Getting Pinned: A Digital Olympic Pin

Last week we wrote about the Olympic pins – always highly sought after by collectors who have made pin trading a huge part of the Olympic experience. Now some pins have gone high tech! For the 2-20 Tokyo Olympic Games, tech giant Alibaba is digitizing the practice of exchanging pins with something called the Alibaba […]

2021 (2020?) Olympics: A Collector’s Future Bonanza?

Because this year’s Olympics should have been LAST year’s Olympics, the potential for collectibles is high. There are several reasons for that: People like things that look like mistakes, and the memorabilia, including pins, medal ribbons and shirts, all say 2020, not 2021. The normal crowds of spectators and guests who trade Olympic pins, which […]