Florida Fall Button Discovery, Day One

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Florida Fall Button Discovery, Day One presents a remarkable selection from a lifelong collection of antique buttons, books, and historical assortments. The sale features 19th and early 20th century uniform and military buttons, State Seal designs, and examples from divisions one through three of the National Button Society classification system. Collectors will also find reference volumes by Don VanCourt and Warren Tice that document the study and artistry of button history.

The catalog offers an exciting mix of materials and forms, including brass, pewter, gilt, and enamel buttons, along with hand painted and engraved examples. Highlights include carded assortments of uniform buttons, large mixed bag lots, and early groupings that showcase craftsmanship from the Civil War through the modern era. Many lots include notes, provenance, and identification details valuable to collectors and researchers alike.

Whether you are searching for military insignia, early patriotic examples, or rare state and civic issues, this first day of the Florida Fall Button Discovery sale provides a unique opportunity. With its blend of scholarship and history, the auction celebrates the artistry, variety, and enduring appeal of the button collecting tradition.
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A small card of division one jeweled buttons161 - A small card of division one jeweled buttons
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7 Medium/Large 19th century assorted paste set examples. This is a really nice card of jeweled buttons. The card includes a beautiful cobalt set filig
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
 
 
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A division one Litho under glass button162 - A division one Litho under glass button
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1 Large 19th C. colored paper example in a Rococo metal setting. This beautifully execute colored litho on paper is set under glass and mounted in a f
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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A division three two piece make-up button163 - A division three two piece make-up button
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1 Medium size 20th century Colt Rouge button. Here we have a very desirable button not just among button collectors but gun collectors as well, as thi
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
 
 
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A division one pictorial female button.164 - A division one pictorial female button.
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1 Large early 20th C. pierced brass border with detailed female. We are unsure of the gray tinted material in the center of this set in brass example.
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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A small card of division one head buttons165 - A small card of division one head buttons
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3 Large 19th century female and male examples. This card includes a wonderful and hard to find high relief silver and gold finished brass English head
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A division one porcelain in metal button166 - A division one porcelain in metal button
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1 Medium 19th century blue background Liverpool style example. Colored backgrounds on the desirable buttons are quite sought after and this nice condi
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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A division three carved white material pictorial button167 - A division three carved white material pictorial button
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1 Large 20th century oval Meerschaum depicting a jester. This detailed example was hand made in Turkey and signed by a well known artist there. An Ame
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A pair of division one wood Asian themed buttons168 - A pair of division one wood Asian themed buttons
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2 Large 19th century brass escutcheoned wood examples. Here is a really cool pair of fine concave wood buttons adorned with brass Asian heads (one mal
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
 
 
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A small card of division one Cinnabar buttons169 - A small card of division one Cinnabar buttons
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3 Medium/Large early 20th century examples including in metal. Here is a nice selection of these red Chinese Cinnabar buttons from the late 19th early
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A small card of buttons from Japan170 - A small card of buttons from Japan
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3 Medium 20th century Japanese Arita porcelain examples. Arita buttons from the Arita province of Japan are certainly desirable buttons among collecto
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 225.00
 
 
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