Vintage Political Pins

[annieb_2009]

I have this lot of framed political pins from my mothers estate and I am hoping to obtain an estimated value prior to moving them along
38 pins total. Framed and well preserved.
The pins are as follows:
•   Count for Me and A Full McKinley 1896
•   I’m For Free Silver High Admiral Cigarette Bryan 1896
•   Two Pictures with Red White & Blue Ribbon McKinley 1900
•   Bryan Photo 1900
•   Roosevelt Photo 1904
•   Parker &  Davis Photo 1904
•   TAFT 1908
•   Bryan & Kern 1908
•   Win With Wilson 1912
•   Elk Progressive Roosevelt 1912
•   War in Europe Peace in America God Bless Wilson 1916
•   Charles E Hughes For President 1916
•   For President Warren G Harding 1920
•   Cox/Roosevelt 1920
•   President Coolidge Vice President Daw 1924
•   Davis and Bryan 1924
•   Hoover 1928
•   Smith For President 1928
•   We Need You Franklin D Roosevelt 1932
•   One Issue One Platform Vote Republican 1932
•   FDR1936
•   Landon 1936
•   Our President Franklin D Roosevelt 1940
•   Wings for Willkie America 1940
•   Roosevelt Truman 1944
•   Dewey Bricker 1944
•   Truman Barkley 1948
•   Truman was Screwy to Build a Porch for Dewey 1948
•   I like Ike1953
•   Go Forward with Stevenson Sparkman 1952
•   Don’t let this happen to you Vote For Ike 1956
•   Stevenson Kefauver 1956
•   Students for Kennedy 1960
•   Pat for First Lady 1960
•   LBK all the Way 1964
•   A Choice for Change Goldwater Miller 1964
•   Nixon 1968
•   Humphrey Muskie 1968

[waywardangler]

You will need to take them out of the case and make sure none are reproductions.  I do not collect these but at least two of the jugate ones have been heavily reproduced.  Someone else needs to weigh in on these.  I do have two books on the subject but current prices are best found by searching sites where the exact same pinback has sold.

[syl]

I think that could be a very valuable collection. Those old pins are very collectible. I would take them to local antique dealers and see what they say. But be wary if they make you what seems like a low offer. I'm sure they would like to get those cheap. I would think DB knows something about these.

[KC]

waywardangler has some excellent information there.  You can figure up the value per piece....but in this case a set like this will be worth more in the long run than a per piece value!  There are quite a few collectors of campaign pins out there!!!!!

[heavydude]

I suggest you google and ebay each item individually and see what the asking prices are.

I did that on a few from your list:

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=political+button+roosevelt+truman+1944&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_odkw=political+button+truman+barkley+1948&_osacat=0

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=political+button+stevenson+kefauver+1956&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_odkw=political+button+landon+1936&_osacat=0

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=political+pin+taft+1908&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_odkw=political+buttons&_osacat=0

I'm guessing that, like most memorabilia, you'll have a handful that carry pretty good prices but most are likely to be a few dollars each, especially the more recent ones.