1992 JKA Baseball Buttons Baseball Forum

Of the few scans we have, most of them are red, white and blue and match the images we have for the buttons. But some of the scans are red and yellow with different images of the players than on the buttons. I reckon these red and yellow ones are not correct for this checklist, but then what are they?

I'd speculate the reverse. The red & yellow squares (NNO) are the proofs. The red & blue numbered squares are "unbuttoned" production prints, which might be a parallel (or bootleg if never meant for distribution).

The red & yellow style were also made into buttons, looks like the site may be missing a checklist:

Puckett Button

Of course, the "Proof Squares" listing smacks of backdoor sheets being cut up for eBay sale.

Another member passed this along: https://keymancollectibles.com/pinsbuttons/1992mlbpavincentownpins.htm

The yellow & red, 1992 M.L.B.P.A. Vincentown NJ pin back buttons were thought to be produced as a promotion for the mail-order catalog company Carol Wright Gifts. The poofs which are easier to find in the collectors market than the buttons, are labeled Authentic, as '1992 Carol Wright Proofs' by PSA, and cataloged by Becket as such. These buttons, and the 'proofs' are merely bootleg, fantasy piece buttons.

 JKA Specialties of Vincentown NJ, produced officially licensed, red & blue, 'Baseball Star Buttons' in 1992, that were distributed nationally. This set of buttons numbered 1-120, feature the licensing information along the rim that reads, "MLBPA Baseball Buttons, Vincentown NJ, ©1991 MLB." The unnumbered, yellow and red buttons, with the same Vincentown NJ, license information, but ©1992, were never produced by JKA Specialties. The so called 'proofs' were massed produced, and marketed on ebay. A set of proofs would not be printed in such numbers.

 The 1-1/2 inch 'fantasy' pins feature a color player portrait photo in the center. Twenty pins that feature hitters have a  red border at the top with a yellow border at the bottom. The other twenty featuring pitchers is reversed, yellow at the top, red on the bottom. All the pins have the players name at the bottom. The 'bootleg' license information on the rim of the pins reads "M.L.B.P.A. Baseball Buttons Vincentown, N.J, ©1992 M.L.B."
 

The red and blue 1992s are on thick card stock, while the yellow version is almost on paper stock. Definitely different sets.