South Florida Spring Button Auctions

1 Large early 20th century PEACOCK EYE glass 2 piece buckle! Here is an exquisitely crafted Art Nouveau designed 2 piece silver buckle with Peacock ey

2 Large 20th century 2 piece buckle including Casein. Here we have one very large 2 piece red Casein with a hand painted design on top along with a 2

A large 19th century 2 piece Satsuma set in metal buckle. Here is a beautiful and colorful buckle handmade in Japan in the late 1800's. The flor...

A Large pictorial earlier 20th century Satsuma Button Here is a very colorful and finely painted Japanese Satsuma button depicting a village and Mt Fu

1 Medium size 19th century hand decorated Asian figural button. I just love these hand made buttons in lacquered paper Mache in the Chinoiserie style.

1 Large 19th century stunning example from Japan. Take a good look as this heavy dotted gold example as it is quite a stunning example of 19th century

1 Large size 20th century Arita porcelain pictorial button Here is a large Japanese button from the Arita Province depicting a coiled Dragon in gold o

1 Large-Medium 19th century oval Shibayama Button. Here is a beautifully hand crafted 19th century natural material inlayed button in the Shibayama te

7 Medium size 20th century shaped Kutani Porcelain examples. Here is a set of the 7 Gods in a more unusual material of Kutani Porcelain. Most sets in

1 Scarce Large Shakudo button with a meaning! Tin Dang once again has explained the meaning behind the depiction on this great and unusual Shakudo but

1 Large medium 19th century very detailed Japanese pottery button. This detailed Satsuma button with lots of gold depicts a meaning that our Tin Dang

13 Small/Medium 20th century Japanese assorted ceramic buttons. Nice selection including Arita, Kutani and Satsuma. Issued: DIVISION 1=PRE 1918 AND D

39 Small/Medium/Large 19th/20th C. assorted material buttons. This card of Asian themed buttons is from the collection of the late Pauline Lum of Cali

1 Medium size oval 19th century "Pate Sur Pate" button. This example has been always considered to be in this technique of Pate Sur Pate b...

1 Large 19th century "Liverpool" transfer button. These very large size buttons in this technique are not plentiful, especially with color...

2 Medium size 19th century high relief colored glass heads. Here we have two different beautifully made white glass in metal with high relief heads th

1 Medium 19th century gold gilt silver example with fine detail. These examples are not at all common and this gold gilt silver is framed and accented

1 Large late early 20th century high relief sailor button. I have always loved this button for its relief work and its detail, not to mention after lo

1 Medium oval early 19th century button made of BERLIN Iron. Here is a true rarity in buttons as one of the only examples to ever surface in this mate

1 Large polychrome enamel with a rare silver resist finish. When Karen Cohen was writing her new book on enamels we sent her many images that she used

1 Large 19th century multi colored enamel in an ornate setting. Here is an absolutely gorgeous foil embedded enamel button from the 19th century. The

1 Large-Medium 1 1/4" 19th C. colorful Gin Bari enamel example. These stunning foil backed Cloissonne buttons were made in Japan during the lat...

1 Large 20th century enamel pictorial with a scarce paste border. The Motiwala Brothers of India were entrepreneurs in the 1950's and 60's a...

1 Large 1960's enamel pictorial by the late Herman Lowenstein. Herman Lowenstein was an enamel artist in the 1960's and made these colorful ...

24 S/M/L 19th-20th century assorted material examples. This card of ships includes a nice red Burwood, a very nice Satsuma example, glass, Jasperware,

1 Large 20th century Bakelite over wood sailing vessel. Here is a beautiful orangy red rich colored Bakelite laminated over a thick wood base in reali

1 Large medium 1 1/4" early 20th century button of two airplanes. This incredible button from the collection of the late Jean Young of Californ...

1 Large brass 19th century Boat & Architectural scene example. Here is a very detailed domed brass button with a pierced openwork border. The ar...

1 Large medium 19th century of the Eiffel Tower with verbal. Although there are several version of a steel cup with an Eiffel Tower this RARE example

1 Extra Large 20th C. scenic wood incredible detailed button. In our November 2024 auction we offered for sale a French wood button (the button had an

24 Medium/Large 19th-20th century assorted material examples. Here is a very nice card of assorted building and scenes in a variety of materials to in

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

42 Small 19th century "Waistcoat" examples. Although the NBS removed this description of Waistcoats from the classification years ago old-...

17 Medium/Large early 20th C. glass in metal examples. Here is a card of assorted colored faux jewel glass centered in metal buttons known to collecto

1 Large late 19th century Red glass in metal example. Here is a wonderful ornate Gay 90 button from the Victorian Era. Red glass jewels are one of the

10 Med/Large early 19th C. & later assorted paste jewel buttons. Here is a beautiful card of paste jewel buttons called "Glitz". These...

1 Large 19th c. green paste and Marcasite adorned button. Here is a stunning example and fine quality button for any collector. The quality silver set

1 Large 19th century oval enamel with paillons & pierreries. This is a beautiful and pristine example of enamel work from the late 19th century,...

1 Large 19th century cobalt blue enamel button. This truly fine example of enamel and silver work from the late 19th century is not just beautiful but

1 Medium 19th century Art Nouveau IRIS example. This exquisite button depicts a purple Iris in the center in polychrome hand painted enamel and border

1 Large 19th century smokey pearl with oval enamel center. Here is a beautiful example of two materials on one button. The base is a heavily engraved

2 Large 20th century carved Bethlehem Pearl examples. Here we have two different pictorial examples from the early 1930's when these buttons wer...

1 Medium 19th C. mottled front with a silver Art Nouveau design. This button from the collection of the late Shirley Case is an incredible and wonderf

1 Large 19th century carved smokey pearl button. Jean Young of California had two of these very detailed buttons with the head on sailing vessel (unus

1 Large 19th century brass-cut steel-pearl button. This great button is one of three designs made like this that we know of. There is a Horse and ride

1 Large 18th century openwork pearl with blued steel center. Here is an absolutely gorgeous 18th century pearl button. The pearl is carved openwork in

1 Medium size 18th century Meissen backmarked porcelain button. Here is a beautifully hand painted porcelain button with a 4 hole shank back and cross

1 Large 18th century brass colored copper example. This very nice condition 18th century copper button has a brass coating in good condition and is de

A large engraved early 18th century silver hunting dog button! This is a beautiful example to add to ones collection of an early hunting button depict

1 Large 18th C. Reverse painted scene set in copper. This is another incredible copper button from the collection of Harry Case of Missouri. The cente