South Florida Spring Button Auctions

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Get ready for an exciting event in South Florida as we host the Upcoming Spring Button Auction, featuring an extraordinary collection of rare and historic buttons. Collectors and enthusiasts alike will have the opportunity to bid on some of the most coveted pieces, including a rare George Washington Memorial button, a prized artifact that pays homage to America’s first president.

Also up for auction is a Division One colored Litho under glass button, a stunning example of vintage craftsmanship. Another highlight is a Division One engraved pearl pictorial button, known for its intricate detailing and elegant design. These are just a few of the many exceptional buttons that will be available, spanning various eras, styles, and materials.

Whether you’re a seasoned collector or new to the world of button collecting, this auction promises to offer something truly special. Don’t miss your chance to own a piece of history at this one-of-a-kind event in South Florida this spring!
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A scarce division one oval crystal button426 - A scarce division one oval crystal button
Lion and Unicorn
A hard to find small 18th century Stuart Crystal button shape. The square version of this Stuart Crystal from the 18th century is found quite often bu
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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A division one scarce pearl and glass button427 - A division one scarce pearl and glass button
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1 Large 18th century cobalt blue glass in carved pearl. This is an exquisite and beautiful example from the 18th century. The carved and fluted border
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00) = 1,100.00
 
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A RARE division one under glass scene button428 - A RARE division one under glass scene button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Large 18th century figural hand decorated under glass button. Here is a rare opportunity to own an unusual and rare subject matter when it comes to
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,800.00) = 1,800.00
 
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A division one pictorial under glass button429 - A division one pictorial under glass button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Large 19th century printed on colored paper Cherub. Here is a Charming button made in the 18th century style of buttons. An example just like it is
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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A full card of division one Cherub and Cupid buttons430 - A full card of division one Cherub and Cupid buttons
Lion and Unicorn
29 S/M/L 19th-20th century mostly metal examples. Although this lot is for mostly metal it does include a very nice horn with silver inlay, a nice lar
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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A full card of assorted metal pictorial buttons431 - A full card of assorted metal pictorial buttons
Lion and Unicorn
20 Large 19th & 20th century assorted subject matter buttons. Here is a very nice card of assorted metal picture buttons including "Moses i...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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A division one Kate Greenaway Children's story button432 - A division one Kate Greenaway Children's story button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Large 19th century tole engraved with three figures. Here is a wonderful Kate Greenaway design on brass depicting 2 boys and a girl dressed and in t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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A partial card of division one Children story buttons433 - A partial card of division one Children story buttons
Lion and Unicorn
20 S/M/L 19th century assorted metal including Mary & Her Lamb. This card of story buttons includes the rare picture button of Mary and Her Lamb...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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A full card of division 1 & 3 Metal buttons434 - A full card of division 1 & 3 Metal buttons
Lion and Unicorn
20 Large 19th-20th century pictorial examples. This card includes a detailed Esmeralda and her dancing goat, several cherubs, Gnomes, Heads and much m
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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A division one metal pictorial button435 - A division one metal pictorial button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Small early 1800's Jacksonian brass button! Jacksonians were buttons popular during Andrew Jackson's time and therefore these buttons were...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (25.00) = 25.00
 
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A division one metal pictorial button436 - A division one metal pictorial button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Small early 1800's Jacksonian brass button! Jacksonians were buttons popular during Andrew Jackson's time and therefore these buttons were...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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A division one metal pictorial button437 - A division one metal pictorial button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Small early 1800's Jacksonian brass button! Jacksonians were buttons popular during Andrew Jackson's time and therefore these buttons were...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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A division one metal pictorial button438 - A division one metal pictorial button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Small early 1800's Jacksonian brass button! Jacksonians were buttons popular during Andrew Jackson's time and therefore these buttons were...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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A division one scene with Napolean Bonaparte439 - A division one scene with Napolean Bonaparte
Lion and Unicorn
1 Large silvered metal button depicting the Island of Ste Helene. This very detailed button shows Napolean standing on the Island of St. Helene in the
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (170.00) = 170.00
 
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A small card of division one pictorial buttons440 - A small card of division one pictorial buttons
Lion and Unicorn
2 Large early 20th C. silvered including "Shooing the Geese". Here we have two nice examples from the collection of Nikki Deal. One is a h...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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A card of division one and three assorted head buttons441 - A card of division one and three assorted head buttons
Lion and Unicorn
20 Medium/Large 19th-20th century assorted material examples. Here is a nice card of male and female heads in assorted materials to include porcelain,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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A partial card of division 1 & 3 assorted head buttons442 - A partial card of division 1 & 3 assorted head buttons
Lion and Unicorn
21 S/M/L 19th-20th century assorted material examples. Here we have a nice painting on natural material under glass, a transfer on paper under glass w
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Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (225.00) = 225.00
 
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A card of division 1 & 3 assorted mask buttons443 - A card of division 1 & 3 assorted mask buttons
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25 S/M/L 19th-20th C. assorted materials incl. natural material. Masks are something many collectors like to compile and the late Jean Young of Califo
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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A division one Livery Crest button444 - A division one Livery Crest button
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1 Medium silvered coated 19th century pictorial crest button. Marked on the back from the Pratt & Co. St. Martins Lane this detailed nice exampl...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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A division one Livery Crest Button445 - A division one Livery Crest Button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Large 19th century brass example. From the collection of the late Shirley Case of Missouri. Large examples as we have said previously are not common
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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A division one Livery Crest Button446 - A division one Livery Crest Button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Medium size 19th century triple pictorial example. From the collection of the late Shirley Case of Missouri. This silvered triple crest quite beauti
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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A division one pictorial metal button447 - A division one pictorial metal button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Medium size early 20th century "Risque" button. This is one of two buttons depicting the "Doctor and Pantelone". This is a sil...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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A division one pictorial metal button448 - A division one pictorial metal button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Medium size early 20th century "Risque" button. This is one of two buttons depicting the "Doctor and Pantelone". This is a sil...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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A set of division one sporting buttons449 - A set of division one sporting buttons
Lion and Unicorn
6 Medium silvered brass early 20th C. sporting scene buttons. This lot consists of 6 different scenes depicting sporting events or activities includin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (325.00) = 325.00
 
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A partial card of assorted div 1 & 3 Silver Buttons450 - A partial card of assorted div 1 & 3 Silver Buttons
Lion and Unicorn
19 S/M/L 19th-20th century examples including Mexican & Indian. Here is a very nice lot of silver buttons including pictorial, shapes, patterns,...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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A scarce size Division one Peasant silver button451 - A scarce size Division one Peasant silver button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Large size 19th century filigree and solid silver example. Large examples in this fine condition are not readily available. This nice example has wo
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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A partial card of division 1 & 3 metal buttons452 - A partial card of division 1 & 3 metal buttons
Lion and Unicorn
12 Medium/Large 19th-20th century white metal buttons. This lot includes a wonderful pictorial Hallmarked silver with great detail of Ophelia, a great
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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A partial card of division one steel buttons453 - A partial card of division one steel buttons
Lion and Unicorn
21 S/M/L mostly 19th century flat steel examples. This card includes a large variety of flat steel with escutcheons, engraving, tooling and abrading,
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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A partial card of division 1 & 3 metal buttons454 - A partial card of division 1 & 3 metal buttons
Lion and Unicorn
21 Medium 19th-20th C. specialized to white incl. pictorials. This is a cool partial card of buttons and includes some really fantastic examples that
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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A partial card of division three Niello Buttons455 - A partial card of division three Niello Buttons
Lion and Unicorn
15 Small/Medium 20th century silvers buttons including figural. Most of the buttons in this lot are Siamese Niello buttons with the exception of a cou
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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A division one realistic Kate Greenaway button456 - A division one realistic Kate Greenaway button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Large early 20th century silvered brass realistic example. This charming example of a Kate Greenaway design shows a boy carrying flowers at the fenc
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (425.00) = 425.00
 
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An adorable division one Children's set457 - An adorable division one Children's set
Lion and Unicorn
4 Small early 20th century domed wood children buttons. This adorable set is uncommon to find in the complete set like this. The center is believed to
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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A partial card of division three Lacquer buttons458 - A partial card of division three Lacquer buttons
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10 Medium /Large 20th century hand painted Russian buttons. Nice card of pictorial designs from Russia. The lot includes several very colorful pictori
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Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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A partial card of division 3 assorted material buttons.459 - A partial card of division 3 assorted material buttons.
Lion and Unicorn
20 Medium/Large 20th-21st century including Wood-Gourd-Cork. Here is an interesting card. If you know Nikki Deal of Missouri she collected a vast vari
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to floor for (110.00) = 110.00
 
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A division one pictorial animal button460 - A division one pictorial animal button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Large 19th century Wood Background Lion button. Here is an uncommon hard to find wood background button with a full body walking Lion escutcheon. Th
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (250.00) = 250.00
 
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A division three artist created pictorial button461 - A division three artist created pictorial button
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1 Large 20th century Russian Lacquer pictorial elephants button. Here is a beautifully crafted Russian Lacquer artist button from the late 20th centur
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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An unusual division one pictorial button462 - An unusual division one pictorial button
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1 Large 19th century tole and lacquer button. This is an unusual example of tole and lacquer work on a brass button. The back and front are blackened
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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A division three silver pictorial button463 - A division three silver pictorial button
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1 Medium 20th century openwork Egyptian Scarab button. Here is very nice silver tested pierced openwork detailed scarab in the Egyptian style. Scarabs
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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A division three spider on a web button464 - A division three spider on a web button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Extra Large silver & silver wirework 20th century button. Here is a button sold by Tender Buttons many years ago to this consignor. It is a ve...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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A division one pierced coiled snake button465 - A division one pierced coiled snake button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Small size 19th century unmarked GOLD example. Here is a wonderful 19th century snake button in solid gold. The consignor, a known collector and dea
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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A division 3 early French white metal pictorial button466 - A division 3 early French white metal pictorial button
Lion and Unicorn
1 Large 1930's patterned background white metal Egyptian. These French white metal buttons have certainly become quite desirable in the recent y...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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A partial card of division 1 & 3 metal buttons467 - A partial card of division 1 & 3 metal buttons
Lion and Unicorn
21 Medium 18th-20th century white metal buttons including silver. This lot includes a wonderful modified square engraved pictorial silver example from
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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A RARE set of pewter Sporting pictorial buttons468 - A RARE set of pewter Sporting pictorial buttons
Lion and Unicorn
4 Large 19th century buttons with 4 different sporting scenes. This fun and whimsical set is pictured in the BBB by Hughes and Lester on page 659. You
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (225.00) = 225.00
 
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A partial card of division 1 & 3 metal buttons469 - A partial card of division 1 & 3 metal buttons
Lion and Unicorn
21 Medium 19th-20th C. specialized to white incl. pictorials. This is another cool partial card of buttons and includes some really fun examples that
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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A small card of division one steel buttons470 - A small card of division one steel buttons
Lion and Unicorn
11 Large 19th century assorted center steel cup buttons. This nice assortment includes a scarce domed faceted black glass center, some nice pictorials
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (750.00) = 750.00
 
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A full card of assorted metal & steel buttons471 - A full card of assorted metal & steel buttons
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25 M/L 19th century cut steel and cut steel OME buttons. This card has a great selection of brass with steel and cut steel buttons. A variety of shoes
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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A card of Japanese Damascene metal works buttons472 - A card of Japanese Damascene metal works buttons
Lion and Unicorn
20 Small/Medium size assorted subject matter Damascenes. These Vintage and modern examples found on this card represent a variety of shapes, patterns
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Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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A division one Damascene buckle473 - A division one Damascene buckle
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1 Large pierced 1 piece early 20th C. finely detailed buckle. Here is a beautiful 1 piece buckle in the Damascene technique and found here in impeccab
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (325.00) = 325.00
 
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A small card of assorted buckles474 - A small card of assorted buckles
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6 Large 1 and 2 pieced buckles including Cameo. This lot of buckles includes a cameo centered two piece example, a nice two piece example with red pas
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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A small card of division one buckles/clasps475 - A small card of division one buckles/clasps
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2 19th century two piece clasps including pearl and pictorials. Here are two different buckle/clasps, one shows us a two piece carved pearl with a bra
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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