Unbuttoned: The Spring Button Auction, Day 2

11 Small/Medium 19th century micro mosaic examples. This lot includes a wonderful set of 5 different architectural designs of colored glass mosaic wor

1 large 19th century "Passamentrie" glued and riveted example. These delicate and fine buttons used to be called "Passamentrie" ...

1 Large 19th century backmarked Cherub and Trellis example. This is a very detailed glossy and matte finish example from the 19th century. These backm

1 Large oval molded and paint DF figural example. This very cool button depicts in great detail a nude lady and nude cherub picking grapes. The black

12 Large 19th century examples including pictorial. This card of Nikki Deals includes a beautiful lacy style fan, a great cornucopia, and several othe

209 Small/Medium 19th/20th C. assorted technique examples. This lot includes a large selection of lusters including silver, gold Aurora. The lot inclu

224 Small/Medium 20th C. assorted West German glass examples. This lot includers a plethora of 1940's examples in black glass to include lusters...

107 S/M/L late 19th/early 20th century shell examples. Here is a lot for the collector and the crafter as these shaded and white pearls include a plet

12 S/M/L 19th/20th century assorted technique examples. This lot includes a wonderful small size Coachmen pearl style button with a fox and horn engra

22 S/M/L 19th century assorted technique in metal examples. This card of the late Jeff Lee of Ohio incorporates shell in steel cups, brass, background

1 Large-Medium 1 1/4" 19th C. shell mounted in metal example. This is a stunning button with the silvered and gilded brass border with inset br...

1 Large medium 19th century cowrie shell example. This button is a desirable example for collectors as it has several uses in competitions, neverthele

16 S/M/L 19th century assorted technique examples. This nice selection includes a wonderful engraved and pigmented bird example on a large thick Coach

1 Large-Medium 1 1/4" 19th C. sew thru architectural example. Here is a finely detailed and amazingly carved pearl button depicting a women in ...

20 Large 19th century examples including carved and smokey. This card includes engraved, brown shaded, smokey, oyster white, carved, shapes, plain cen

26 Medium/Large 20th century Decoupaged shell examples. Here is a cool selection of mostly animals in decoupage form on pearl backs from the collectio

27 Medium 20th C. mostly assorted shell animal examples. This card includes a variety of animals including elephants, birds, cats, fish and much more.

1 Medium size 19th century pensive looking lady profile bust. Here is a beautifully and detailed cameo of a lady deep in thought. These Carved Cowrie

1 Medium size 19th century hand painted pearl dog button.  This button from a larger set is incredibly detailed and hand painted in the V...

1 Large 21st century signed Gorilla button. Here is a large carved and detailed Gorilla button with a signed back L.W. 2013. DimensionsSM=Less than 3

5 Medium 19th/20th century animal examples. This small card includes a 19th century Innuit seal example along with a carved horse from the early 20th

1 Medium 19th century Dancing Frogs rubber button. This is a very desirable example for button collectors. A greenback Goodyear 1851 example. Dimensi

1 Extra large 1940's realistic shaped squid example. Here is a very cool carved Bakelite button in vibrant green chunky Bakelite. The button is ...

6 Medium/Large 21st century assorted Boxwood examples. These carved Boxwood buttons were imported from China in the early 2000's and Pauline Lum...

1 Large 1950's gold vermeil silver filigree Peacock example. Here is one of those desirable buttons hand made in the studios of the Motiwala Bro...

1 Large 1940's example of a squirrel in Burwood. Here is an uncommon example of Burwood from the Traverse City Michigan company in the 1940'...

20 Medium/Large 21st century natural material examples. This card includes realistic shapes, set in wood, carved, animals, and much more look closely.

1 Large early 20th century engraved example by Henri Hamm. This very cool button was purchased by the consignor many years ago from the French dealer

3 Large size 20th century Acrylic Shot examples. These three detailed examples made of Acrylic Shot depict women posing in what was typically posed by

1 Extra Large size 19th century wood and metal engraved example. I have always loved this button. The extra large wood base is carved out to allow for

16 M/L 19th/20th century assorted material examples. This card includes several nice Lithograph examples, a nice colorful enamel with gilded brass, a

20 S/M/L 19th/20th century assorted heads and figural examples. Here's a nice card including a studio Ballerina by Dinae Ford, a nice old Satsum...

77 Diminutive 19th & early 20th C. assorted technique examples. This large selection of Diminutives includes a plethora of materials to include ...

25 S/M/L 19th/20th century assorted subject matter examples. This lot includes a nice carved oval shaded pearl ladies head, a detailed brass of Teddy

23 S/M/L 19th/20th century assorted subject matter examples. This card includes a nice colorful transfer on porcelain with paste border, a large pierc

18 S/M/L 19th century assorted examples. These photographic buttons from the late 1800's known as tintypes are wonderful examples of early photo...

1 Large 19th century oval angelic women on silk example. The detail and colors the artists utilized on this angelic ladies depiction is quite stunning

1Extra Large 19th century hand painted natural material example. This is an incredibly detailed and almost photographic looking example of a hand pain

1 Large 18th century slightly risque En Grisaille painting! This is a very detailed example from the 18th century of En Grisaille work on natural mate

1 Large 18th century beautifully crafted copper example. This beautifully engraved and chased copper from the 18th century shows a very vibrant condi

1 Large 18th century reverse painted scene with mica background. This beautiful condition and crisp detail scene in red and blue against the white Mic

1 Medium 18th century 8 sided object example. Here is a great 18th century button. Objects are not as readily available in the 18th century as plants,

1 Large 18th century En Grisaille example. This under glass En Grisaille technique on paper is rimmed ion copper and has a bronze back. DimensionsSM=

1 Large medium 18th century beautifully crafted copper example. Here is a beautiful pictorial example depicting a large flower head and leaves finely

1 Large 18th C. watercolor on paper figural Swiss example. This rare example. a female figure is from a larger set that the consignor acquired. The f

1 Large late 18th century signed Meissen floral example. Here is a beautiful and colorful porcelain example from the Meissen factory of Germany. Meiss

1 Large 18th C. under glass of the statue of Henri IV. This steel engraved paper under glass with a sky blue background depicts the famous statue of H

1 Large 18th century carved natural material under glass example. Dieppe carvings are attributed the Dieppe region of France where this style of carvi

1 Small engraved silver 18th century crest button. Here we have a beautifully detailed and engraved with two birds above a torse and above a shield wh

2 Large 19th century Livery/Crest examples. Large size examples are not common and Niki Deal knew that and paid dearly to get these two only large exa

4 Medium 19th century horn crest buttons including a COW. This lot includes a DOUBLE horn crest with two animals and a crown, a great cow, a cross wit

1 Large 19th century detailed lady and dog by her side example. This button pictured in the Big Book of Buttons by Hughes and Lester is found on plate

1 Large oval 19th century hand painted natural material example. This is a beautifully executed and colorful example set under glass and mounted in a

1 large medium oval 19th century natural material under glass. This is one of three examples in the auction, each depicting a different recognizable a

1 Medium 19th century female figural example. This is a beautifully hand painted in pastel colors on natural material and set under glass and mounted

1 Medium size 19th century interior scene hand painted button. The detail in this example is quite exceptional along with the beautiful colors the art

1 Large 19th century button "Going to a Masquerade Ball". Rarely does one find buttons showing people holding or wearing a mask for a masq...

6 Medium 20th century Wedgwood seminar favor buttons. Like the button societies, the Wedgewood society gives a favor button each year of their convent

6 Medium 20th century Wedgwood seminar favor buttons. Like the button societies, the Wedgewood society gives a favor button each year of their convent

1 Large 19th century backmarked Wedgwood example. Here is a color of genuine Wedgwood Jasperware that you do n to often see. This light color green wa

14 Medium 20th century Satsuma and Arita Examples. This lot includes a nice colorful set of Arita porcelain immortal gods from Japan along with a colo

7 Medium 1930's scalloped Kutani porcelain examples. This set of 7 Japanese Immortal gods is not your typical set collectors often find. This se...

27 Small/Medium early 20th century hand painted examples. These are highly collectible and are beautifully hand painted on porcelain. This selection

This large selection of early 20th century are stud examples. This is a beautiful selection of various shapes including a great heart example, and va

23 Small/Ex Large 20th century examples of the Zodiac signs. This card includes a wonderful and less common pink Jasperware set by the late Stella Rza

3 EX-Large 20th century blue Jasperware examples by Rzanski. The buttons on this small card are all dated 2004 and depict various Christmas scenes. So

3 Medium/Large 20th century special edition examples by Rzanski. The buttons on this small card were custom made in this colorway and we are almost at

3 Large 20th/21st C. examples by Connie Robinson. This lot comes from the personal collection of Connie Robinson of Florida and were hand made by Conn

6 Medium/Large 20th/21st century colorful lampwork examples. This fun lot from the eclectic collection of Nikki Deal includes a variety of subject mat

1 Large 20th century example by Nikki Deal. Here is a beautiful example made by Nikki Deal of Missouri. This three dimensional anchor example is signe

1 Large 21st C. Arts and Crafts style pottery pictorial example. This button was crafted as the favor button for the National Button Society conventio

21 Medium/Large 20th/21st century assorted examples. This nice selection includes a wonderful pearl star in silver from the 2007 Texas convention, a p

8 Medium/Large 20th/21st century assorted examples. This nice selection includes a wonderful enameled pewter car example from the 2014 Springfield MO

4 Large 21st century examples from an NBS convention. This set of reproduction George Washington Inaugural buttons were produced for the 2015 National

1 Large 1940's Burwood shape sew thru example. This 4 hole sew thru with thread grooves is a Burwood Cube shape. The hand painted graining is ab...

1 Large 1940's painted BURWWOOD Clock example. This button came off an original card many years ago from the Sally Luscomb button museum in Conn...

19 Large 20th C. assorted crafted Couture buttons. To be honest here we are not experts in this area of button collecting. These Couture examples are

19 Large 20th C. assorted crafted Couture buttons. To be honest here we are not experts in this area of button collecting. These Couture examples are

35 Medium 20th C. assorted crafted Couture buttons. To be honest here we are not experts in this area of button collecting. These Couture examples are

1 Large 20th C. crafted Faux tortoise style Couture button. Nikki Deal of Missouri as we have previously stated compiled a very eclectic collection ov

1 Large crafted button by French designer Roger Jean-Pierre. Nikki Deal of Missouri as we have previously stated compiled a very eclectic collection

17 Medium/Large 20th C. assorted crafted Couture buttons. To be honest here we are not experts in this area of button collecting. These Couture exampl

15 Large 20th C. assorted crafted Couture buttons. To be honest here we are not experts in this area of button collecting. These Couture examples are

18 Large 20th century buttons including Ann and Gap examples. This card of Nikki Deals includes several nice examples of the desirable Ann and Gap but

20 Medium/Large 20th century examples including British Bakelite. This card appears to have British Bakelite examples, maybe acrylic shot, maybe some

3 Large 21st century examples including pictorials. In this lot is a cool carved VI turtle signed by Nancy Dubois, another fine example from Nancy. T

4 Large 19th/21st century examples including pictorials. This lot includes one old oval molded floral pattern in dyed black VI along with 3 beautiful

4 Large 19th/21st century examples including pictorials. This lot includes a wonderful engraved spider web signed on the reverse CR, very nicely done.

4 Large 19th century examples including pictorials. This small selection includes two buttons with the same design, one is carved and dyed, and the ot

1 Large 21st C. VI & Glass by Nancy Dubois. Here we go again with a talented artist of our times. This incredible Veg. Iv. Shaped button was han...

1 Large 21st century reverse carved Lucite example. This beautifully back carved and colored Lucite button was hand made by Cheryl Empson who no longe

2 Large enamel decorated glass 21st C. cobalt children buttons. These backmarked examples in cobalt glass have become quite desirable among collectors

1 Large 20th century furry glass eyed bear head button. Here is a very cool unsigned Studio Artist button from the collection of Nikki Deal. This ador

14 Large 20th/21st C. assorted material & subject matter examples. Here is a nice selection of assorted Studio artist buttons including an extra...

3 Large late 20th century examples by Kay Ferguson. This small card of these hand made lampwork buttons by Kay Ferguson are beautifully crafted. Kay h

21 Small 20th century Artist paperweight examples. This lot includes several Francis Weinman, John Gooderham, and more. A nice selection of colors an

1 Medium size early 20th century Coralene glass rose example. Medium Coralene are not as common as the smaller versions. This beautiful example depict

35 Medium 20th century examples including pictorials. Look very close as there are several very nice examples including pictorial on this card of lus

6 Medium/Large 1940's English Bimini examples. Here is a nice card of these desirable glass buttons from England in the mid 20th century. The lo...

35 S/M/L 19th/20th century paste OME examples. Here is a colorful card of assorted clear and colored glass buttons all with one or more paste jewels e