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All Buttons are from my Personal Collection

Please check all three pages, as I add to all of them!

I'm not a dealer, but times are hard, as you all know.

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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!)

Large Four-Hole Sew-Thru Pearl "Wannabe" - $7.00

Measures 1 & 1/2" Across - Perfect Condition

Santa Trudging Thru Snow on Bakelite - Studio - $20.00

Mottled Green Bakelite Disc - Oil Paint OME - "Darr '90"

Measures 1 & 3/8" Across - Lovely Detail & Condition!

Couldn't wait for the Cool weather to list this!

1902 Edward's Coronation Coin - $35.00

Real Coin - Measures 1 & 3/8" Across - Excellent Condition

Kennedy Liberty "Half-Dollar Coin" - Tie Fabric - $9.00

Studio Artist Cathey Mayer '99 - Measures 1 & 1/8" Across

Enlargements Look Odd - Thumbnails are the Best Representation - Perfect Condition

Pair of Retrievers Holding their Leashes - Black Dyed & Pressed Horn - $25.00 Pair

Woven Background - Small Wrinkles in Borders from Manufacture

Large Measures 1 & 1/4" Across ~ Small Measures 3/4" Across

Excellent Details - No Critters!

Dog on a Leash Chasing Birds - French White - $35.00

BBB P 307 #19 - Measures 1 & 3/8" Across - Excellent Condition

Is That His Bowl or the Bird's Nest on Ground?? Very Heavy/Solid Button!!

Rare Evangeline ~ 1-Piece Gilt Brass w/Gold Lustered Glass Wheels & Cut Steel OME - $30.00

1 & 3/8" Across - Some Tiny Loss on a Few Wheels - Does not Detract from Beauty!

Very Unusual Trim ~ A Treasure of a Button! See BBB p523 #7

Early 19th C. 1-Piece Brass - Hand Chased - w/ Tinted Cut Steel & Brass OME - $70.00

Cut Steels are Gold, Silver & Blue Original Tints - Base has Gunmetal Tint

Hand Chased Scallop Design Border - Rolled Back Rim - All Original!

Excellent Condition - Slight Scratch seen is Barely There in Person ~ I Cannot see it without Magnifier!

Measures 1 & 7/16" Across

Silver Gilt "Hunter Bagging Hare" Escutcheon on Gorgeous Convex Abalone - $75.00

Excellent Condition - 1 & 9/16" Across - Beautiful Rainbows in Nacre!

My Best OLD Satsuma - 35 Beautiful Butterflies - $150.00

Measures 1 & 7/8" - Lots of Gold Outline Not Seen in Photo

Previously owned by Dorothy Foster Brown ~ Bought at Auction of DFB Collection

DFB Must've Modified the Shank to Accommodate a Straight Needle, or Pipe Cleaner

Hector, God of War - Wonderful Border Called "Dogs of War" - $30.00

1 & 7/16" Across - Paris Backmark - Not a Buckle

See BBB p 417 #9 - Excellent Condition - Original Tint

"Hunter's Reward" - Original Tints - Great Details - $70.00

Picture is Inserted Into Rim - 1 & 1/4" Across - Excellent Condition

Native American Copper Work - Stamped Bow & Arrow - $18.00

One-Piece - Low Convex - Unusual Wedge Shank - Measures 1 & 1/8"

Great Border of Modified Shields!

Beautiful! Applied Buckle of Original Cut Steels on Brass - $75.00

Excellent Condition - Moveable "Prongs" - 1 & 7/16" Across - Clean Steels!

Poodle in Crescent Moon w/ Cut Steel OME - $49.00

Original Tint - Hand Engraved Details - 1 & 1/4" Across - Great Condition!

Beautiful! Rip Van Winkle or "Peasant of the Danube" - $68.00

Original Tint on Mesh-Like Surface - Great Details - 1 & 1/2" Across

Excellent Condition

Steel Cup w/ Bird Carrying Love Letter - $80.00

Original Tint Brass with Hand Engraved Details - High Relief Fence & Bird

Measures 1 & 3/8" Across - Excellent Condition!

#1 ~ St. George Slaying Dragon - Pewter Escutcheon on Brass - $25.00

Burgundy Tint - 1 & 1/4" Across - Wallpaper Background - Beautiful Condition

#2 ~ St. George Slaying Dragon - Brite Cut Pewter Escutcheon on Brass - $10.00

Shield & Rivet Border - 3/4" Across - Wallpaper Background - Orig Tint - VG Cond.

Mighty Minerva ~ Brass Escutcheon w/ Interrupted Laurel Border - $75.00

Base is a Steel Disc w/Pressed Border of Grapes & Leaves (2 Borders)

Great Condition - Gold Tint on Center of Steel - NBS Large 1 & 11/16"

Dog Perched at Top of Helmet - Clean Steel - High Relief

Unusual Pierced Minerva Escutcheon of Gilt Brass - $35.00

Elongated, Curved Helmet has Wings & Wreath of Laurel

Measures 1 & 1/8" Across - Excellent Condition - Back Construction Similar to Paris Make

Arita Porcelain Gods - $30.00 Each

Left to Right: Ebisu is 13/16" Across ~ Fukurokuju is 15/16" High ~ Jurojin is 15/16" High

All in Excellent Condition (some dust in photos) - Only Jurojin has Backmark

Designer Renaud Pelligrino Portrait - Litho on Ceramic set in Frosted Gold Metal - $10.00

Measures Just Over 1 & 1/4" High - Not Metalized - Heavy - See Bag for Best Pix!!

Renaud's Portrait Bag shows the Lady on the Button is the Lady on the Bag!!

poor photography, sorry

Waltzing Matilda - Huge Studio "Wedgwood" by Stella Rzanski - $24.00

NBS XL ~ Measures 2" - Signed "SR '91" on Back

Excellent Condition (poor photo)

Cavorting Cherubs - Studio Artist Stella Rzanski - $24.00

Measures 1 & 3/4" Across - Excellent Condition

Signed on Back - Has Been Dusted Since Photographed!

Highly Domed Black Glass Encircled w/Pastes in White Metal in Lacquered Wood - $120.00

VG to Excellent Condition - XL 2 & 1/4" Across - Original Pastes Sparkle Like Diamonds

BG & Pastes Insert is Riveted to Wood Back (see photo)

Studio Artist Mario Ballesteros Damascene Swan w/ Cat-tails & Shining Sun - $80.00

1 & 3/16" Oval - Hand Tooled Gold & Silver Set in Gold Metal - Signed on Front

This was a Custom Order...

Square Peruvian Sterling Silver - Measures a Medium Size of 3/4" Across - $20.00
Hallmarked "MRT 925" & "PERU" - Applied Design of Shaman w/Headdress
Holding Snake Staffs - Greek Key Border - Perfect Condition! Same Design as
BBB p 201 #29

Nouveau Lady in Crescent Moon - Kevin Kinne Studio - Signed - $19.00

Brilliant Enamel Colors - Great Shape - 1 & 1/2" Top to Bottom

Original Waterbury Button Co. Salesman's Sample Card - $170.00 ~ SALE!

Seen for Sale Separately at: LG $65.00 ~ Sm $30.00

Applied Design of Katisha (from The Mikado) on Wallpaper Background

Two Buttons in Silver, Two in Gold - Never been off Card

Very soft felt taped w/ kid glove leather to back of Card

Card Measures 10 & 1/4" x 6 & 1/2"

Smaller Katisha Measures 3/4" ~ Large Katisha Measures 1 & 1/4"

Card is in Great Condition - Buttons are in Excellent Condition

Tiny spot of green on LG Katisha Photo is a Reflection!

Writing (light pencil) on top right of card can easily be erased.

Pierced Copper Ship's Wheel w/ Enamel OME Escutcheon in Bakelite "Cup" - $55.00

1 & 1/8" Across - Excellent Condition - Light Caramel Colored Bakelite - A WOWSER!

"Archangel Michael Slaying Satan in the Guise of a Dragon" - $75.00

BBB Page 569 #6 - Measures 1 & 7/8" Across - High Relief - Excellent Details!

1-Piece Stamped Brass - Original Tint - A Beauty of a Button!! One of my Favorites!

Buffed Celluloid "Pebbles" - Set of 4 - $28.00

1-Pc 30's? - Orig Brown & Tan Color - Measure 1 & 1/8" Across - Excellent Condition

Buffed Daisy - Chestnut Brown over Cream - $10.00

Inserted Back - Typical Celluloid "U" Shank - Measures 1 & 1/8" Across

Excellent Condition

Henry Clay Political Campaign Button ~ 1844 - $300.00

Excellent Condition - Albert's PC 203A - Measures 1 & 1/8" Across

Golden Retriever ~ on Bed of Bound Straw? $42.00

Circa 1850's - Excellent Condition - Measures 3/4" Across

Beautiful Victorian Set - Pierced to Show Twinkle Border & Center - $40.00

SIX Buttons (One Hid from Photographer) - Mint Condition

Original, Perfect Purple Tint - Each Measures 1 & 1/4" Across

Double Border! ALL are the Same Tint in Person!

Feathers! Six Lavendar + Sixteen Honeyed Lavendar "Glows" - $35.00

Beautiful Pearly Glow - Low Convex - Pressed Feather Design

Each Measures 3/4" Across - Very Pretty!!

Plaster Crest - Molded Creamy White Plaster - $20.00

Showing a Crest of a Lion and Horse Supporting what Looks Like Britain's Royal Arms ~ A Crown Topped by a Pennant Sits upon the Arms ~ Beneath the Arms Could be Writing, or Flowers ~ At Bottom of the Design is an Outstretched Ribbon - Color of the Design is a Nearly Black Green - Inserted Loop Shank - The Plaster on Back is Glazed to Rim - Measures a Hair Under 1 & 1/4" Across & 5/16" Thick