Featured Political and miscellaneous pins

I don't recall seeing the advertising on the button itself. The ones I've seen had it on a card. Once separated...

Look for the union bug ( or year of repop ) on the edge or back. Nearly all political buttons were union made.

The old(sic) ones printed on steel are not right. They should be on celluloid.

 

You've each given me a lot of info to process and look closely at now....WHO knew this would become a project!!!! I should make His Royal Himness do it!!! Like THAT'S gonna happen! I think he plans on it ALL going in the crematorium with him!!!!

 

O my...

 

Amateur political button collector here. So please don't take the following as gospel. eBay completed sales would be a good place to research prices.

Like others have said there are some reproductions from the 1960's and 70's that were given away as promotional items from gas stations. The reproductions usually say the name of the candidate and the year that they ran on the outside edge of the button. So for Goldwater the reproductions would say "Goldwater 1964".

A paper label on the back is common for buttons before the 1920's. The biggest manufacturer of this era is the Whithead & Hoag company. In political buttons, the age of the button and its scarcity generally determines value. So if you have an unusual button it may be worth more. I'll group these items in tiers from most interesting to least.

Tier 1: I too like the Dewey Elephant and the Woodrow Wilson pin. Wilson pins seem to command some fairly good values. The 1908 pin and ribbon in the 2nd set of photos looks Theodore Roosevelt so its older and more collectable. Coolidge, Harding, and Landon pins are common but they might have some value. Check eBay completed sales.

Tier 2: Dewey, Eisenhower, and Nixon pins are very common and are probably worth less then $5 each (retail) to a collector. Governor's races are usually a bit less collectable I'd but the Beckman pin here even though it is a older/less common pin than the others mentioned here.

Tier 3: Red Cross, Liberty Loans, War Savings Pins. Very common and not really very collectable. Retail value of a few dollars each at best.

Don't really know much about the advertising pins. I have some Audubon pins similar to yours in my collection. I think they are very common and not worth much. I got mine as throw-ins in a lot with other pins I wanted.

 

King....don't take me too seriously!!! Just my way of saying the other half has a difficult time parting with things!!!! And I try (desperately sometimes) to keep it from getting too cluttered around here!!!!

 

Thanks Joe for the added information....I've noticed many are Whitehead and Hoag......plan on posting tomorrow just the ones with the union label....

 

I hear and get all of that.
I was mining one of my storage units today.

 

King, the back says "JAMESTOWN ER-CENTENNIEL EXPOSITION"' no date or anything else.....
Sue

 

Please let us know when and where you are posting your pins. i am very interested in the anchor pin for a gift to a friend.

 

Centennial with an EL?
ER instead of TER?

 

ONE of your storage units???? Oh, Thank goodness I am SUCH an amateur on collecting quantities!!!!
Sue

 

ER- and Oooops I spelled Centennial wrong initially ....it should have been with the "a".....Posting pic as well as Union label pins in few minutes......Sue

 

Ummmm....yes.....and I don't know that this is a comparison you should take to heart.

 

Update on pictures of pins.....I looked at each, and these are the ones that I saw a Union Label of some sort.....as well as an update on the back of the blue anchor pin.
Sue

 

Hampton....these are my husband's pins and I have been trying to find out if there is anything to them for him....I'm not really sure he wants to part with them....he has what I would call "separation issues" from HIS goodies!!!!! Thanks for looking!!!!
Sue

 

Thank you!
The spacing makes me believe the T was missed in the strike. It should be TER.

 

This should be the event the pin was for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown_Exposition

 

WHOA!!!! Thank you Bakers!!! Lots of info there to read too!!! So as an aside, that was a pretty large picture I had to post of the batch of Union Label pins....why did it get so reduced in size, and why are others posted right on the site in huge pics???
Anybody have an answer??? Thanks!!

 

Bakers.....in reading over that site and searching the internet, I find nothing that has that shaped pin and that writing on the back having anything to do with the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition.....could drive me NUTZ!!!!! Will keep digging at my leisure.....Sue

 

Nothing about pins but you might be interested in the circus it came to be.
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http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Jamestown_Ter-Centennial_Exposition_of_1907