How Many Pins Do You Have/Rarest Pins/Tips For A Newbie
Welcome, and that's a lot of questions! Haha.
I think I probably have around 200 pins or so, and the rarest pin I have is LE 250, although that isn't always the best way to determine rarity.
Growing a collection is as simple as it sounds: buy and trade for pins that you want in that collection. Done! The only hard part is determining which ones you want and which collections to fill first. For instance, your Stitch collection has a metric TONNE of possible pins to go into it. You have to figure out which ones you like the most, or maybe limit the collection in some way - pins just with Stitch, pins just with Lilo and Stitch, etc. You are the person who will determine the kinds of pins you buy and collect, so make them things you really really want. Don't collect just to have them all, partly because it's impossible and partly because you'll always be chasing something, collect to be able to look at your pins and say, I love love love all of these.
As for spotting a fake and being somewhat cheap, these are two things that are mutually exclusive. Pin trading isn't a terribly cheap hobby (another reason to be very selective in your collections), and anything that looks too good to be true probably is. Spotting fakes is usually accomplished by looking for bad craftsmanship in a pin - sloppy lines, dips in paint, borders in the waffle pattern on the back, words that are spelled incorrectly or can't really be read (back or front). This is also a skill that comes with practice. So don't despair if you buy or trade for a fake or two - it happens to all of us along the way, and it's a lesson to learn from.
Personally, I collect UP, Brave, Fantasia and Topiaries. I have a very small Peter Pan collection as well, and a few other pins that don't really fit into collections, but I like anyway. But I've been collecting for a couple of years. I would suggest a newer collector to pick one or two collections to really focus on to start with. Give yourself a pin budget and do your best to stick to it. Never pay tons of money for a pin just because YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE IT RIGHT NOW NOW NOW. Because you'll see that pin drop in price by half in two months and shoot yourself in the foot for paying so much in the first place. Otherwise, just have fun with it. Shop around, check out the forums. There are a lot of lovely people here selling things for good prices or doing at-cost pickups for all kinds of things. You've definitely come to a great place to start (and continue) the hobby.
we also have a few hundred. That is like nothing by the way. Many people have thousands. I forget who had the most but years ago this question was asked and someone had like 20k or some crazy number. As far as LE pins, we have 20-30. But our most rare pins are not always the lowest LE. We have one of Mickey with a Walt shirt on. It was made by the two peoples that voice mini and Mickey. That was before Wayne past away. So it will be the only pin he ever helped make. On top of that the pin was a cast exclusive that was pulled of the sells shelfs because fakes were made. So now no one knows how many of the real ones got out. Add it all up and it is probably our most HTF pin. Now the one I think is the best is or would be the large D guide pin that the cast members at city hall wear. It is owned by Disney and part of the uniform. They are watched over and it is hard and expensive to get your hands on. I think that is the one and only true holy grail. The city hall department was very close to walk and something he always had his actual hands involved in. Others will have different reasons that make a pin HTF, that's just our opinion on it.
Welcome to the pin world. Enjoying your time and take it slow. Let the magic happen, do not try to force it.
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