Wild Wednesday - page 2

 

 

Offering Buttons from my Personal Collection

I'm not a dealer - Thank you all for visiting!

If you wish to purchase any of these buttons, please send email and tell me which you'd like. I will put your button aside until payment is received. Will take Personal checks, Postal MO or PayPal. Buttons are generally mailed out 2-3 days after payment has cleared. 

Postage/Shipping is $2.50 ~ Gladly combine multiple buys.

Click on a thumbnail, to view full size photo. Sorry for the poor quality of some photos!

 

(Unless Otherwise Stated, All Cut Steels in these listings are Clean & Shiny!)

 

 

  

Layered Bakelite ~ Framed Lattice - eBay

Creamy Frame atop Applejuice w/ Reverse Incised Lattice Pattern

Measures 1 & 5/8" Across and 1 & 7/8" Diagonally - Excellent Condition

 

Set of 8 Large Honey Vegetable Ivory Buttons - $5.00

Beautiful Satin Finish - Excellent Condidion - All Measure 1 & 3/8" Across

Turret Shaped Self-Shank - Sides Slope up to make a Soft Coolie Hat Shape

 

 

Cherries - Original Tints - Neat Background - $12.00

Maroon, Blue & Green Tinted Design Applied on Tinted W/ Gold Painted Background

1 & 1/2" Across - VG to Excellent Condition

 

Tally Ho!! Hallmarked 1-Piece Silver - $20.00

Tiny Lion Passant Gardant Mark at Right Edge by Hooves - Need Loupe!

Bareback! Mustache & Bearded Rider wearing Hat w/Rolled Sides & Nice Suit

Measures Just Pver 7/8" Across - Large Thick Shank - Fuzzy Photos! Sorry!

 

18th Century Silver Plated & Engine-Turned Engraving - $32.00

One-Piece - Beveled Edge - 1 & 7/16" Across - Beautiful Condition - Very Light Wear

Much Prettier in Person! Silver Plating Polishes to Look Like Satin!

 

 

Hand Carved Honey Horn Octagonal Shape w/ Paste OME - $28.00

Celluloid Type Hump Shank - Measures - 1 & 15/16" Across - Clear Color

All Original & Brilliant Pastes! Great Shape! Beautiful & in Perfect Condition!!

 

 

Exceptional Pierced Shell - Hand Carved & Etched Details - eBay

Large 1 & 1/2" - Sew-Thru - Rainbow Colors Change with Movement! Beautiful Condition

 

 

Duchess of Devonshire - Copper Metalized - $12.00

Measures 1 & 1/4" Across - Looks Grainy in Photos, In Person is Beautiful!

Copper Color was Hard to "Get Right"/Edit

 

"BLA BLA BLA!" Cartoon Chick - Transfer on White Glass - $10.00

Measures 1 & 5/8" High and 1 & 3/16" Wide - Great Condition

I call this "My Mouth Runneth Over" - If You Know Me, You Understand!

 

California State Seal - Circa Late 1860-1880's - eBay

Albert's CF3 - Near Mint - Measures 7/8" Across

 

NERBA 1993 Favor Button - "St George Slaying the Dragon" - $5.00

Designed & Initialed by Bob Moodie - NBS Large - Poor Photo. Mint Condition.

 

Unusual Two-Hole Sew Thru Plaster Flower in High Relief - $3.00

Lovely Purple Petals - Sorry for Dust! Much Better in Person

Measures a Hair Over 1" & is 1/2" High - Studio?

 

Armor, Battle-ax, Pike & Shield w/ Anchor - Wood Back - $8.00

1 & 5/16" Across - VG-Excellent Condition

Top of Helmet Shows a Star Mounted on a Torse!

 

Gymnastic Parrot on a Branch - Original Tint - $2.50

3/4" Across - Japanned Back w/Loop Shank (Fuzzy Photo)

Excellent Condition

 

Pre-1970 Pennsylvania State Button Society Button - $6.00

"Superior Quality" Backmark - Mint Condition - NBS Large-Medium

From Helen L. Cooper (PA) Collection

 

Beautiful Hand Cut & Chased Danish Sterling - Great Shape - $14.00

Typical Jeweler Round Loop Shank - Unmarked - Excellent Condition

Low Convex - Provenance: Grandmother Kirsten Hansen Stibolt (I have it's twin)

 

HUGE Thick Porcelain Thistle ~ One-of-a-Kind Studio - eBay

The Only Button Created by known Ceramist Susan MacPherson (WA)

Beautiful Details ~ 1/4" Thick Oval ~ Measures 2 & 1/8" High

 

Wheat - Thick 1-Piece Buffed Celluloid - $65.00

Excellent Condition - Typical Hump Shank - Nifty Green Tint

Measures Just Over 2 & 7/16" Across - Lovely Button! Seen on eBay for $125!

 

Artichoke Flower - Thick 1-Piece Celluloid - $38.00

Measures 1 & 15/16" Square - Typical Hump Shank - Excellent Condition

 

Cute Bird Perched on Branch by River - Original Tint - $4.00

9/16" Across - Brass Back - Loop Shank - Excellent Condition

 

"Feeding the Birds" - 5/8" Across - $4.00

One Bird Perched Waiting for a Morsel & Two Flying - Very Good Condition

Original Tint on Brass is Actually Navy - Measures 5/8" Across - Hard to Photograph!

 

Hotei ~ God of Happiness ~ Netsuke - $60.00

Hand Carved & Tinted Ivory - Very Good Condition - 19th Century

High Relief - Excellent Details - Measures 1" x 1" & is 3/8" Thick

 

Small Robinson Crusoe - BBB p471 #1 - $10.00

Measures 5/8" Across - Original Tint - Beautiful Condition - Fuzzy Focus

Much Better in Person!

 

Heron Among Vines at Pond - $5.00

Original Turquoise-Blue Tint - 3/4" Across - Very Good Condition (Best in Person!)

 

Ajax - 1-Pc French White - Original Pinkish Taupe Tint - $14.00

Loop Shank - Excellent Condition - 1 & 3/8" Across

Sorry for the fuzziness of photo - See BBB p519 #15

 

18th C Carved Pearl - Measures 1" Across - $8.00

Beautiful, Thick & in Great Condition ~ Typical 18th C Thick Loop Shank

 

Flirty Fruit Seller - Transfer on Porcelain - Low Convex - $5.00

Measures 1" High - Very Good Condition - Much Nicer in Person!

 

  

Raised Swirl Center w/Applied Inner Twist Border Set in "Cup" - $6.00

Very Unusual Design - 1 & 7/16" Across - Plastic - 1950-60's - Mint Condition

 

Celluloid or Bakelite Squares Set in Silver Metal - $5.00

Russet Square is Lacquered - Measures 3/4" by 9/16" - Very Good Condition

 

 

Sequins w/Original Green Tint - One-Piece Gilt Brass - $4.00 PAIR

Needs a Cleaning, Otherwise Great Condition - Measures 1 & 1/4"

Sequin Border w/ MOP Escutcheon - Gilt Brass

Measures 7/8" Across - Great Condition - Could use light Cleaning

 

Reform Club of London Crest - $20.00

Rose & Thistle Design - Enclosed by a Belt with the Motto "REFORM CLUB" Within
Gilding is Perfect - Near Mint Condition - Measures 1" Across

"Spun" Back with Backmark of "FIRMIN / LONDON"

The Reform Club was seen in the Movie "Miss Potter" (Beatrix)!!

 

Ivoroid in Metal - Sarah Lennox ~ Holland House - $30.00

Twisted Rope Border - Original Tint - Excellent Condition

BBB p479 #3 - Measures 3/4" Across - Beautiful Button!

 

Mary Tudor - Unusual Bamboo Background - $28.00

BBB p495 #8 - Pierced Border w/ Black Celluloid Push-Ups

Measures 1 & 1/8" Across - Excellent Condition

 

Pretty Lady - Laurel Wreath on Head - $5.00

Beautiful Profile - Lovely Hair - Scroll Border w/Painted Details -Some Loss of Paint

Measures 1 & 1/4" Across - Old Hump Style Self Shank

 

LIKE IKE? Lois Calkins Transfer on Porcelain - $12.00

Measures 1 & 1/16" Across - Self-Shank - Gold Painted Edge

Painted Navy Jacket & Red Tie - Nifty Political or Head Button - Great Condition

 

George Washington - Commemorative Button - $7.00

1-Piece Stamped - Heavy - Unmarked Lidz

Measures 1" Across - Bronze Tint on Brass - Great Detail - Photo Fuzzy

 

"Old Salt" - 1950's Brass - $5.00

Measures 9/16" Across - In Beautiful Condition - Not Metalized Plastic!

So Sorry for all these Fuzzy Photos!

 

Gordon's Clam Chowder Man - Silver Metal in Acrylic - $7.00

Measures 7/8" Across - Very Good Condition - Better in Person

A Great Button of a Sailing Man - Gloucester Sailing Monument

Center May be Metalized

 

 

 

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Happy Wednesday, Every Day!

 

 

 

 

Past WW Offerings

 

 

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Last Updated 02/01/2012