this Balfour phantom sells for 29 bucks.

I'm almost sure it's a needle post but you can ask - you might even find something cheaper?

Just a thought.

edit: I can't see the name on the back of your pin - it's supposed to be Balfour.

The one on the left is how the clasp should appear:

delesch

Thanks for the replies. All good inputs. Appreciate it.

delesch

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