Florida Fall Button Discovery, Day One 2025-10-28 Auction - 447 Price Results - Lion and Unicorn in FL - Page 18
A RARE George Washington Inaugural ButtonA very RARE hand painting under glass buttonA division one Dieppe under glass pictorial button
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Hollywood, FL, United States
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Florida Fall Button Discovery, Day One

Florida Fall Button Discovery, Day One presents a remarkable selection from a lifelong collection of antique buttons, books, and historical assortments. The sale features 19th and early 20th century uniform and military buttons, State Seal designs, and examples from divisions one through three of the National Button Society classification system. Collectors will also find reference volumes by Don VanCourt and Warren Tice that document the study and artistry of button history.

The catalog offers an exciting mix of materials and forms, including brass, pewter, gilt, and enamel buttons, along with hand painted and engraved examples. Highlights include carded assortments of uniform buttons, large mixed bag lots, and early groupings that showcase craftsmanship from the Civil War through the modern era. Many lots include notes, provenance, and identification details valuable to collectors and researchers alike.

Whether you are searching for military insignia, early patriotic examples, or rare state and civic issues, this first day of the Florida Fall Button Discovery sale provides a unique opportunity. With its blend of scholarship and history, the auction celebrates the artistry, variety, and enduring appeal of the button collecting tradition.
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A division one multi colored paste jewel button: 1 Medium size early 20th century "Suffragette" example. This is a beautiful and fine pierced silvered metal example with colored jewels representing the Women's movement of the early 1900's known as
0412: A division one multi colored paste jewel buttonEst. $150-$300
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A card of division 1 & 3 "Glitzy" fabric buttons: 30 Med/Lg 19th-20th C. examples specialized to sequins & beads. Here is a beautiful card of fabrics with sequins and or beads, Notice the big rainbow colored example and the brilliant silver example
0415: A card of division 1 & 3 "Glitzy" fabric buttonsEst. $200-$400
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A card of division one fabric buttons: 47 S/M/L 19th century examples including backgrounds. This card includes many buttons some call perfume but they are perfume style and are called velvet backgrounds, The lot also includes some beaded
0416: A card of division one fabric buttonsEst. $200-$300
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A division three colorful jeweled button: 1 Large 20th century Suffragette style jeweled button. Here is a beautiful combination jeweled button of lavender pink-green and clear paste jewels set in metal in a diamond shape. The colors suggest
0417: A division three colorful jeweled buttonEst. $80-$120
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A division one 2 piece colorful buckle: 1 Large 19th century enamel example. Here is a beautiful iris example of 19th century cloissonne enamel work on a two piece buckle that is counter enameled. These Japanese examples are so finely
0419: A division one 2 piece colorful buckleEst. $100-$200
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A small card of division enamel buttons: 2 lovely Large-Medium/Large 19th century pictorial examples. Here are two buttons that measure 1 1/4" with the floral going through the national measure and the scenic example hanging making it a
0420: A small card of division enamel buttonsEst. $200-$300
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A division one pictorial enamel button: 1 medium 19th century colorful figural example. This enamel from Limoges France depicts a colorful winged cherub with flowers. The black background of enamel enhances and highlights the detailed
0422: A division one pictorial enamel buttonEst. $200-$300
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A set of division one pictorial enamel buttons: 6 Medium size 19th century polychrome examples. It is not every day that one finds a set of buttons like this with 6 different pictorial scenes with figures of women and men on them all in colorful
0423: A set of division one pictorial enamel buttonsEst. $600-$1,000
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A division one pictorial enamel button: 1 Large 19th century Polychrome enamel of a Dog & verbal. Here is a very rare pictorial and counter enameled button. Because of this rarity we had no intention of discarding it even with the STABLE
0424: A division one pictorial enamel buttonEst. $150-$300
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A division one brass and steel dog button: 1 Extra large 19th century high relief dog head example. This wonderfully detailed example of a whippet dog is accented with multiple cut steels including shaped steels. Issued: DIVISION 1=PRE 1918
0425: A division one brass and steel dog buttonEst. $200-$300
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A partial card of division three Boxwood buttons: 10 Medium/Large 21st century hand carved animal examples. Here is a nice small selection of Boxwood buttons from China in the early 2000's. These are quite desirable among collectors and have lots of
0426: A partial card of division three Boxwood buttonsEst. $200-$300
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A division three realistic animal button: 1 Large 20th century genuine Amber frog example. This hard to fond high quality realistic chunky little frog looking into the sunset is from the collection of Nikki Deal and is made from genuine
0428: A division three realistic animal buttonEst. $200-$500
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A card of division 1 & 3 assorted dragon buttons: 25 S/M/L 19th-20th century examples including natural material. This nice card of fabulous animals includes celluloid, Damascene, carved natural material, silver, brass, white metal and more.
0433: A card of division 1 & 3 assorted dragon buttonsEst. $200-$300