THE OLYMPIC GAMES CAME ROARING TO LIFE IN LOS ANGELES IN 1984 WHEN GREAT ENTHUSIASM SWEPT THE OLYMPIC CITY. EVEN RIVAL STREET GANGS SHOOK HANDS PLEDGING PEACE FOR THE DURATION OF THE EVENTS. CRIME WENT WAY DOWN. A WONDERFUL MANIA OF GOODWILL SWEPT THE VENUES. PIN TRADING BECAME A GREAT COLLATERAL SPORT NOT ONLY IN L.A. BUT NATIONWIDE. THOUSANDS OF COLLECTORS ASSEMBLED EVERY DAY AND EVENING TO BUY AND SELL WHAT BECAME PRECIOUS PINS, MANY COSTING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS EACH, SEVERAL IN THE THOUSANDS. OFFERED HERE ARE A FEW OF THE AFFORDABLE SPONSOR PINS THAT WERE WIDELYSOUGHT AFTER. ALL ARE AUTHENTIC - IN SPECIAL PLASTIC PRESENTATION CASES.
THESE OLYMPIC CASES WITH PINS INSIDE HAVE BEEN IN STORAGE FOR 24 YEARS. THE PINS AND CASES HAVE WEATHERED THE YEARS IN GOOD SHAPE WITH ONLY MINOR EFLOURESENCE ON THE BACK OF SEVERAL PINS. HOWEVER, THE GREEN FOAM BACKING INTO WHICH THE PINS HAVE BEEN MOUNTED IS CRUMBLING WITH AGE. THE FOAM BACKING MAY BE REPLACED OR DISCARDED BY THE PURCHASER IF HE OR SHE DESIRES TO DO SO.
SEVERAL CASES OF PINS ARE OFFERED. SOME OF THE PINS ARE DIFFFERENT BUT NOT ALWAYS.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THESE AUTHENTIC PINS ARE NOT ONLY GREAT FOR COLLECTORS, BUT ALSO MAKE SPECIAL, VERY UNIQUE JEWELRY, PARTICULARLY IN THIS SEASON WHEN THE OLYMPIC GAMES ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN IN BEJING, CHINA!
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