Peeking into the Excitement of Pin Swapping in Paris

Across the Atlantic from Wall Street, there is a market that may be more interesting than the Paris Olympics. What commodity is its main focus? The answer is pins. Paris has become a magnet for collectors from all over the world who come eager to start or add to their Olympic pin collections while sharing stories. “Humans are inherently bartering. We humans want to barter,” says Craig Robbins, an avid pin collector from Los Angeles. “In life, if you can't barter, you're dead,” he says. “Do you have a pin?” a Starbucks barista asked every journalist who came for coffee at the Palais des Congrès, the Olympic press center. From bustling coffee shops to deserted streets, the same questions echo throughout the city, as Olympic volunteers, athletes, media workers, waiters, tourists and more all search for the same treasured accessory. Local resident Lahlouh Wahab displays all the 2024 Olympic pins he collected for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) “You can really feel the madness this year,” said French pin collector Laurent Facy. Pin hunting is an integral part of the Olympics, which of course adds to the excitement. “It has become …

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