Sunday, December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas
To all the readers of this Olympic Hockey Pin blog, I wish you all a Merry Christmas. Thanks for checking in on the blog so often in 2011, but now it is time to take a little holiday. I will be back blogging again in 2012, but until then stay safe and keep enjoying your Olympic pin collecting. Have a safe and happy new year!
Friday, December 23, 2011
2002 Coca-Cola Ice Hockey Pictogram Pin
Thursday, December 22, 2011
1991 USA Hockey Stamp Pin Reproductions
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
2010 Visa Signature Set Hockey Pin
This hockey pin comes from an exclusive 3-pin set produced for Visa that were offered to Visa Signature cardholders by the Hudson Bay Company stores during the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The value on this pin is $10.00 USD, though the pin easily sold for two or three times that amount during the 2010 Games.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
1968 Soviet Made Generic Olympic Hockey Pin
This pin was made in the Soviet Union for the 1968 Winter Games held in Grenoble, France, Japan. The pin is routinely available for $4.00 or less, and is a nice vintage addition to any Olympic hockey pin collection. In my years of pin collecting I have learned that, for some reason, the vintage Soviet Union era pins are usually sold for next to nothing. Very few countries, if any, produced Olympic pins in the numbers that the Soviet Union did from 1956-1992, especially in the area of ice hockey. The Soviet Union's ice hockey team completely dominated the sport for decades, and the country produced numerous pins in support of its hockey champions. Thus, I believe that the historical value of these pins is important to my Olympic hockey pin collection, and I love adding them whenever I can find one I don't already own.
Monday, December 19, 2011
1964 Polish Olympic Hockey Team Pin
I previously blogged about this pin on April 17, 2011, but having just recently obtained one for my own personal collection I was excited to post a better photo and provide the more detailed specs on the pin. It is the Polish NOC hockey team pin from the 1964 Winter Games held in Innsbruck, Austria. The pin has a value of $40.00 USD.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
2002 Men's & Women's Hockey Silver Medal Pins
These pins were made to commemorate the United States men's and women's hockey teams silver medals won during the 2002 Winter Games held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Of course, the Canadian men's and women's hockey teams crashed the U.S. party by winning gold on the Americans' home ice during the 2002 Games. Each of these pins has a value of $7.00 USD.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
2010 CTV Media Hockey Pin
This pin was produced for CTV (www.ctv.ca) during the 2010 Winter Games held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was a very popular pin amongst both media and hockey pin collectors, and during the Games it often sold for over $50.00 USD. Now I would place its value at $9.00 USD.
Friday, December 16, 2011
2006 Generic Hockey Equipment Pin
Thursday, December 15, 2011
1994 Generic Pictogram Hockey Pin
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
2010 Canadian Olympic Hockey Team Pin
This is one of two Canadian hockey team maple leaf pins from the 2010 Winter Games held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The maple leaf design of this pin was a departure from the standard Hockey Canada maple leaf and skater logo that Team Canada used from 1998 through 2006. The reason for the change was a dispute that began during the 2008 Summer Games in which the International Olympic Committee prevented national sports federations from using their logos on jerseys worn during Olympic competition. This pin, which is not a cloisonné, has a value of $8.00 USD, but sold for up to $25.00 USD during the 2010 Games.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
1972 Soviet Union Ice Hockey Button
Monday, December 12, 2011
1994 Generic Olympic Sport Pictogram Pin
Sunday, December 11, 2011
1992 Canadian NOC Hockey Team Pin
Saturday, December 10, 2011
2010 Coca-Cola Commemorative 1920 Hockey Pin
This pin from the 2010 Winter Games held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada commemorates the Canadian hockey team's gold medal at the 1920 Summer Games held in Antwerp, Belgium. The Winnipeg Falcons represented Canada in this 7-on-7 tournament (a "rover" was used during the introductory sport that year). This pin has a value of $5.00 USD, but during the 2010 Games it sold for around $15.00 USD.
Friday, December 9, 2011
1992 télé Media Hockey Pins
Here are two media pins from the 1992 Winter Games held in Albertville, France. Media company télé had these two pins produced, each of which depicts a hockey silhouette that is unique to the télé pins. Not many, outside of avid pin collectors, are aware that there are in fact two of these télé hockey pins. The pin on the left has a gold-hue base metal, while the pin on the right has a silver-hue base metal. The pin on the right is much heavier than the other pin, and is also a cloisonné. Each pin has a value of $7.00 USD.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
1994 Top Media Hockey Pin
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
1992 Generic Participating Nations Pin Set
This set of 12 hockey pins comes from the 1992 Winter Games held in Albertville, France. Each pins includes a hockey pictogram atop the national flag of each country that participate in the 1992 men's hockey tournament. On July 2, 2011, I previously posted a picture of the complete framed set of these pins, but wanted to provide more detailed pictures of the individual pins here. This set generally sells for between $20.00 and $65.00 USD.
Blog Post Number 250!
Today I am posting the 250th post on this Olympic Hockey Pin blog site. This has been no easy task, and I wanted to say thanks to all of you who frequent the site for daily Olympic Hockey Pin blog updates. Also, I wanted to share some statistics of those that have visited the site. To date, there have been 4,576 page views which are spread across the months of 2011 as follows:
These page views have come from seventy-five different countries around the world, which are listed here in alphabetical order:
Of these many nations that have stopped by to visit the site, the following are the top ten in terms of number of page views per country:
And the number one all-time viewed blog post so far have been my April 28, 2011 post entitled "1980 Roni Mascot Hockey Pins", which has had 107 page views. The next runner up is the June 12, 2011 post entitled "2006 Bosco Sport Russian Hockey Pins", which has had 43 page views. And, finally, we have only one person that has signed up as a "Follower" of the site, which I really appreciate. Thanks to all of you for visiting so often. Please feel free to post your comments to share information or stories that you might have about the pins posted on this site.
Of these many nations that have stopped by to visit the site, the following are the top ten in terms of number of page views per country:
And the number one all-time viewed blog post so far have been my April 28, 2011 post entitled "1980 Roni Mascot Hockey Pins", which has had 107 page views. The next runner up is the June 12, 2011 post entitled "2006 Bosco Sport Russian Hockey Pins", which has had 43 page views. And, finally, we have only one person that has signed up as a "Follower" of the site, which I really appreciate. Thanks to all of you for visiting so often. Please feel free to post your comments to share information or stories that you might have about the pins posted on this site.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
1994 Generic Olympic Hockey Pin
This pin comes from the 1994 Winter Games held in Lillehammer, Norway. The text on the pin, "DeXVII Olympiske Vinterleker", translates to "The 17th Winter Olympics", and the pin provides the dates of the games: February 12-27, 1994. The pin also bears the official hockey pictogram found on numerous pins from the Lillehammer Games. The value of the pin is $7.00 USD.
Monday, December 5, 2011
2002 Pewter USA Hockey Pin (Dated)
For the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, Utah, there were more than a dozen USA Hockey related pins. However, this was one of the more difficult of the USA Hockey pins to find, and remains a hard one to locate to this day. It is crafted of pewter, and features the classic USA Hockey skater logo. I would place the value of this pin at $15.00 USD.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
2010 Canada Hockey Venue Pin
This pin comes from the 2010 Winter Games held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was available for purchase during the Games at the Canada Hockey Place (or G.M. Place) which was host to the men's Olympic hockey tournament. The price of the pin at the venue was $12.00 Canadian dollars, though I saw it sell for nearly $20.00 USD during the games on the streets of Vancouver.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
2010 Thunderbird Arena Hockey Venue Pin
This is a venue pin from the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The 7,200-seat Thunderbird Arena, located on the campus of the University of British Columbia hosted the women's hockey tournament during the 2010 Games. The pin does not include the Olympic rings or the official logo, but is nonetheless an official pin of the Vancouver Olympics. It has a value of $5.00 USD, but during the 2010 Games it commonly sold for $20.00 USD.
Friday, December 2, 2011
1968 Generic Grenoble Olympic Hockey Pin
Thursday, December 1, 2011
2006 Torino 3-D Generic Hockey Pin
This classy pin comes from the 2006 Winter Olympic held in Torino, Italy. I refer to the pin as "3-D" because the hockey skater cloisonne portion of the pin is affixed on top of the pewter based portion of the pin. The value on this pin is $7.00 USD, but during the 2006 Games I saw it sell for up to $18.00 USD.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
2010 Molson Canadian Hockey House Pin
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
1998 NHL Coolest Game in Nagano Pin #1
Monday, November 28, 2011
2002 USA Hockey NOC Pin
Sunday, November 27, 2011
1988 Howdy Mascot Hockey Pin
This pin comes from the 1988 Winter Games held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The pin features one of the official 1988 mascots, Howdy, in goaltender gear. This "blue" pin version is often advertised as a prototype, however, according the to Coca-Cola Pin Collectors Guide of the 1988 Olympic Winter Games there were 1,570 of these pins produced. This pin has a value of $8.00 USD.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
1992 Unofficial Generic Hockey Pin
Friday, November 25, 2011
1998 Coca-Cola Bottle Cap Hockey Pin
Thursday, November 24, 2011
2002 U.S.A. Paralympic Sledge Hockey Team Pin
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
2010 Coca-Cola "Day 13" Mascot Hockey Pin
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
2010 Coca-Cola "Day 8" Mascot Hockey Pin
This pin is from the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For the 2010 Games, Coca-Cola produced numerous pins including an individual pin for each day of the games that, when arranged together, create the classic shape of a Coca-Cola bottle. This pin is the "Day 8" pin from that set, and it features one of the official 2010 mascots, Quatchi, playing goaltender. The pin as a value of $12.00 USD (however, during the 2010 Games I saw this pin sell for $83.50 USD).
Monday, November 21, 2011
2010 Coca-Cola Hockey Pictogram Pin No.2
Sunday, November 20, 2011
2010 Coca-Cola Hockey Pictogram Pin
Friday, November 18, 2011
2010 Insurance Corporation of B.C. Hockey Pin
Thursday, November 17, 2011
1980 Olympic 5-Rings Mascot Hockey Pin
This pin is similar to the 3-ring version that I blogged about on October 18, 2011. It comes from the Lake Placid Winter Games held in 1980. Within the green Olympic ring the official 1980 Games mascot, Roni, is again found playing hockey. Like the 3-ring version, the value on this pin is also $8.00 USD, but I have seen this pin sell for as much as $61.00 USD.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
1972 Soviet Union Souvenir Hockey Pin
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
1988 Northern Telecom Official Supplier Hockey Pin
This Northern Telecom pin comes from the 1988 Winter Games held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. According to the Coca-Cola Company's The Pin Collector's Guide of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, there were 2000 of these pins produced. The pin has a value of $7.00 USD (but will easily fetch up to $10.00 USD).
Monday, November 14, 2011
1994 Coca-Cola German Hockey Team Pin
This pin from the 1994 Winter Games held in Lillehammer, France, was a difficult one to find. I am not aware of any other hockey teams from the 1994 Winter Games having a similar Coca-Cola pin, which makes this unique to the German hockey team. The pin's value is $15.00 USD because it is so difficult to find (though I have seen it sell for up to $23.00 USD).
Sunday, November 13, 2011
2010 Bell Hockey Pin
Saturday, November 12, 2011
2010 Coca-Cola Quatchi Mascot Goalie Pin
Friday, November 11, 2011
1992 USA Hockey Olympic Team Pin
For the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France the United States National Olympic Committee had produced a series of NOC pins for each of the various sport disciplines participating in the Games on behalf of the United States. This pin is the "Ice Hockey" version of that series. It is difficult to put a value on this pin because the asking price for pins from this series varies tremendously. For instance, today on eBay the generic version of this pin is listed for $5.95 USD and the Biathlon team version of the pin is listed for $67.94 USD. I would assume that the Biathlon pin is tremendously over-priced and will not sell, but I have seen the Ice Hockey pin sell for up to $25.00 USD. That said, I would think this pin could be obtained for around $15.00 USD.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
2002 International Ice Hockey Federation Pin
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
1998 Coca-Cola Hockey Pin
This is another of the many Coca-Cola hockey pins from the 1998 Winter Games held in Nagano, Japan. In total, I am aware of 49 different hockey pins produced for Coca-Cola for the 1998 Games. Though it is a pretty basic pin, it often gets numerous bids on eBay and thus I'd value this pin at $12.00 USD.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
2010 USA Hockey NOC Pin
This is the official USA Hockey pin from the 2010 Winter Games held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The U.S. finished second to its neighbor to the north as the Canadians won the ice hockey gold medal on its home ice. The value on this item is $15.00 USD, but during the 2010 Games it sold for up to $50.00 USD.
Monday, November 7, 2011
1994 Norwegian Olympic Hockey Team Pin
This NOC pin comes from the 1994 Winter Games held in Lillehammer, Norway, and is the team pin of the Norwegian Hockey team that came in eleventh out of twelve teams playing on its home ice. It is quite a bit smaller than the 1992 USA Hockey pin (also pictured above) that it was clearly patterned after. This pin has a value of $20.00 USD, though I have seen it sell for up to $25.00 USD.
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