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The yellow & red, 1992 M.L.B.P.A.
Vincentown NJ pin back buttons were
thought to be produced as a promotion
for the mail-order catalog company
Carol Wright Gifts. The poofs which are
easier to find in the collectors market
than the buttons, are labeled
Authentic, as '1992
Carol Wright Proofs' by PSA, and
cataloged by Becket as such. These
buttons, and the 'proofs' are merely
bootleg, fantasy piece buttons.
JKA Specialties
of Vincentown NJ, produced officially
licensed, red & blue, 'Baseball Star Buttons'
in 1992, that were distributed
nationally. This set of buttons numbered
1-120, feature the licensing
information along the rim that reads,
"MLBPA Baseball Buttons, Vincentown NJ,
©1991 MLB." The unnumbered, yellow and
red buttons, with the same Vincentown
NJ, license information, but ©1992,
were never produced by JKA Specialties.
The so called 'proofs' were massed
produced, and marketed on ebay. A set
of proofs would not be printed in such
numbers.
The 1-1/2 inch 'fantasy' pins feature a color
player portrait photo in the center.
Twenty pins that feature hitters have a
red border at the top with a yellow
border at the bottom. The other twenty
featuring pitchers is reversed, yellow
at the top, red on the bottom. All the
pins have the players name at the
bottom. The 'bootleg' license
information on the rim of
the pins reads "M.L.B.P.A. Baseball
Buttons Vincentown, N.J, ©1992 M.L.B."
The unnumbered pins are listed in the checklist below in alphabetical
order.
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