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All Below are the Actual Buttons - No Stock Photos Used

 

Unless Noted - All have "Safety Pin" Backs - Some are "Marked" w/ the Manufacturer - & - Year on the Rim Edge

 

Condition - Guaranteed - These were "Never Worn" - & - are "Un-Used" - All were Purchased or Obtained "New" - Not Second Hand

They May Have Tiny Imperfections & Can Yellow Over Time - Either Naturally as Patina Does w/ Antiques - Or - From UV Light

Those Below Have - "Not Been" Exposed to Sun - or - Artificial Light - & - Each are Stored in a Poly Bag Within a Box

Actual Size of Each is Listed to the Nearest 1/8"

 

Some "Not All" - Were Mounted on Plastic Display Hang Tags - (Not Included in Scans)

& Removed for the 1st Time for Scanning - Others Were Sold Bagged - Or - Loose, if Under a Glass Counter at the Stadium

They Will Be Included If You Wish - Those w/ Hang Tags are Noted HT

 

Some Below, Both Used & Un-Used are Available From the U.S. at Lower Prices - w/ "High" Ship Rates - To Canada - to Compensate

 

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Note - This Website is Kept Up To Date - Unless Noted, All Below Are Available

 

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All Buttons Below are Original 1st Issues

 

    

Left to Right

1977- "1st Blue Jays Button Issued" - # 1 - Logo, Team Issue - No MLB Logo or Marks on Rim - 1 3/4" - $20

"Later" Reproduced w/ Marks on Rim" & Larger Sizes, 3" - 3 1/2"

1977 to 1981 - # 2 - The Jays Booster Club - Rare - From the 1st Original Fan Club - by Booth-Kent - 3" - $25

1977 to 1981 - # 3 - CKFH - Original, Flagship Radio Play by Play Game Broadcaster - by H.A.S. Novelties - 2 1/4" - $30

1979 - # 4 - Annual MLB Meetings Held in Toronto in December - Hosted by the Blue Jays & Labatt's - Sponsor Coca-Cola - 2 1/4" - Sold

 

1979 - # 5 - Jays Team Issue, Group Sales Ticket Dept - No Mfg Co, Only "Made In Canada" - 1" - $10

1979 to 1980 - # 6 - Rare - Bob Davis Fan Club Issue, Jays Catcher - by Badge A Minit, Stamped on Back - 2 1/4" - $35

1981 - # 7 - Jays Team Issue - "Team Spirit" - Re 1981 Jays Catch Phrase - "That's The Spirit" -

Used on Jays Brochures etc - Possibly a Stadium Giveaway (SGA) - by Nice Buttons - 3" - $25

 

  

1983 - # 8 - From 2nd, Blue Jays Fan Club - Their 1st Issue of 2 - No Marks - 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 - $15

1985 - # 9 - Team Issue - "We're World Serious" - 1st Issued During 1985 AL East Division Play-Offs - vs KC - by A.M.K. on Rim - 3" - $30

1986 - # 10 - Not Shown - Same as Button # 9 - Except Has - Different - "We're World Serious" - Blue Color Text at Top

Team Issue - by AMK w/ 1986 on Rim - 3" - $25

1989 - # 11 - Team Issue - Logo on Ball - by AMK - Small - 2 1//4" Version - $15

1984 - # 11 A - SGA on Sept 19, 1984 - Team Issue - "I'm One In 2,000,000" - 1st Time Jays Achieved 2 Million Paid Attendance

Reached On This Day - by Paul Marchesseau on Rim - 3" - $30

 

SGA's Below - Are Stadium Give Away's - These Next 3 Have Been Added - & - Are Shown Out of Their Yearly Sequence

 

   

1985 - # 11 B - SGA on Oct 6, 1985 - Team Issue - "League Leading Fans" - Issued at Last Home Game of Year

Team Record Attendance - Total was 2,468,925 - by Timberline, on Rim - 3" - $25

1987 - # 11 C - SGA on Aug 1, 1987 - Variety Club Day - by H.A.S. on Rim - 3" - $20

1989 - # 11 D - SGA on Oct 1, 1989 - Team Issue - at "Last Game of Year" - Shows a Broken Vinyl Record

On This Day The Jays Totaled 3,375,883 Fans in 1989 - & - Break the All-Time AL Attendance Record

by AMK on Rim - 3" - $30

 

    

1989 - # 12 - Team Issue - Logo on Ball - No Marks (by AMK, as Above) - Large 3" Version - $20

1991 - # 13 - Team Issue - Logo w/ Lt & Drk Blue Stripes - by I.P.C. 1991 (Imprinted Products) - 2 1/4" - $20

1992 - # 14 A - Team Issue - Logo w/ 2 Light Blue Stripes - No Marks on Rim - Same Design as 1992 Lapel Pin # 139 - 3 3/8" - $20

Later Reproduced by Wincraft - Also Issued w/ 2 White Stripes, Instead of Light Blue as Above - by Trench

 

The Issue Year for the Next 7 - Is Unknown, However are From the 1980's to the Early 1990's

 

# 15 - McDonalds - by Carlson Mfg Group - 3" - $25

# 16 - Logo on Green Infield - by Wincraft - 2 1/4" - $20 - Also Issued in 3 1/2" Size

# 17 - Logo on Infield - by Wincraft - 1 3/8" - $15 - &

# 18 - Not Shown - Same as # 17 - w/ HT - 3 1/2 x 6 1/4 - Button is "Sealed" Under a Plastic Dome, Un-Opened - by Wincraft - $25

 

1979 to 1999 - # 19 - BJ Birdy - Original Jays Mascot (Kevin Shanahan) from 79 to 99 - by Kevin Shanahan Enterprises - 3 3/8" - $25

 

Rare - "Fur Balls" - Each has Bobble Eyes - Plastic Helmet, Arms & Legs - Approx 2 1/2 - x 2 - x 1 1/2 Deep - All by CY

Left to Right - # 20 - Blue, Furry Head Jay - Glove on, Right Hand - $20

# 21 - White, Furry Head Jay - Glove on, Left Hand - $20

# 22 - Red, Furry Head Jay- Glove on, Left Hand - "Missing Jays Logo" on Helmet - $10

 

Player Buttons

Above are Enlarged for Clarity - Actual Size, 1 /1/8" - Individually - $15 Each - or - All 4 - $50

1985 - Fun Foods - There were 4 Jays in the 133 Numbered Set - w/ Players 1984 Batting Ave. - or - ERA on Back

Left to Right - # 23 - George Bell, BA .292 - # 113

# 24 - Lloyd Moseby, BA .280 - # 132

# 25 - Dave Stieb, ERA 2.83 - # 75

# 26 - Willie Upshaw, BA .278 - # 94

 

1986 - # 27 - Dave Stieb, Golden Griddle Pancake House Promotion - by C. Dawkins & Assoc - 1 34 x 2 34 - $25

1990 - # 28 - w/ HT - Size is, 4 x 6 1/4 - Tom Henke - Rim Reads, 1990 by "Baseball Buttons NJ" - Button is 3" - Sold

 

The Rim on the Following 9 - Reads - 1991 by "Baseball Buttons NJ" - Each - w/ HT Except as Noted Below - & are, 4 x 6 1/4

Some Were Sold - Without the HT - Buttons are 3"

 

# 29 - No HT - Roberto Alomar - $15

# 30 - Pat Borders - $20

# 31 - No HT - Joe Carter - $15

 

# 32 - No HT - Kelly Gruber - $15

# 33 - Jimmy Key - $20

# 34 - John Olerud - $20

 

# 35 - Dave Stieb - $20

# 36 - No HT - Todd Stottlemyre - $15

# 37 - Devon White - $20

 

1991 - by "Baseball Collectibles" - 1 3/4" - $15 Each - Or - All 9 - $120

Left to Right - # 38 - Roberto Alomar ..... # 39 - Joe Carter ..... # 40 - Kelly Gruber ..... # 41 - Tom Henke

 

Left to Right - # 42 - Jimmy Key ..... # 43 - John Olerud ..... # 44 - Dave Stieb ..... # 45 - Devon White ..... # 46 - Mookie Wilson

 

1993 - by Wincraft - 2 x 2 - $15 Each

# 47, w/ HT - Roberto Alomar ..... # 48, w/ HT - Pat Borders

 

 

Post Season - & - All Star-Game

1985 - # 49 - Chum 104 FM - by H.A.S. Novelty - 3 1/2" - $25

1985 - # 50 - "The Drive Of '85" - by A.M. K - 3" - $25

1985 - # 51 - "I Love NY... in Second Place" - Sold at Exhibition Stadium, During the Last Series of 1985 - vs NY - by Impact Mfg - 3" - $25

Jays Defeated NY in the 2nd Last Game of the Season - & - Won the East Division, Finishing 1st, by 2 Games Ahead of the Yankees -

They had 99 Wins in '85, Their Best Record as of 2024

 

These Next 3 Were Issued at Exhibition Stadium During the 1985 AL East Division Series in Anticipation of Advancing to the ALCS & WS

1985 - # 52 - "Phantom", AL Champs in Blue, w/ Cdn Flag - by Trench - 3 1/2" - $25 - Also Issued Without Cdn Flag

1985 - # 53 - "Phantom", AL Champs in Red - by Trench - 3 1/2" - $25

1985 - # 54 - "Phantom", Jays WS - by A.M.K. - 3" - Purchased 2nd Hand, Hard to Find - Slightly Toned, had a Small Round Sticker Near Bottom / Left - $25

 

1986 - # 55 - 10th Anniversary - Shaped as a Base - by A.M.K. - 1 1/2 x 1/1/2 - $25

1987 - # 56 - "The Drive is Alive" - w/ Jays Player Roster - (The Year They Lost the Division in the Last Week) - by AMK - 3" - $30

1989 - # 57 - AL East Division Champs - by Trench / AMK - 3" - $25

 

1991 - # 58 - All-Star Game, Toronto w/ Date, July 9 - by "Baseball Buttons NJ" - 3 1/2" - $25

1991 - # 59 - All-Star Game, Toronto - by AMK - 2 1/4" - $20

1991 - # 60 - Coca-Cola All-Star Game FanFest - by AMK - 3" - $20

 

1991 - # 61 - AL East Division Champs - by "Baseball Buttons NJ" - 3" - $25

 

    

1992 - # 62 - AL Champs - by AMK - 3" - $15

1992 - # 63 - AL Champs / World Series - Ltd Edition - 6" Button - w/ Fold Out

on Back for Standing Up on Shelf - Un-Folded & Un-Used - by "Baseball Buttons NJ" - $25

Note - It's Difficult to Tell from This Reduced Size, However the Players Can Easily be Identified

 

1992 - # 64 - AL Champs / WS - by AMK - 3" - $15

1992 - # 65 - WS Braves vs Jays - by Wincraft - 3 1/2" - $25

1992 - # 66 - WS Braves / Jays - by Wincraft - 2 1/4" - $20

 

         

1992 - # 67 - WS Champs - 6" Button - w/ Fold Out on Back for Standing Up on Shelf - Un-Folded & Un-Used - by "Baseball Buttons NJ" - 6" - $25

1992 - # 68 - Same as Above - 3" - $20

Note - It's Difficult to Tell from The Reduced Sizes, However the Players Can Easily be Identified for Each

1992 - # 69 - Canads's "First" (in Gold) World Series Champions - by AMK - 3" - $15

 

1992 - # 70 - "Toronto World Champions" - 6" Button - w/ Fold Out on Back for Standing Up on Shelf

Un-Folded & Un-Used - by Wincraft - $25 - Also Issued in 3 1/2"

 

1993 - # 71 - Enclosed in 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" HT - World Champions - Sealed, Un-Opened - by Wincraft 3 1/2" - $20 - Also Issued in 2 1/2"

 

 

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Phone - 905 - 855 - 8631

 

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