Quote from: GingerGal on April 23, 2016, 11:01:13 AM
You know those Vintage Buttons the Archie Comics site has for sale for just .99 cents per button, how vintage do you think they really are for that little of a price tag?

Not 100% sure on this, but just at a guess I'd say they look to be no older than mid-1990s.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 23, 2016, 11:28:18 AM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 23, 2016, 11:01:13 AM
You know those Vintage Buttons the Archie Comics site has for sale for just .99 cents per button, how vintage do you think they really are for that little of a price tag?

Not 100% sure on this, but just at a guess I'd say they look to be no older than mid-1990s.

Not really that Vintage then.

Quote from: GingerGal on April 23, 2016, 12:26:38 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 23, 2016, 11:28:18 AM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 23, 2016, 11:01:13 AM
You know those Vintage Buttons the Archie Comics site has for sale for just .99 cents per button, how vintage do you think they really are for that little of a price tag?

Not 100% sure on this, but just at a guess I'd say they look to be no older than mid-1990s.

Not really that Vintage then.

Well, certainly not what I'd consider vintage, considering that Archie has been around since the 1940s. It's pretty easy tell tell by looking at the art used on those buttons that they don't come from the 1940s or 1950s, which I'd guess (at a minimum) would be most people's interpretation of "vintage". Possibly even (depending on the age of the person) the 1960s or 1970s... Here's one that looks to be early 60s, maybe late 50s...



And here are some that look to be about a decade younger, from the late-late 1960s/early 1970s...



Of course, it's perfectly easy for someone to make more recent buttons using older artwork to give them that "retro look" as well. Here's one with art from the 1950s era that was probably manufactured in the 1990s or even later. The seller was calling it "vintage" on his ebay listing, while at the same time admitting it was from the 1990s.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 23, 2016, 01:27:35 PM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 23, 2016, 12:26:38 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 23, 2016, 11:28:18 AM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 23, 2016, 11:01:13 AM
You know those Vintage Buttons the Archie Comics site has for sale for just .99 cents per button, how vintage do you think they really are for that little of a price tag?

Not 100% sure on this, but just at a guess I'd say they look to be no older than mid-1990s.

Not really that Vintage then.

Well, certainly not what I'd consider vintage, considering that Archie has been around since the 1940s. It's pretty easy tell tell by looking at the art used on those buttons that they don't come from the 1940s or 1950s, which I'd guess (at a minimum) would be most people's interpretation of "vintage". Possibly even (depending on the age of the person) the 1960s or 1970s... Here's one that looks to be early 60s, maybe late 50s...



And here are some that look to be about a decade younger, from the late-late 1960s/early 1970s...



Of course, it's perfectly easy for someone to make more recent buttons using older artwork to give them that "retro look" as well. Here's one with art from the 1950s era that was probably manufactured in the 1990s or even later. The seller was calling it "vintage" on his ebay listing, while at the same time admitting it was from the 1990s.

I guess for me being born in 2002 the 90's could be somewhat vintage and even earlier like the 50's and 60's would be ancient. Sorry for anyone who was around in the 50's and 60's.  It still would be neat to put a few of these pins that are being sold on Archie Comics on my School Bookbag to so off my Archie pride. 

I'm not a huge pinback button collector, but will pounce on those targets of opportunity that present themselves if they're free or cheap enough. The only actual Archie pins I have in my collection are the two released to comic shops to promote Archie Meets the Punisher, and a somewhat rarer (but otherwise quite recent) one promoting Archie vs Predator, and another promoting Afterlife With Archie. Now if I was going to go out of my way to aim to get some kind of pins representing Archie, those aren't the ones I'd put on the top of my list, but they were easy for me to get, so why not! The only other Archie-related pin I have is one Jonathan sent to supporters of The Riverdale Podcast with a silhouette of Jughead's hat on it.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 23, 2016, 06:24:32 PM
I'm not a huge pinback button collector, but will pounce on those targets of opportunity that present themselves if they're free or cheap enough. The only actual Archie pins I have in my collection are the two released to comic shops to promote Archie Meets the Punisher, and a somewhat rarer (but otherwise quite recent) one promoting Archie vs Predator, and another promoting Afterlife With Archie. Now if I was going to go out of my way to aim to get some kind of pins representing Archie, those aren't the ones I'd put on the top of my list, but they were easy for me to get, so why not! The only other Archie-related pin I have is one Jonathan sent to supporters of The Riverdale Podcast with a silhouette of Jughead's hat on it.

I don't really collect buttons, but do have some on my school backpack most of which either have to do with musicians/bands or Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

Jugheads fantasy all 3 issues from 1960

I think my oldest Archie item is Pep Comics #58 from 1946. My grandfather found it at a used book store about 25 years ago. If I remember correctly he only paid two bits for it. It's in pretty decent shape. The cover's attached and it is complete. Since he passed away 8 years ago I would never dream of letting it go. I also have a smattering of issues from the early to late 50's. B & V #14, Jughead's Annual #2, and Archie's Christmas Stocking #'s 3 and 6. I'm nearly 40 now and would never dream of giving up my collection. I still read most, if not all of them.

Not super old but here are my oldest items:

Quote from: irishmoxie on September 16, 2016, 11:52:31 PM
Not super old but here are my oldest items:

Reminds me of those old beach party movies that were popular in the early 1960s, especially that JOSIE cover -- if it were a movie it could have been titled Melody Goes Hawaiian.