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 division one pictorial enamel button151 - A division one pictorial enamel button
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1 Large 19th century pierced butterfly example. This colorful and beautiful enamel in Champleve technique is pierced and bordered in brilliant cut ste
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A division one pictorial enamel button152 - A division one pictorial enamel button
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1 Large 19th century colorful scene example. This beautiful, and stunning enamel scene created in a myriad of colors is framed with a cut steel border
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A cool realistic shaped Enamel Buckle.153 - A cool realistic shaped Enamel Buckle.
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1 Large buckle depicting an Owl in the Champleve technique. Here is one for all you Owl lovers or Buckle lovers. This nicely detailed Champleve enamel
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A lovely 2 Piece porcelain pictorial buckle154 - A lovely 2 Piece porcelain pictorial buckle
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1 Large heart shaped colorful figural example. This beautifully executed buckle is hand painted and gold paint accented depicting a different courting
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A small card of division one and three buckles.155 - A small card of division one and three buckles.
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5 one & two piece 19th-20th century assorted material examples. Here is a very nice selection of buckles from Connie Robinson. The lot includes ...
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A small card of division one and three buckles.156 - A small card of division one and three buckles.
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8 one & two piece 19th-20th century assorted material examples. Here is a nice selection of buckles from Cinnie Robinson including a great Gay 9...
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A division one glass in metal button157 - A division one glass in metal button
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1 Large 19th century ornate genuine Gay 90 example. From the collection of the late Dorothy Peterson of Virginia and a member of the Martha Washington
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A division one glass in metal button158 - A division one glass in metal button
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1 Large 19th century ornate genuine Gay 90 example. From the collection of the late Dorothy Peterson of Virginia and a member of the Martha Washington
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A division one true Gay 90 jeweled button159 - A division one true Gay 90 jeweled button
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1 Large 19th century intermixed glass centered example. This is a beautiful and ornate example of an 1890's large jewel button known to collecto...
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A division one scarce jeweled button160 - A division one scarce jeweled button
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1 Large early 20th century button from the "Suffragette" Period. The Suffragette era was a time in the late19th century in Great Britain w...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A small card of division three Asian metal buttons171 - A small card of division three Asian metal buttons
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19 Small/Medium 20th century Damascene & Niello Examples. From Connie Robinsons collection comes this nice selection of buttons in a variety of ...
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A small card of division one Cinnabar buttons172 - A small card of division one Cinnabar buttons
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6 S/M/L early 20th C. examples including a rare green example. Although the typical colors in Chines Cinnabar buttons is red, other colors are found a
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A small card of division one Cinnabar buttons173 - A small card of division one Cinnabar buttons
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3 S/M/L early 20th Century including a rare example. I have never seen an old carved Cinnabar button with a carved Rabbit on it (medium size) and this
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A division one colored disk Asian female figure button174 - A division one colored disk Asian female figure button
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1 Large late 19th century natural material in metal button. Here is a wonderfully executed and detailed colored natural material Chinoiserie button mo
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A small card of studio artist buttons175 - A small card of studio artist buttons
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3 Large 20th/21st century examples including Bob Benson. This lot includes two examples of Bob Bensons work, one with a turquoise stone center and one
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A small card of division three studio artist buttons176 - A small card of division three studio artist buttons
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5 Medium size 20th century Scarce color Jasperware examples. This card of Insect Jasperware buttons were custom made by the late Stella Rzanski and we
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A small card of division three studio artist buttons177 - A small card of division three studio artist buttons
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4 Medium 20th century paperweight examples by Jaques Israel. This lot includes a great and unusual sulphide of a horse and rider over a swirl colored
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A division three studio artist pictorial button178 - A division three studio artist pictorial button
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A large 20th century example by artist Nikki Deal. This is one of Nikki's prized studio example because it came from her personal collection, no...
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A small card of Div 3 studio artist pictorial buttons179 - A small card of Div 3 studio artist pictorial buttons
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5 Medium/Large 20th century Watch Crystal examples. These large and medium watch crystal buttons were made by the late Theodore Gates and have become
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A division three studio artist button180 - A division three studio artist button
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A Medium size 20th century pictorial paperweight glass button Here is a great sulphide paperweight glass button by the late Theresa Rarig. This sulphi
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A division three hand painted lacquer button181 - A division three hand painted lacquer button
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1 Large 20th century hand painted Russian signed example. Here is a fun and colorful cool hand painted button of Teddy Bears and balloons. This whimsi
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A division three pictorial lacquer button182 - A division three pictorial lacquer button
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1 Large 20th century hand painted polar bear Russian example. Here is an adorable hand made in Russia button with great detail and in a more unusual s
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A division one glass in metal pictorial button183 - A division one glass in metal pictorial button
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1 Large size 19th century molded glass claw example. Here is a clear and colored glass bear claw. The glass set in metal was created to imitate real t
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A division three realistic shaped Penguin button184 - A division three realistic shaped Penguin button
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1 Large medium pink bodied Jelly Belly Button. The glass body of this cool design metal penguin is shaped like a jelly bean and therefore the name Jel
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A division one brass and steel dog button185 - A division one brass and steel dog button
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1 Extra large 19th century high relief dog head example. This wonderfully detailed example of a terrier dog is accented with multiple cut steels inclu
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A division one pictorial rubber button186 - A division one pictorial rubber button
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1 Small size 19th C. backmarked Dancing Frogs example. This political satire button has always been a favorite among collectors and very desirable. Th
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A division three Southwest pottery button187 - A division three Southwest pottery button
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1 Medium 20th century pictorial Butterfly Zia example. This very cool and scarce example depicts a butterfly on this hand crafted pottery from the Sou
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A division three patterned southwest pottery button188 - A division three patterned southwest pottery button
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1 Large 1930's sew thru Zia pottery examples! Our eyes popped out when these buttons were sent to us by a consignor who's relatives were fro...
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A small card of buttons from Japan189 - 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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A division three patterned southwest pottery button190 - A division three patterned southwest pottery button
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1 Large 1930's sew thru Zia pottery examples! Our eyes popped out when these buttons were sent to us by a consignor who's relatives were fro...
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A division one ceramic in metal bearded man button191 - A division one ceramic in metal bearded man button
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1 Large late 18th century Wedgwood jasperware example. This button was made by the Wedgwood company in England in the late 18th century and is beautif
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A small card of division one copper buttons192 - A small card of division one copper buttons
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2 Large Medium/Large 18th century engraved examples. Here we have a couple of fine examples of 18th century coppers in nice condition and with detaile
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A division one hand painted wood button193 - A division one hand painted wood button
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1 Large 18th century lacquered wood tri design example. This white and black decorated wood button is lacquered and decorated with a design of three f
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A division one genuine gemstone button194 - A division one genuine gemstone button
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1 Small 18th century GOLD and DIAMOND example. Hard to compile a card of genuine gold buttons and this small ornate example from the late 18th century
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A division one pictorial under glass button195 - A division one pictorial under glass button
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1 Large 18th century high domed lady example. From the set in the book "The Colorful World of Buttons", by Viviane Beck Ertell on plate 17...
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A division one colorful ceramic in metal button196 - A division one colorful ceramic in metal button
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1 Large 19th century Liverpool transfer style example. Here is a beautiful colored porcelain in metal of a crowned ladies head with a gold background
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A division one pierced pictorial silver button197 - A division one pierced pictorial silver button
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1 Large medium 19th century Art Nouveau example. This pierced silver is hallmarked on the front and depicts a beautiful flowing haired young women in
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A small card of backmarked silver buttons198 - A small card of backmarked silver buttons
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2 Small pictorial Third Ave silver examples. In the past several years these small pictorial buttons backmarked Knopf Konig Graz have become very popu
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A division one pierced silver figural button199 - A division one pierced silver figural button
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1 Large early 20th century detailed jester button. Here is a beautifully detailed and designed button in high relief silver of a jester. The button is
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A card of division one assorted pictorial buttons200 - A card of division one assorted pictorial buttons
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21 S/M/L/Ex L. late 19th early 20th century mostly metal examples. This is a nice card of mostly metal picture buttons including brass, steel cup, cut
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