Wild Wednesday - page 2

 

 

Offering Buttons from my Personal Collection

I'm not a dealer, but am unemployed - so must sell.

Thank you all for visiting!

 

Sale Prices in Green!

If you wish to purchase any of these buttons, please send email and tell me which you'd like. I will put your button aside until payment is received. Will take Personal checks, Postal MO or PayPal. Buttons are generally mailed out 2-3 days after payment has cleared. 

Postage/Shipping is $2.50 ~ Gladly combine multiple buys.

Click on a thumbnail, to view full size photo. Sorry for the poor quality of some photos!

 

(Unless Otherwise Stated, All Cut Steels in these listings are Clean & Shiny!)

 

 

Very Nice Large Black Glass Jewel - 1 & 3/4" - $9.00

Flat Top, Faceted Edge - Brass Setting - Leaf Pattern Border

Excellent Condition - Japanned back w/ Loop Shank

 

 

Black Dyed Horn Imitates Silk Bound Thread - Ruffle Look Border - $19.00

1 & 1/4" - High Convex - Excellent Condition - A Beautiful Faux Fabric Design!!

 

 

Hand Carved Blond Horn Shape w/ Paste OME - 1 & 15/16" - $35.00

Celluloid Type Hump Shank - Clear Blond Color! All Original Brilliant Pastes!
Great Shape! Beautiful Condition!!

 

 

Gorgeous Pearl Set in Horn - Measures 1" - $8.00

Exceptional Deep Blue, Green & Raspberry Chatoyance!

Swaged-In Pewter Shank - Excellent Condition!

 

 

Exceptional Pierced Shell w/ Hand Carved & Etched Details - $22.00

Large 1 & 1/2" - Sew-Thru - Rainbow Colors Change with Movement! Beautiful Condition

 

"Mi Eskimo" Commemorates Peary's North Pole Trek - $40.00

 Measures 1 & 1/8" - Near Mint Condition - From Agnes Harms Collection.

 

 

NERBA 1993 Favor Button - "St George Slaying the Dragon" - $10.00

Designed & Initialed by Bob Moodie - NBS Large - Poor Photo. Mint Condition.

 

 

Lovely Pearl ~ Art Nouveau Gilt Brass Setting w/ Hand Chased Border - $28.00

Oyster Pearl w/ Mellow Pink, Yellow & Green Chatoyance - Measures 1 & 1/4" Across

Wonderfully Wrought Border!! Excellent Condition - Possibly French Manufacture

 

Etched & Dyed - Oyster Pearl - Honey Bee - $7.00

11/16" Across - Very Sweet & Better in Person!

 

Unusual Two-Hole Sew Thru Ceramic Flower in High Relief - $5.00

Lovely Pinched Petals and Colors! Great Shape

Measures a Hair Over 1" & 3/8" High - Unsigned Studio

 

Donut Shape Kaleidoscope - Sunburst Design w/ Gold, Rose & Green - $8.00

Much Better in Person - Very Good Condition - 5/8" Across

Backplate Came This Way & is Not a Repair!! Poor Photo

 

Kaleidoscope - White Painted Base w/ Tinsel - $10.00

Red, Green, Copper & Orange Tinsel Beneath a Clear Glass Dome

Backmarked  Small Florets, or Dots, surround the Base of the Hump Type Shank

Measures a tad under 5/8" - Very Good Condition!

 

 

Pierced Bethlehem Pearl - Wild Rose on Quadrate Cross - $60.00

Original Numbered Label - 1 & 1/2" Diameter - Mint!!

 

3 Materials ~ Green Jewel Mounted in Openwork Brass w/ Celluloid Liner - $9.00

Measures 1 & 1/2" across - Japanned back w/Hump Shank - Very Good Condition

 

   

Pearl in Pearl! Claw Set Pearl in Carved Dyed Green Snail Shell - $7.00

A True Pin Shank, with the Claw-Set Pearl attached to Pin - 5/8" Across

Very Good Condition!!  Three Materials! Much Better In Person!!

 

Gymnastic Parrot on a Branch - Original Tint - $4.00

3/4" Across - Japanned Back w/Loop Shank (Fuzzy Photo)

Excellent Condition

 

 

MOP Escutcheon in Carved & Turned Wood - $6.50

Just Under 5/8" - Long Loop Shank - Great Border/Frame!

Pearl Photographed Poorly ~ Much Better in Person

 

Pre-1970 Pennsylvania State Button Society Button - NBS Large - $9.00

"Superior Quality" Backmark - Mint Condition - From Helen L Cooper's Collection

 

Diminutive Golden Yellow Jewels Set in Brass - $8.00

ULTRA KRAFT - Original Card - Germany 1920-30

Buttons Measure 1/4" - 4-Way Self Shanks - MINT Condition

Card Measures 2 &1/2" x 3 &3/4" - Color on Card is Brighter in Person

 

Mid 19th C. Hand Carved, Thick Pearl w/ Original Pastes in Bezel Settings - $40.00

8 Pointed Star Center - Rope Border - Excellent Condition - NBS Large

Much Prettier in Person!

 

18th C Pin-Shanked Agate - Absolutely Gorgeous - $38.00

Faceted Beveled Edge - Hairline on Face, Not Thru to Back

Measures 15/16" - Colors Best Seen in Person!!

 

Beautiful Hand Cut & Chased Danish Sterling - Great Shape

Typical Sterling/Jeweler Loop Shank - Unmarked - Excellent Condition

 

Lucien Weingott ~ Escargot Shell Couture Button -  $45.00

Shown in Loic Allio's Book, "Boutons", Page 178

Measuring about 1 & 3/16" x 1 & 3/8"

 

HUGE Porcelain Thistle ~ One-of-a-Kind Studio - $50.00

The Only Button Created by known Ceramist Susan MacPherson

Beautiful Details ~ 1/4" Thick Oval ~ Measures 2 & 1/8" High

 

   

 

 

 

 

Past WW Offerings

 

 

I'd love you to take a peek at my eBay listings, while you're browsing for Buttons ~ Here's the Link:

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZkirstens

Not always buttons on eBay... depends how I feel about fees any given week... sigh...

 

 

 

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Last Updated 02/28/2010