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South Florida Spring Button Auctions
South Florida Spring Button Auctions
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Auction Location
200 Oakwood Ln, Suite 200
,
Hollywood
,
Florida
,
33020
,
United States
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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 division one hand painted scene under glass button
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1 Large 18th century colorful pastoral scene in vibrant colors. Here is an exquisitely hand painted example of painting on natural material and set un
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 700.00
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A RARE division one pictorial fabric button
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1 Large 18th century embroidered fabric male figure button. We have once again been entrusted to bring you two more of these exquisite and rare fabric
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,400.00
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A Division one Pearl and Enamel button
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1 Large 18th century cobalt blue enamel set in pearl. Here is an exquisite cobalt blue enamel with gold paillons and white pierreries set into a nicel
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for 500.00
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A division one three material inlay button
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1 Large 19th century black glass in metal with pearl example. This is such a cool and beautiful button from the collection of the late Shirley Case of
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 60.00
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A division one pictorial black glass button
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1 Large 19th century silver and acid etched fruit button. Here is a beautiful, and fine condition pictorial black glass in a larger than large thick b
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
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A small card of division one black glass buttons
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7 Large & Ex Large 19th century buttons including pictorial. Here is a very nice lot of large black glass buttons including a large patterned ci...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for 40.00
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A division one scarce black glass pictorial button
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1 Medium 19th century painted black glass under clear shield. This style button is considered scarce in buttons. The black glass base was painted with
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 1,700.00
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A partial card of division three celluloid buttons
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5 Medium/Large 20th century Marion Weeber examples. Here are several nice examples designed and made by the acclaimed designer Marion Weeber. Nikki De
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 60.00
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A card of division one and three assorted flower buttons
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28 S/M/L 19th-20th century assorted material examples. Here is a card of a large variety of materials including Bakelite, Gutta Percha on wood, cerami
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 130.00
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A division one RARE pictorial porcelain button
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1 large medium 19th century "Pate Sur Pate" pinecone button. This is an gorgeous example from the Minton's factory in England in the l...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for 2,700.00
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A partial card of division three celluloid buttons
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4 Medium/Large 20th century Marion Weeber examples. Here are several nice examples designed and made by the acclaimed designer Marion Weeber. Nikki De
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Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 130.00
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A small card of division three Bakelite Buttons
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8 Medium/Large 20th century assorted examples. This lot is mostly Bakelite and Casein. The Egyptian figural is painted on a black Casein base and very
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
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A division one pictorial Casein button
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1 Large early 20th C. pierced bird or fabulous animal example. Here is a cool openwork Casein button in fine detail dating to the early 20th century.
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 70.00
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A division three pictorial Bakelite button
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1 Extra Large 20th century blue fox head example. ere is a most unusual blue tinted thick carved Bakelite button of a fox head with engraved features
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 160.00
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A division three studio artist shell button
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1 Large 20th century engraved pictorial by Nancy Dubois. I have stated this many times but will always make the statement that Nancy Dubois is an incr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 160.00
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A division 3 early French white metal pictorial button
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1 Large 1930's patterned background white metal Scarab. These French white metal buttons have certainly become quite desirable in the recent yea...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 150.00
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A card of division three assorted material Dog buttons
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25 S/M/L mostly 20th century buttons with assorted Terrier Dogs. Here is a card you don?t see every day of all versions and a variety of materials dep
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 200.00
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A division one pictorial animal button
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1 Large 19th century Handkerchief Corner button. This is a wonderfully detailed deer head in brass set onto a 8 corner handkerchief corner back with t
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 60.00
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A division three studio artist glass button
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1 Large realistic shaped modern studio glass artist wildcat button. This imprssively created button is signed but we are unaware of by whom. It is nic
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to floor for 40.00
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A division three studio artist button
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1 Medium size 20th century Will Stokes Paperweight example. Will Stokes of Washington state made fantastic paperweight buttons, unfortunately for too
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
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A card of division 3 assorted colored moonglow glass
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35 Medium 20th century assorted shapes and styles. Here is a card that looks like a bunch of colored candy. The lot includes a large variety of colors
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 80.00
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A division one pictorial orange glass button
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1 Large early 20th C. spindle shaped glass snake button. Here is a striking and wonderful orange glass domed spindle with a low relief coiled snake on
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to floor for 200.00
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A division one fabulous original tint pictorial button
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1 Extra Large 19th C. detailed Equestrian subject matter button. In our November 2024 button auction we offered this same button for sale, after which
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 90.00
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An extremely rare Porcelain button from Hungary
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1 Large early 20th C. realistic shaped Herend porcelain button. This is perhaps the rarest button in this auction and actually one of the rarest butto
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for 5,750.00
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A division three studio artist button
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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
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 120.00
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A division three studio artist glass pictorial button
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1 Medium size 20th century paperweight button by Will Stokes! Will, a very talented artist from Washington State made buttons for a few years and his
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to floor for 70.00
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A small card of division three English glass buttons
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8 Medium/Large 20th century Bimini glass examples. This lot of the ever so popular English Bimini glass from the collection of the late Jean Young of
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 180.00
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A division three English glass pictorial button
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1 Large 20th century Bimini Glass Elephant button. Here is a beautiful relief glass button with lots of gold luster depicting a full body Elephant. Th
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for 40.00
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A division one lacy glass colored button
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1 Large size 19th century backmarked full body color example. This full body amber colored lacy glass button is the only style collectors have ever fo
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for 400.00
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A small card of division one Lacy glass buttons
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6 Medium/Large 19th century assorted pattern examples. WOW, cant believe were putting all these up together rather than separate, but here goes. This
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
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A division one silver lustered lacy glass button
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1 Medium size 19th century beautiful example. Here is a stunning looking lacy glass button from the 19th century and brought to us from the Czech Repu
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for 325.00
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A partial card of division one and three glass buttons
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39 Small/Medium 19th-20th century examples. Nikki Deal compiled an extensive collection of glass buttons. This colorful lot of mediums and smalls incl
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
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A division one white glass colorful button
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1 Small early 20th century glass button known as Coralene glass. Coralene glass is a technique where small glass beads were cemented to a glass base i
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to floor for 160.00
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A card of division three West German glass buttons
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54 Small 1940's "Moonglow" glass buttons. This card includes yellow, green, re and white colored Moonglows with silver luster borders ...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to floor for 225.00
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A card of division three studio artist buttons
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15 Small 20th century paperweight glass examples. Here is a nice selection of paperweight buttons from various deceased glass makers in the 20th centu
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 70.00
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A card of division one and three assorted ball buttons
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42 Small 19th-20th century assorted material examples. This card of assorted material ball shape buttons includes a nice green Nailsea example, beaded
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 110.00
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A card of division one and three assorted ball buttons
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25 Small/Medium 19th-20th century assorted material examples. This card of ball shaped buttons includes a very nice Japanese Satsuma example, a bone e
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 130.00
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A full tray of division 1 & 3 Earthenware buttons
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44 S/M/L 19th-20th century Framed Japanese Satsuma Buttons. This incredible display is more than just for the buttons but also the incredible design a
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for 300.00
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A partial card of division 1 & 3 Asian themed buttons
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14 Medium/Large 19th-21st century assorted material buttons. This lot from the late Pauline Lum includes several nice carved pictorial gemstones, carv
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 120.00
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A partial card of division 1 & 3 Asian themed buttons
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15 Small/Medium/Large 19th-21st C. assorted material buttons. This lot from the late Pauline Lum includes carved bone In wood, realistic shapes, a Ben
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
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A small card of Div. 1 & 3 assorted Earth Tone buttons
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7 Large 19th-20th century examples including Asian pictorial. Here we have a selection of buttons in Earth tone colors including a large Bob Benson VI
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
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A very rare and beautiful division one Gemstone button
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1 Large 19th C. or earlier pictorial Jade button. This incredible genuine Jade button in large size from Chinese origin is perhaps several hundred yea
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for 400.00
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A full card of division one and three Asian Buttons
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41 Small/Medium 19th/20th century assorted material buttons. This full card from the late Pauline Lum of California includes some nice Canton enamel e
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 160.00
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A division one Japanese enamel pictorial button
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1 Medium size late 19th C. foil enamel known as Gin Bari work. This beautiful Japanese button is done in the Gin Bari technique on a deep blue sky col
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 350.00
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A division one pictorial enamel button
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1 Large 19th century pink and green tri design enamel button! This is an exquisite button and with so many competition uses. I have never seen this ex
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 170.00
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A card of division one & three flower buttons
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25 S/M/L 19th-20th century assorted material examples. This lot includes a variety of styles and flowers. Includes is wood backgrounds, Bakelite, Luci
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 90.00
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A division one hard to find engraved pearl button
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1 Large scarce pearl from the 19th century. What makes this pearl scarce was explained to Bruce years ago by the late Shirley Case of Missouri who wro
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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A small card of division three pictorial pearl buttons
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2 Large 20th century carved Bethlehem Pearl examples. Here we have two different pictorial examples from the early 1930's when these buttons wer...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 60.00
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A partial card of division one steel cup buttons
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15 Large 19th century buttons including pictorials. This lot of steel cup buttons includes a variety of different centers including brass and pewter.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 110.00
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A scarce division one steel cup button
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1 Medium size 19th century Vegetable Iv. Centered example. This earthtone Vegetable Iv. Made from the Tagua nut is carved and set into a steel cup and
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 160.00
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