What Should I Do With My Disney Pins?

[Tara_Lee3]

I've got about 30 or so pins that I picked up / traded for during my CP adventures in 2003. Some are lanyard pins, some cast only pins (including my Candlelight Processional 2003 cast pin still in the little plastic baggie thing.)

They're cute and all.. but I live in flyover country almost equidistant from either park. I haven't had a chance to go to the parks to trade since my College Program ended.

Do Pin Traders have a website? Or is Ebay kindof the default? Is there a reliable price-guide somewhere, should I try to sell them? Should I stick them in a box somewhere and hope my great-grand-nieces-and-nephews strike it rich someday?

Thanks in advance for the advice. :p:

[DisneyMom]

You can look up your pin's popularity on Pinpics.com under the Search Icon, but if you can find similar pins on Ebay, some of them go for much more than
what they "sold" for origionally. Cast Member pins are always popular as they are often very cute and unique, and not too many available. Candlelight Processional Pin sounds like a good one. :)

Once you find out how common or not common they are, you can save them for the relatives' kids telling them to keep them as treasure, and if pin is not rare, you can tell them to keep or trade them when they go to the parks.

I don't worry too much what pins are "worth"....I keep the ones I like and the others go to whoever I think will enjoy them! Have very happy memories of giving several kids their very First Pin! ;)

[Zazu]

Let me join the recommendation of Pinpics.com. I've used their trading system to swap pins with others in four countries, and never once failed to get the promised pin in return.

[shilohmm]

You could give them to me! :D:

I would start out pricing them out on PinPics and/or e-bay, just in case you've got something people think is snazzy dazzy and will pay real money for. The rarer ones are not necessarily the most expensive ones; depends on why they're rare. I've gotten a bunch of limited editions at the official outlet stores because Disney miscalculated people's interest in a Peter and the Wolf with a snowflake spinny -- or operatic whales. ;) OTOH, most of the really popular stuff leads me cold. Do not get the appeal of vinylmation pins (or their inspiration, either).

Once you know what you could likely get for it, you can make a more informed decision. But even if you decide to get rid of some, I would save at least a couple for yourself/for your grandkids/whatever. They really are a nice-sized, usually attractive, and easy to display little memento, despite the fact that picking up one as a memento often ends up being an entry drug that leads to this huge and unwieldy collection and desperation for more. :p:

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

I would say to keep them. we put all the pins we have gotten over the years (not all Disney pins) and put them in shadowboxes. a few years from now you will be glad you did.

[Tara_Lee3]

Thanks for the advice, everybody. :p: I appreciate your help!