Unbuttoned: The Spring Button Auction, Day 2

Auction Details

Unbuttoned: The Spring Button Auction, Day 2 presents 396 lots continuing a focused offering of collectible buttons across a wide range of materials and styles. The catalog is structured around division cards and grouped assortments, with numerous lots organized by theme, material, and design.



Glass buttons remain a central category, including pictorial examples and decorative forms, alongside enamel and metal buttons that provide contrast in texture and finish. Studio and artist made buttons appear throughout, representing more contemporary craftsmanship alongside vintage and antique examples.



Additional lots include hand painted buttons, carved designs, and assorted groupings spanning multiple styles and periods. Day 2 builds on the depth of the auction with a strong emphasis on variety, presentation, and collectible groupings suited to both specialized and general button collectors.
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A DIVISION ONE SILVERED PICTORIAL FIGURAL BUTTON461 - A DIVISION ONE SILVERED PICTORIAL FIGURAL BUTTON
Lion and Unicorn
1 Large medium late 19th C. "Scaramouche and Columbine" example. This is a beautifully detailed in relief example. Scaramouche is serenad...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
 
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A DETAILED DIVISION THREE NAPOLEON BUTTON462 - A DETAILED DIVISION THREE NAPOLEON BUTTON
Lion and Unicorn
1 Large detailed 20th century white metal depiction. Here is a very finely detailed button with the inscription around the outer edge "APOTHEOS...
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
 
 
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A DIVISION ONE TOLE FIGURAL BUTTON463 - A DIVISION ONE TOLE FIGURAL BUTTON
Lion and Unicorn
1 Large Medium 19th century relief figural fop example. This is a beautifully made tole and lacquered button with red tint and a full figured Fop of I
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Estimate : 120.00 - 180.00
Sold to floor for 180.00
 
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A SMALL CARD OF MARY GREGORY STYLE GLASS BUTTONS464 - A SMALL CARD OF MARY GREGORY STYLE GLASS BUTTONS
Lion and Unicorn
2 Large enamel decorated glass 21st C. cobalt children buttons. These backmarked examples in cobalt glass have become quite desirable among collectors
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Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 300.00
 
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A DIVISION ONE PHOTOGRAPHIC BUTTON465 - A DIVISION ONE PHOTOGRAPHIC BUTTON
Lion and Unicorn
1 Large early 20th century photo button of children! This is a very cool example of early photographic buttons set in metal. The black and white photo
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
 
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A DIVISON THREE TWO PART COLT BUTTON466 - A DIVISON THREE TWO PART COLT BUTTON
Lion and Unicorn
1 Medium 20th C, rouge button from the Colt Manufacturing Co. These Rouge buttons are very desirable among collectors. This example has a yellow scre
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to floor for 130.00
 
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A SMALL CARD OF DIVISION 3 PICTORIAL MATCHING BUTTONS467 - A SMALL CARD OF DIVISION 3 PICTORIAL MATCHING BUTTONS
Lion and Unicorn
4 large 20th century Bakelite and brass examples. This card includes three examples of a Gibson girl in brass escutcheoned to a brown thick Bakelite c
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 90.00
 
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A DIVISION THREE GLASS FIGURAL IN BAKELITE468 - A DIVISION THREE GLASS FIGURAL IN BAKELITE
Lion and Unicorn
1 Extra Large 1940's example of Genghis Kahn in brown. The molded detailed glass is accented with green paint highlighting the design of Genghis...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for 225.00
 
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A SELECTION OF DIVISION THREE BONE IN WOOD BUTTONS469 - A SELECTION OF DIVISION THREE BONE IN WOOD BUTTONS
Lion and Unicorn
12 Large 21st century carved animal examples. This is a set of Chinese Zodiac buttons that were crafted in China in the early 2000's and depict ...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 90.00
 
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A SMALL CARD OF DIVISION THREE CERAMIC BUTTONS470 - A SMALL CARD OF DIVISION THREE CERAMIC BUTTONS
Lion and Unicorn
4 Medium/Large 20th century Japanese Kutani pictorial examples. Here are 4 nice Kutani porcelain examples including a scarce large size. From the Kuta
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 275.00
 
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