August Vintage Fashion and Buttons Auction

25 Small/Medium/Large assorted material object buttons. This card includes brass, bone, plastic, a VI Y2K clock, a glass and paste clock, a foot, a Fr

10 M/L assorted materials depicting different style shoes. Here we have an assortment of shoes including a VI boot, a great reverse carved Lucite boot

19 S/M/L assorted Teddy Bear buttons in assorted materials. This lot of cute Teddy Bears includes wood, glass, plastic, Junque, metal and more. Issue

22 S/M/L assorted material buttons depicting Hands. This card is mostly division one 19th century buttons. The materials include Brass, silvered coppe

1 Large size 19th C. fabric background set in natural material. This rare button is absolutely gorgeous. It has a tortoise base set with a gilded bras

2 Large size 19th century low relief molded horn buttons. This lot has one natural horn Asian theme low relief example and a beautifully detailed low

2 Medium 19th century horn buttons one with a ying yang. Here are two 19th century horn buttons, one of a high relief black dyed horn lion head, the o

1 Small medium hard to find molded dyed horn Balloon button. Here is a difficult to find horn button, it�s a sew thru depict

1 Large size low relief molded dyed black horn pictorial button. This button in this size I have never seen before. I have only seen it in small but n

1 Small very rare 19th century horn of a cow and calf. This button is incredibly rare. The consignor who is a known collector along with two other kno

1 Large 19th century deer head on a handkerchief corner button. Here is a detailed and beautiful button of a deer head with 8 folded corners. Issued:

1 Large size pierced brass horse and rider button. This 19th century example is a wonderful detailed horse and rider jumping a fence and on an 6 sided

1 Large size late 20th century wood button with inlay work. This button was created in China, is signed and is a beautifully detailed example of Shiba

25 Small/Medium/Large 19th & 20th century wood buttons assorted. This is a card of 19th century wood buttons mostly with metal including brass, ...

32 Small/Medium/Large 19th C. wood background buttons assorted. This is a card of 19th century wood buttons mostly with metal including brass, steel a

25 Small/Medium/Large 19th & 20th century wood buttons assorted. This really nice card includes an extra large pearlized wood, a beautiful brass...

2 M/L 19th century wood buttons with Ivoroid flowers. This pair of Mother-Daughter buttons have Ivoroid (early celluloid) mum flowers that are screwed

24 M/L 19th and 20th century assorted material buttons. Here are 12 Mother Daughter pairs including French Tights, tole, glass, horn, leather and more

25 S/M/L 19th and 20th century assorted materials spec. to black. This is a very unusual collection. It includes mostly black buttons of horn, composi

56 S/M/L 19th century Composition buttons in assorted techniques. The first card pictured is an award winning tray that Alethe Allen of Florida had en

77 S/M/L 19th & 20th C. assorted technique VI and wood buttons. This lot includes a card of around 50 Vegetable IV. Buttons including large size...

4 Large natural material early 20th century Netsukes. These 4 examples from Japanese carvers are quite detailed and in wonderful condition. The Japane

1 Large carved and pieced animal set in metal. This is a rare Motiwala carved natural material button. Made in the 1950's from their studios in ...

1 Large Medium scarce Shibayama Inlay partridges. This 19th century Shibayama oval with earl inlayed partridges is a very unusual example in shape and

1 Large carved Natural material animal head button. Here is another rare carved button from the 19th century. I love the high relief carving and the M

25 S/M/L 19th and 20th century assorted animal buttons. This lot includes a variety of different animals in different materials to include an extra la

25 S/M/L 19th and 20th century assorted material Cat buttons. This lot includes a large variety of materials specialized to cat buttons. The lot has a

25 S/M/L/Ex L 19th & 20th century assorted material Cat buttons. This full card of owls in assorted materials includes a large pierced Bethlehem...

1 Medium size unusual shape fabulous Shakudo metal owl button. This is an incredible Japanese metal works "Shakudo" button. The shape is o...

1 Medium size 19th C. black molded rubber "Dancing Frogs" button. This button has always been desirable among collectors. It was designed ...

1 Med. very rare 19th C. Political Rubber for Seymour & Blair. This brown molded backmarked Goodyear Rubber button was made as a campaign button...

5 Medium/Large 19th century head buttons incl. L"Aglon. In this lot is the large Koko from the Mikado with a brown velvet background and origin...

25 Small/Medium/Large assorted metal assorted men's head buttons. This lot includes a scarce small handkerchief corner of Rigoletto, a beautiful...

24 Small/Medium/Large assorted metal assorted Mythology buttons. Be sure and look closely to see the variety of Mytho buttons on this card including t

25 Small/Medium/Large assorted material heads and figure buttons. This lot includes a large Steel cup of Lafayette, a small Liverpool transfer porcela

4 Medium/Large metal buttons specialized to Children. Here we have 4 19th century examples of Children and Children story buttons including a scarce R

4 Very large beautiful brass 19th century "Tree of Life" buttons. Its not always you find four exactly alike such beautifully detailed bra...

1 Very large 19th century beautiful Mythology button. This button came in several versions but this to me is the most beautiful example I have ever se

1 Large early 20th century detailed brass button with a Bicycle. This is a cool button with a hammered all over pattern and an escutcheon of a Bicycle

1 Large brass studio button by Faith Strobel. Faith Strobel's buttons have become quite desirable as they are so well done. This large Hot Air B...

35 S/M/L 19/20th century enamel buttons in assorted techniques. This lot includes an extra large enamel Balloon by the English artist "JOY"...

35 S/M/L 19/20th century enamel buttons in assorted techniques. Another nice whole card of assorted enamels including Champleve, Polychrome, Guilloche

6 Medium size 19th & 20th century enamels in assorted techniques. This card includes a beautiful array of colorful enamels including a Champleve...

3 Medium/Large 20th century enamels including a great Basket. Here we have a wonderful large oval black and white enamel by the late Phil Linley which

1 Extra Large 19th century Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Butterflies. Here is one of those beautiful colorful heavy bronze counter enameled Cloisonne butto

4 Medium Chinese silver and enamel realistic buttons. This lot includes 34 colorful Chinese designs on silver with blue enameling. The lot includes Ba

1 Large 1930's French White metal animal button. This cool button has a paste border surrounding the black enameled wildcat. French white metal ...

8 Small/Medium 20th century Asian buttons. This lot includes a set of 4 oval backmarked blue enameled silver with a Siamese figure, 3 Niello silver ba

1 Small size 19th century extremely rare ACORN shaped Tingue button. Alethe Allen had an incredible whole card of colored Tingue buttons and this was

1 Small size 19th century purple barrel Tingue button. Here is a stunning purple Tingue glass button in a BARREL shape. Tingues were often found on ch

2 Large 19th century pictorial leather buttons. This lot is for two very nice embossed leather pictorial buttons in metal. Issued: DIVISION 1=PRE 191

42 Small 19th century fabric background buttons. Many people call these "Perfume" buttons because people in the 1800's would place a d...

1 Medium size 19th century Woven Silk button. Two buttons similar in design and construction are pictured in the Big Book of Buttons by Hughes and Les

1 Medium size 19th century Woven Silk button-Queen Victoria". This scarce example is similar to the one pictured on Plate 26C of the Bog Book o...

1 Extra large 19th century black velvet background snake button. This is in my opinion, one of the coolest buttons in this auction. The metal is a bri

4 Large beautiful domed black glass beaded fabric buttons. This is a stunning set of 4 fabric buttons with iridescent black glass beads and it was all

A large selection of late 19th C. early 20th C. fabric buttons. A great assortment ready to card or ready to use along with some wonderful small sets

16 Small/Medium assorted 19th and 20th century glass buttons. This lot includes 5 medium blue oval Leo Popper glass, 5 20th century small paperweight

6 Large beautiful cut crystal clear glass Bow buttons. Looking for a beautiful set to use on a shirt or jacket, well here's your opportunity. Th...

25 Small/Medium assorted styles and color moonglow glass buttons. This lot consists of both vintage and modern moonglows and has a beautiful variety o

35 Small/Medium West German glass pictorial buttons. This is a beautiful card of assorted pictorial glass buttons in assorted colors. Nicely done. Is

35 Small West German Aurora lustre glass buttons. Here is a nice assortment of these little gems in a variety of colors, like the last card, nicely do

50 S/M/L Vintage & Modern glass mostly moonglows. This lot includes a large variety of many 1940's moonglow glass plus a few of the more mod...

40 Small Vintage & Modern glass mostly moonglows plus 50 dimis. These two cards include mostly the vintage moonglows from the 1940;s plus a coup...

60 S/M/L Vintage and modern glass buttons. This is a lot of all kinds of vintage and modern glass including moonglows, pictorials, aurora glass and mo

An assortement of techniques and styles in clear glass. Here is a heavy bag including many different sizes and several duplicates if your looking for

1 late 19th early 20th c. Glass button known as Coralene. These Coralene glass buttons are quite desirable in any size and this colorful one is no exc

1 Large size 19th century pictorial Carmel glass button. This button came from the original salesman's sample cards acquired two years ago from ...

Assortment of Division 1 & 3 assorted style black glass buttons. In this lot there are lacy black glass, lustered black glass, pictorials all in...

A large assortment of assorted material buttons in Diminutive. This lot includes a lot of various colored glass, black glass, metal, and other materia

A variety of techniques in division three glass buttons. This lot includes a grouping of assorted techniques and sizes in glass buttons from West Germ

Assortment of various metals buttons of the 19th & 20th centuries. This is a great lot of assorted metals and pictures and designs. Great for bo...

25 Small/Medium buttons know to collectors as French Tights. This card includes a variety of pictorials and patterns in brass and silvered brass. Iss

3 Large size 19th century brass picture button ships. Nice lot of three ships including "Polling Down the Mississippi" and more. Issued: ...

3 Large size 19th century brass picture button heads. This lot includes Charles of England with cut steel border, an Egyptian Head, and a large Paris

2 Medium size 19th century glass head buttons. These two buttons came from a large group of nearly 300 buttons purchased from some of the last of the

2 Medium size 19th century lacy glass buttons. These are two more buttons came from a large group of nearly 300 buttons purchased from some of the las

2 Large late 19th or early 20th century glass buttons. This lot is for a faux tortoise molded bear claw and a beautiful silver lustered molded cram wh

2 Medium/Large late 19th or early 20th century glass buttons. These two examples include a bright red bordered glass scarab and a medium realistic yel

4 Medium/Large white glass buttons including pictorial. This card includes a beautiful colored painted fruit example, a lovely large size hand painted

2 Small and Medium black glass tingue shapes. Here are two black glass Tingues, the one, a small cube shape and the other a more scarce example of a M

2 Large hand carved early 20th century Chinese Cinnabar buttons. These two beautifully detailed and carved Cinnabar floral examples are mounted in met

10 SMALL AND MEDIUM Italian mosaics in metal. This is a very colorful lot of beautiful mosaics including an oval shape in silver. Issued: DIVISION 1=

1 Medium size oval shaped Micro Mosaic bird button. This is an incredibly beautiful example of late 19th early 20th century mosaic work. The small pie

A Large Millefiori glass in metal and bordered in paste jewels. Millefiori is a grouping of glass canes set together in a random design. This example

2 Large unusual glass set in metal buttons. These two buttons are quite cool and unusual they are metal buttons with what collectors call push up glas

2 Large examples of true Gay 90 large jewel buttons. These two beautiful examples include a THREE STONE faceted green centered all cut steel example a

One Large example of a true Gay 90 large jewel buttons. This lot is for a large true gay 90 Victorian button. It shows a large brass with openwork des

One Large example of a true Gay 90 large jewel buttons. Another wonderful example of an extra large Gay 90 button. This example with gold amber pastes

1 Large Wax under glass button from the 18th century. This 18th century example is a rare example of wax being used as the medium for this 18th centur

1 Large reverse painted glass button from the 18th century. This lovely 18th century button is hand painted under the glass and depicts a hat, an umbr

1 Large hand painted under glass button from the 18th century. This large hand painted under glass 18th century button was created and hand colored on

1 Large 18th century engraved silver button with a dog. Here is a beautifully engraved 18th century silver showing a sitting dog among the trees. Thes

2 Medium size 18th century buttons including wood back. This lot includes a wonderful medium size (mediums are often harder to find than large example

2 Medium 18th century metal buttons including copper. Here we offer a nice starburst star designed center on a medium copper "Colonial" bu...

1Medium size 19th century beautiful shell button. This beautiful medium size Pinna Shell button is a scarce button to find as old Pinna Shell was very

1 Large early pearl button with a pinshanked head. This early silver pinshanked head on a white ocean pearl has a detailed women with necklace and ear

1 Large carved shaded pearl button by Herman B. Herman Bangemann from Texas is a talented artist in several mediums and has produced in the past a var

4 Small/Medium buttons is non iridescent shell. These 4 19th century shell examples include a carved helmet shell duck set with a cut steel border. Ot

25 Medium size 19th Assorted "Colonial" pearl buttons. These are called colonial pearls because at one point they were considered to be fr...