Pin Collecting Guides

The following pin collecting guides will help answer many questions about this exciting hobby and where to go for online information.

Olympic Pin Guides

Pindemonium Online Magazine features guides to collecting NOC, bid, sponsor, media and security pins plus Olympic pin news and the Hot Pin List.

Spector's Pins of the World is the exclusive reference for NOC pins. You can purchase this guide through Amazon.com by clicking on the link.

The most comprehensive guide to Olympic NOC (National Olympic Committee) pins may be found at A Collectors Guide to Olympic NOC Pins.

Stovall's Guide To Media Pins has over 500 full color images of Olympic media pins from 1968 to the present.

PinFever Times is a three-volume, full color publication dedicated solely to pins issued during the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games.

For a review of the history of Olympic pin collecting, please visit the Sydney Pin Fever web site.

PinFever's Pins of the 2002 Winter Olympics CD-Rom is the most comprehensive pin collecting guide for the Salt Lake City Olympic Games. The CD is written in HTML, is compatible with most Internet web browsers, and will work on a PC or Mac computer.

Hard Rock Cafe Pin Guides

The Hard Rock Cafe Online Pin Collector's Catalog is a HRC Pin Collector's dream come true. This online catalog allows you to search through a database of thousands of pins and find the must-haves for your collection.

Hard Rock PinTales is a regularly published online newsletter for Hard Rock Cafe collectors.

Disney Pin Guides

The official guide to trading pins at Disney Resorts and Theme Parks may be found at Disney Online.

Stovall's Guide To Disney Pins Of The Twentieth Century is a 319 page guide with full color images, pin values and descriptions of over 1200 Disney pins.

General Pin Guides

Lapel-Pin.org is a new site dedicated to information about lapel pin collecting. An online forum allows you to post your ideas and suggestions.

Sammler Net is the online guide for pin collecting in Germany (in German).

Collector Sites Directory and Search lists a number of categories of collectible web sites, including lapel pins.

About.com - Pin Collecting This online guide provides an extensive review of pin collecting, including links, articles, discussion forums and other resources.

PinVariety - PinClub.com provides information about lapel pins and pin collecting.

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