New York: Schutz Bros., Producer, 1920. Unbound. Approximately 1 ¾ inches in diameter. Red, white and navy blue on the face. Stickpin style back (almost lethal in length!). Despite many searches and inquiries to libraries and historical societies, we could not determine what N.A.W.T. stood for. Given that this pinback..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Always Fresh. Life Bread Pinback. No publisher, place or date. Perhaps circa 1950s. 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. A pinback advertising Life Bread, the illustration of which looks suspiciously close to Wonder Bread packaging. GOOD+ condition. Minor toning and rubbing to the..... More
New York: Larry Fox, Publisher and Artist. Unbound. no date, perhaps 1969. 2 ¼ inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. A pinback perhaps issued for a large anti-war demonstration in Washington in 1969, using the raised fist and white dove imagery. Created by Larry Fox, creator of many other pinbacks..... More
Attleboro, MA: G.M. Robbins Co, 1904. Unbound. Measures approximately 2 5/8 by 1 3/8 inches at its tallest and widest. Clasping pin style back. Golden color metal. A pinback presumably issued for a Shriner outing held in Atlantic City in 1904, featuring a sphinx, sword and crescent moon attached to..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No producer, place or date. Presumed circa 1950s. Made in USA on the curl. Approximately 1 inch in diameter. Stickpin style back. A pinback button depicting the B-57 Night Intruder used by the US armed forces. Color illustration using red, white and blue. In original..... More
No Place: No Producer. Unbound. No producer, place or date. Perhaps 1970s. 1 5/8 inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. Advertising pinback for the VW or Volkswagen Beetle, reading "Bug Me" with the WV logo beneath. Small union slug on the curl. GOOD+ condition. General fading and scuffing to the..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No producer, place or date. Presumed circa 1950s. Made in USA on the curl. Approximately 1 inch in diameter. Stickpin style back. A pinback button depicting the F-86D Sabre, a jet fighter used by the US armed forces. Color illustration using red, white and blue..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. F7U Cutlass Pinback. No producer, place or date. Presumed circa 1950s. Made in USA on the curl. Approximately 1 inch in diameter. Stickpin style back. A pinback button depicting the F7U Cutlass, a jet fighter, designed for the US Navy but beset with a variety..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. No producer, place or date. Presumed circa 1950s. Made in USA on the curl. Approximately 1 inch in diameter. Stickpin style back. A pinback button depicting the F-86D Sabre, the first swept wing, carrier based jet fighter used by the US Navy. Color illustration using..... More
Providence: The Peacock Co., Producer, 1919. Unbound. White pinback with blue ribbon. 1 ¼ inch diameter pinback with a 3 by 1 ¼ inch ribbon. Stickpin style back. Pinback has a red flower illustration, with the ribbon reading, "Forty Ninth Annual Scottish Games Providence Caledonian Society Wednesday August 6, 1919."..... More
Springfield, OH: Mast, Foos and Company, Issuer. Unbound. no date, perhaps early 1900s. 1 ¼ inch in diameter. Stickpin style back. Perhaps celluloid face. An advertising pinback for Mast, Foos and Company, a manufacturer of pumps, mowers, tools, windmills and other machinery. The company was founded in 1875, and was..... More
Rochester, NY: Bastian Bros. Co., Producer. Unbound. no date, perhaps 1940s-50s. Stickpin style back. 1 inch in diameter. An advertising pinback for Bricker's Crullers, featuring a gentleman dunking a doughnut and the phrase, "I'm a doughnut dunker." VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading. Reverse rusted. More
New York: Big Store. Unbound. no date, presumed early 1970s. Big Store and MacDougal Street address on New York on the curl. 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. Hippie pinback with a free love sentiment. GOOD+ condition. Lower portion of the printing rather faded. Minor rubbing. More
New York: Big Store, Producer. Unbound. no date, presumed early 1970s. 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. Neon green background with black lettering voicing a pro-marijuana opinion. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor rusting on the reverse. More
St. Louis, MO: Metalcraft Co., Publisher. Unbound. Lyonsport Cadet Aero Club Pinback. Metalcraft Co., Publisher. St. Louis, MO: no date, circa 1920s. ¾ inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. A pinback promoting both the Lyonsport Cadet Aero Club and the Metalcraft Company, with the reverse urging cadets who want to..... More
Coshocton, OH: American Artworks, Producer. Unbound. no date, presumed circa 1920s. Just over ¾ inch in diameter. Clasping pin style back. A pinback presumably given to children as part of the Modern Health Crusade originated by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in 1915. The program..... More
No Place: Tokio Cigarettes. Unbound. Mutt and Jeff "Speak Right Out" Pinback. Tokio Cigarettes Premium. No place or date of manufacture, presumed early to mid 1900s. Approximately 7/8 inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. A promotional pinback issued by Tokio Cigarettes using the popular comic strip characters Mutt and Jeff..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Out Pinback. No producer, place or date. Presumed early 1970s. Dayglow orange pinback with stickpin style back. 1 inch in diameter. A counterculture pinback proclaiming "Out" in black lettering against a bright orange pinback. While it's tempting to say this is LGBTQ+ related, "out" meant..... More
North Attleboro, MA: 1909. Unbound. Producer illegible. North Attleboro, MA: 1909. Measures approximately 2 7/8 by 1 5/8 inches at its tallest and widest. Clasping pin style back. Golden color metal. A pinback celebrating a Shriner outing held in 1909, featuring a man holding two chains attached to a badge..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Raised Fist, Black Power Pinback. No publisher, place or date. Presumed late 1960s, perhaps printed in the Boston area. 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Safety pin style back. This pinback maybe circa 1968 based on provenance. According to the previous owner, this pinback may have..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Presumed mid to late 1960s. Measures 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Dark yellow background with reddish brown printing. A pinback promoting Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) and his work. Ture was a civil rights leader and Black power activist, chairing the..... More
Providence, RI: E.L. Logee and Co. Unbound. no date, perhaps circa 1900. Whale pin attached to a medal/badge below. Issued by the Knights Templar, an organization associated with freemasonry. Whale has Sutton printed on it, with the medal bearing an armorial crest in white, black and red, with the words..... More
Malden, MA and Coshocton, OH: Tanee Co., American Art Works, Producers. Unbound. no dates, presumed circa 1918. All stickpin style backs. Third liberty loan pinback measures7/8 inches, while one fourth liberty loan pinback measures ¾ inches and the other 5/8 inches. Three pinbacks issued during World War I to acknowledge..... More
Boston: Boston Badge Co., Producer, 1910. Unbound. 3 ¼ inches long, with the badge 1 ¼ inches in diameter. A ribbon and pinback like badge commemorating a 1910 annual meeting of the United Order of the Pilgrim Fathers, a fraternal organization established in Lawrence, Massachusetts, for the primary purpose of..... More
No Place: Whitehead and Hoag, Producer. Unbound. United Spanish War Veterans National Auxiliary Ribbon and Medal. Whitehead and Hoag, Producer. No place or date, presumed early 1900s. Measures about 3 inches long and about 1 ¼ inches wide. Yellow, white and red striped ribbon with a copper colored medal suspended..... More