harbor lights pins

I just started to collect Harbor Lights pins. I would like to know what years I'm missing. I have 1997-2004. My husband said Now what are you collecting. I shrugged my shoulders and said pins.
Fran

I'm not too sure, I know that they have stopped producing them though (last issue 1994)....hey, there is a number of things to collect! Enjoy

Jeff

I take it you are talking about the pin-back trade show and regional buttons, not the Collectors Society Cloisonne ones.

You can see a pretty complete selection of the pin-back buttons at the Harbour Lights Archives.

www.HarbourLightsArchives.com Click on Publications, then navigate to the buttons. I have more to scan and post.

Thank you John great site, answered all my questions.

Pin back Button Value during 1997 to 2001

Just for everyone’s information, many of these buttons were heavily collected during the late 90’s and early 00’s. Some of the buttons are hard to find and at Harbour lights collecting peak were expensive.

These are some prices that I remembered during Harbour Lights collecting peak. The first price was what Jim Rutherford wanted. The second was what they were on ebay (what I paid for them)

1. 1991 Admiralty Head $120 Ebay-$116 to $240. Has not been on ebay for over three years.
2. 1992 West Quoddy $50. Ebay $35
3. 1993 Southeast Block $ 75- Ebay $65
4. 1994 Cape Neddick $40 Ebay $27
5. 1995 point Fermin $35
6. 1996 point Pinos $15

Regional buttons generally went for $15 to $25
Most of the indidual regional buttons had only 300 produced
The more popular Orlando site had 350. The first regional had seven sites
Regional 2000
1.Orlando 350 buttons
2.Atlanta 300 buttons
3.Chesapeake 300 buttons
4.Milwalkee 300 buttons
5. Orange county 300 buttons
6. Raleigh 300 buttons
7.Portland 300 buttons
total 2150 buttons

Reunion buttons genally went for around $35
The production amount was around the amount that attended.

The 1999 Collectors Society 5year anniversary – 300 made $75 to$130


Remember the prices I quoted were what I remembered during the HL collecting peaks.
Some of these can be found for less on ebay. The Admiralty Head I doubt that you will ever find that one for less, it is still the hardest button to find and is considered the coquille of the button world.