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Florida Fall Button Discovery, Day One
Florida Fall Button Discovery, Day One
Auction Currency
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Auction Location
200 Oakwood Lane Ste 200
,
Hollywood
,
Florida
,
33020
,
United States
Auction Details
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.
2025 Oct 28
10:00
UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT
Florida Fall Button Discovery, Day One
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A card of division one assorted enamel buttons
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32 S/M/L 19th century assorted techniques in enameling. This card includes a variety of styles including Champleve, hand painted, pierced, cut steel O
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A small card of division one and three enamel buttons
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6 Medium/Large 19th-20th century assorted technique examples. Here is a very colorful lot of enamel buttons including a great pierced bordered Chample
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A division three studio artist enamel button
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1 Large 20th century floral Plique A Jour example. This beautifully handcrafted button boasts a beautiful realistic shaped flower with striking Pink a
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A division one pictorial enamel button
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1 Medium 19th century polychrome enamel with cut steel border. Here is a lovely colorful enamel Saing vessel scene in fine condition and framed with b
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A small card of division one enamel buttons
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7 Large 19th century assorted technique examples. Here we have some colorful enamels including a verbal "N" for Napolean, several pierced,...
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A division one pictorial enamel button
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1 lovely Medium 19th century foil floral button. Foil enamels are especially and normally very colorful and this black based example is no exception.
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A division one pictorial enamel button
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1 Large 19th century Champleve Egyptian pictorial example. Here is a brilliant and colorful enamel on a black background crafted in the Champleve tech
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A division one arts and crafts era enamel button
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1 large-medium late 19th century counter enameled example. This understated enamel is absolutely wonderful in its simplicity. The Arts and crafts blue
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A card of division one assorted enamel buttons
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42 S/M/L 19th century assorted techniques in enameling. This beautiful selection includes many pierced, some with cut steel, some pairs or duplicates,
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A small card of division one enamel buttons
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8 Medium/Large 19th century assorted technique examples. This card of nice enamels includes Champleve, a red Guilloche with counter enameling, a very
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A small card of division one enamel buttons
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5 Medium/Large 19th century colorful examples. This small card includes hand painted examples shapes, foil imbedded, and more. Sweet lot. Issued: DIV
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A division one multi border button
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1 Large 19th century brass, steel and enamel button. This is a wonderful example from Nikki Deals collection. The button is made from a brass base to
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A division one pictorial enamel button
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1 Large 19th century colorful figural example. This beautiful button is enamel on copper in blue tones with the couple protruding through the enamel.
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A set of division one pictorial porcelain buttons
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4 Small early 20th century colored soft paste porcelain examples. This group in fine condition consists of hand colored Asian figures on each button.
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A partial card of div. 3 pictorial porcelain buttons
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16 Medium 20th century children buttons by Lois Calkins. This card includes 4 complete sets of the colorful porcelains produced by the late Lois Calki
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A small card of division 1 assorted material buttons
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12 Medium/Large 19th-20th century Asian themed examples. This small card has some very nice examples on it like the Lucite and Celluloid Asian head ex
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A wonderful division three Japanese Satsuma button
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1 Extra large 1930's colorful pictorial design example. This lot along with 3 others in this auction are obviously from a set of different birds...
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A small card of buttons from Japan
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2 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 pair of division three Japanese Arita buttons
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Two medium size 20th century Seahorses in different colors. Here we have combined for your pleasure the more typical turquoise blue colored Japanese A
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A small card of division three ceramic buttons
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6 Medium/Large 20th century examples including Kutani. This lot includes a couple of Kutani porcelain buttons along with other porcelain and one white
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