South Florida Spring Button Auctions

9 Medium/Large 19th C. assorted patterns and pictorial examples. Here is a nice small card with mostly pierced openwork examples including some with c

23 S/M/L 19th C. assorted pictorial examples. This lot is for a card of pictorials in mostly assorted metal but also includes a wonderful gilded and p

35 Medium 19th century assorted tints and techniques. This is a nice assorted card of pewter examples from the 19th century including various patterns

15 Large 19th century buttons including glass in metal. This card includes a lacy style black glass in metal, several pierced metal and several brass

2 Large 20th century white metal figural examples. Here are two nicely detailed buttons from the earlier part of the 20th century. One example shows i

1 Medium size 19th century "Skating in Central Park" button. Although the name of this button has been re-identified many still call, it &...

2 Large 19th century Handkerchief corner buttons! Here are two different brass pictorial buttons known to collectors as Handkerchief corner buttons. T

3 Large 20th century Battersea Pewter story scene examples. This set of three detailed story buttons depicts the life of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn

1 Large 19th century button known as "Tobias Riding a Fish". This very detailed and crips example can be seen in the BBB on plate 247 #23....

6 Medium/Large 19th century pierced metal examples. This nice selection includes Cleopatra on a Balcony, "Tom Thumb and the Seven Leagues Boot&...

1 Large late 19th century button of "Puss N Boots". Here is a beautifully detailed silvered brass pierced picture button with a riveted cu...

1 Large -Medium 19th century pictorial of a Dog in a hat. Here is a very comical and detailed uncommon brass picture button from the 19th century. The

7 Medium/Large 19th-20th century assorted material examples. This lot includes a cool brass over carved back Lucite, a nice pique brass and pearl inla

1 Large 21st century button by the late Kevin Kinne. Kevin was a talented artist but a revered dealer in the button world and is sorely missed. His bu

25 S/M/L 20th century assorted material examples. This card of assorted fish includes Arita, Satsuma, Horn, enamel, "Jelly Belly "and more...

2 Extra large late 20th century realistic CPE buttons. Here we have two very high quality Cold Plastic Enamel buttons. One depicting a turtle and the

1 Large 20th century oval PEACOCK button. Here is a beautifully detailed full bodied peacock carved and made to like a real natural material. Great de

25 Small/Medium 19th-20th century assorted material examples. This partial card from the collection of Jose Roman includes a nice medium Japanese Sats

16 S/M/L 19th-20th century assorted material examples incl, Bats. This card consists of some unusual examples including a great realistic mollusk shel

6 Medium/Large 20th C. asserted animal examples. This card includes a nice hammered silvered brass pig, a signed faux Scrimshaw artist made oval plast

2 Medium size 19th century fox head buttons. This lot includes two buttons obviously from the same set but with slightly different depictions of the f

1 Large 20th century openwork design with a paste Parrot. Here is a brilliant and stunning button from the 1930's French White style buttons. Th...

24 S/M/L 19th-20th century assorted examples. Here is a beautiful and colorful card of "Glitz" buttons in a large selection of colors and ...

1 Large late 19th century paste and jewel centered button! Here is a very lovely large jewel showing a large faceted purple jewel center set into a si

1 Large late 19th century paste and jewel centered button! Here is a fantastic 6 BORDER button. The pattern and design to this large oval intermixed g

1 Extra large late 19th century pierced paste border button! Here is a nicely made 19th century example of faceted black glass in high dome set in a b

1 Large late 19th century "Lapis" style glass in metal button. Here is another example of a true Gay 90 button. This example with an inner...

2 Large early 20th century green glass in metal buttons. ere are two very nice examples from buttons after the gay 90 era. These are 2 beautifully mad

1 Large 19th century intermixed glass and pictorial button. This pictorial Gay 90 depicts 4 wildcat heads on a pierced brass setting and accented with

1 :large 19th century Boat shaped button with Oars on the back. This is such a cool and fun button. The brown intermixed glass is shaped actually like

1 Medium size 20th century enamel back example pictorial button. This button was imported by the late Lucille Weingarten of California and the late Je

1 Medium 20th C. Millefiore glass canes inlayed in cobalt glass. Here is a very cool and unusual button. The pieces of Millefiore, which are usually u

10 Small/Medium early 20th century peacock & peacock eye buttons! Here is a nice small card including glass set in metal examples, black glass e...

1 Large early 20th century PEACOCK EYE glass 2 piece buckle! This beautiful two pieced buckle from the early 20th century is made up of three circles

5 Large 1 and 2 pieced buckles including jeweled. This group of buckles includes several nice examples including a wonderful Victorian example with a

3 19th century two piece clasps including pearl and pictorials. Here is really nice assortement as it includes a wonderful 2 piece carved realistic sh

4 Large 1 and 2 pieced buckles including Bakelite. In this lot of buckles you will find a lovely reverse intaglio glass floral, a great large thick gr

1 Large 19th century Egyptian revival buckle with paisleys. This stunning and unusual buckle is in fantastic condition. The center diamond shaped porc

3 19th century 1 and two piece enamel buckles. This lot includes a beautiful polychrome 2 piece shaped floral example with a colorful design, a two pi

1 Large 20th century very cool enamel tree button. Here is a cool example of enamel work in the 20th century depicting a tree and leaves and shows a s

1 Extra Large 19th C. Gay 90 style enamel and cut steel button. Although not a gay 90 button it was made in the same style only omitting a large or mu

1 Large medium 19th century CENTENIAL button! This beautiful enamel was created in the later part of the 19th century commemorating the French Revolut

3 Medium 20th century buttons known as Deccan silver. Here are three nice and different pattern silver buttons with enamel DF from Deccan India. Iss

1 Extra large early 20th century example in a colorful enamel. We found this to be an interesting and cool example of early 20th century enamel work,

1 Medium size early 20th C. enamel button of a detailed couple. Here is a beautiful and colorful polychrome enamel set in metal of a man and women. We

25 S/M/L 19th and early 20th century assorted techniques. This lot of enamels includes several pierced examples, Champleve, Cut steel OME, pictorials

1 Medium size late 19th C. foil enamel known as Gin Bari work. This is a beautiful and colorful Japanese Gin Bari floral and signed on the silver moun

1 Medium 19th century Monochromatic example with a bird. These lovely monochrome enamels with cut steel borders have often been confused with the tech

1 Large 19th century polychrome enamel lady button. Here is beautifully executed and colorful enamel with gold paillons over a black background and fr

1 medium 19th century paste bordered enamel button. This finely colored and detailed Cupid on enamel is set in a brass mounting with a openwork inner

1 Medium early 20th century button with a heart paste border. Here is a nicely detailed silver over brass button with a paste border. Here you will fi

1 Large 19th century Faux Handkerchief corner brass button. Here is a wonderful 19th century brass child's head on an ornate brass button with a...

1 Medium early 19th century button of "Buster Brown and Tige". This button was made shortly after the book with these two Characters debut...

20 S/M/L 19th and early 20th century mostly metal examples. The lot does include wood backgrounds, black glass as well as glass in metal along with me

13 Medium/Large 19th C. specialized to metal & glass in metal. This card included clear and colored glass as well as black glass in metal figura...

2 Large 19th century detailed brass picture buttons. Here we have a nice tole background (engraved) horse and rider button along with a detailed figur

1 Large 19th century Fable story button. This button depicts a scene known as "Reynard preaching to the fowls". It shows Reynard the dress...

25 M/L 19th & 20th century assorted subject matter buttons. This card includes a large variety of subjects including Architectural, Asian, Stori...

1 Large early 20th century high relief Hot Air Balloon Button This has always been a desirable button with button collectors. The man in a boat attach

5 Large 19th-20th century examples including Bakelite. This lot consists of an oval Bakelite on Bakelite in two colors, several metal pictures includi

20 Large 20th century applejuice examples including laminated. Here is a nice card of assorted techniques done in Applejuice Bakelite including carved

5 Large 20th century coat buttons including jeweled. This card includes a nice precision inlay glass centered into chunky Bakelite along with several

4 Large 20th century pictorial British Bakelite buttons! Here is a great set of Musicians and instruments, each one different. These are backmarked fr

2 Large 20th century realistic shape examples. Here are two fun realistic buttons from the collection of Nikki Deal. These chunky Bakelite buttons inc

2 Large/Ex Large 20th century examples including lacy like. Here we have two different technique celluloid examples from the earlier part of the 20th

7 M/L/Ex Lg. 19th/20th century assorted style celluloids. This lot includes a great extra large green patterned tight top glow, a multi-colored tight

16 S/M/L 19th century assorted techniques including Ivoroid. This nice lot includes several Victorian examples along with some pictorial Ivoroids. Tak

9 Large/Ex-Large 20th century examples including 1 Piece 30's. This lot includes a great and more unusual pink color sailing vessel, a cool pain...

25 S/M/L 19th-20th century assorted styles and techniques. This lot includes a wonderful Marion Weeber example, an openwork lacy style with paste bord

18 M/L 19th-20th century assorted material examples. This card includes a large carved Turkish Meerschaum example, bone in wood, metals, glass in meta

26 S/M/L late 19th & 20th century buttons including Art Nouveau. Here is a nice card of metal head buttons depicting women and mostly in the Art...

1 Large 19th century oval Conch shell ladies profile button. Here is a beautiful carved cameo button and when held to the light gives off a beautiful

1 Medium 19th century pictorial long legged bird. From the collection of the late Shirley Case, this actual button is pictured in the book she authore

2 Large shell inlay 20th century realistic shaped insects. This lot consists of a butterfly and another insect of abalone shell inset into a silver ba

27 S/M/L 19th and early 20th century assorted techniques. Here is a nice card of assorted pearls including a great brown shaded carved example in a pi

3 Medium 19th-20th century assorted technique examples. This lot includes a wonderful carved and pierced dragon, a nice Bethlehem pearl Boar and a nic

2 Large 19th C. pictorial pearl buttons including realistic shape. This nice lot includes a wonderful abalone carved and engraved shell over green sna

21 S/M/L 19th century shell including pictorials and cowrie shell. Here is a partial card from the collection of the late Shirley Case of Missouri of

1 Medium early 20th C. low relief carved Dragon border example. This is a nicely carved example in white chatoyant pearl depicting a dragon around the

1 Ex-Large early 20th century brown shaded detailed fish button. Here is a beautiful carved and shaded brown realistic fish button with carving and en

31 S/M/L 19th century insect buttons, mostly metal. Nice lot of assorted insects including bees and beehives. Most are metal but there is pearl and ot

2 LG. 20th C. different Animal buttons by the late Faith Strobel. This nice selection came to us from a collector outside the button world along with

1 Large late 19th century openwork button of 2 BATS! Here is a great and cool button that is not common to find. Notice the two bats on opposite sides

26 S/M/L 19th-20th century assorted material examples. This lot includes a plethora of materials depicting elephants. It includes Japanese Satsuma, Na

1 Extar Large 20th century pierced detailed elephant example. These detailoed early 1930's French white buttons have become increasingly popular...

1 Large-Medium size 20th C. engraved and pigmented example in sterling. Here is a very cool and detailed engraved and black pigmented scrimshawed natu

20 S/M/L 19th-20th century assorted materials including cats. This partial card includes a large variety of animal buttons including several cats, Rab

1 Large 20th century "Jelly Belly" button. "Jelly Belly" buttons are a term derived from collectors describing these type of but...

1 Large medium 19th century silver and pearl butterfly example. Here is a detailed engraved silver butterfly inlayed into a horn base and accented wit

1 Small 19th century realistic carved dog head button. Here is a cool and finely detailed carved natural material button with an inserted shank on the

3 Medium/Large 21st century pictorial buttons from China. Here are three nice examples of early 21st century buttons imported from Chia. The lot inclu

1 Large early 20th century heart shaped button! This cool and intricately carved Natural material in heart shape is a sew thru from the collection of

4 Medium 20th century buttons from the Motiwala Brothers studios. Here we have 4 natural material buttons from the famed Motiwala studios in India in

4 Medium orange/red 19th century horn buttons. Here we have 4 buttons with different animals depicted on each in the sporting style. Each button is a

1 Large 19th century Inuit carved Bear button. Here is a cool button in natural material showing a bear lying down. These old Inuit buttons like this

1 Extra large size 20th century engraved Snake button. From the collection of Jose Roman comes this beautifully crafted and designed engraved and pigm

1 Large 21st century hand made Antler Bigfoot button. This carved Antler appears to be depicting either a man in the tree or a Bigfoot. It is signed a

2 Large 20th century "Wedgwood" blue Jasperware DOG buttons Here are two nicely detailed buttons of two different dogs from the studios of...

1 Extra large carved wood button by the late Leo Crabtree. Leo was the husband of Barbara Crabtree who was a button collector in California for many y

2 Large 20th C. unusual color combination Jasperware buttons. The examples being offered in this lot from the studios of the late Stella Rzanski are a