Florida Fall Button Discovery, Day One 2025-10-28 Auction - 447 Price Results - Lion and Unicorn in FL - Page 7
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 pictorial enamel button: 1 Large 19th century colorful head example. This beautifully designed brass and enamel button is very ornate and quite colorful. The perfect skin tone enameling suggests this was crafted in Limoges
0148: A division one pictorial enamel buttonEst. $200-$300
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A division one pictorial enamel button: 1 Medium size 19th century foil enamel red background example. As one who specializes in enamel buttons as many of you are aware of, Bruce tells us that red enamels are much more uncommon than one
0150: A division one pictorial enamel buttonEst. $120-$180
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A division one pictorial enamel button: 1 Large 19th century pierced butterfly example. This colorful and beautiful enamel in Champleve technique is pierced and bordered in brilliant cut steels. Lovely example. Issued: DIVISION 1=PRE
0151: A division one pictorial enamel buttonEst. $150-$250
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A division one pictorial enamel button: 1 Large 19th century colorful scene example. This beautiful, and stunning enamel scene created in a myriad of colors is framed with a cut steel border and created in the polychrome technique of
0152: A division one pictorial enamel buttonEst. $200-$300
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A cool realistic shaped Enamel Buckle.: 1 Large buckle depicting an Owl in the Champleve technique. Here is one for all you Owl lovers or Buckle lovers. This nicely detailed Champleve enamel example has the makers label still retained on
0153: A cool realistic shaped Enamel Buckle.Est. $60-$120
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A lovely 2 Piece porcelain pictorial buckle: 1 Large heart shaped colorful figural example. This beautifully executed buckle is hand painted and gold paint accented depicting a different courting couple on each half of this two piece example,
0154: A lovely 2 Piece porcelain pictorial buckleEst. $200-$300
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A small card of division one and three buckles.: 5 one & two piece 19th-20th century assorted material examples. Here is a very nice selection of buckles from Connie Robinson. The lot includes a gorgeous pierced cream and colored celluloid very
0155: A small card of division one and three buckles.Est. $150-$300
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A small card of division one and three buckles.: 8 one & two piece 19th-20th century assorted material examples. Here is a nice selection of buckles from Cinnie Robinson including a great Gay 90 style purple jewel example, a pictorial grape horn
0156: A small card of division one and three buckles.Est. $200-$300
A division one glass in metal button: 1 Large 19th century ornate genuine Gay 90 example. From the collection of the late Dorothy Peterson of Virginia and a member of the Martha Washington Button Club. Here we gave an ornate pierced true
0157: A division one glass in metal buttonEst. $150-$250Lot Passed
A division one glass in metal button: 1 Large 19th century ornate genuine Gay 90 example. From the collection of the late Dorothy Peterson of Virginia and a member of the Martha Washington Button Club. This striking triangular shaped
0158: A division one glass in metal buttonEst. $150-$250Lot Passed
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A division one true Gay 90 jeweled button: 1 Large 19th century intermixed glass centered example. This is a beautiful and ornate example of an 1890's large jewel button known to collectors as a gay 90. The green and pink intermixed oval
0159: A division one true Gay 90 jeweled buttonEst. $200-$300
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A division one scarce jeweled button: 1 Large early 20th century button from the "Suffragette" Period. The Suffragette era was a time in the late19th century in Great Britain when women who campaigned for the right to vote. The colors on
0160: A division one scarce jeweled buttonEst. $200-$400
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A small card of division one jeweled buttons: 7 Medium/Large 19th century assorted paste set examples. This is a really nice card of jeweled buttons. The card includes a beautiful cobalt set filigree style square example, a floral brass with
0161: A small card of division one jeweled buttonsEst. $250-$400
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A division one Litho under glass button: 1 Large 19th C. colored paper example in a Rococo metal setting. This beautifully execute colored litho on paper is set under glass and mounted in a finely made setting. Issued: DIVISION 1=PRE 1918
0162: A division one Litho under glass buttonEst. $150-$300
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A division three two piece make-up button: 1 Medium size 20th century Colt Rouge button. Here we have a very desirable button not just among button collectors but gun collectors as well, as this type button was produced by the Colt
0163: A division three two piece make-up buttonEst. $80-$150
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A division one pictorial female button.: 1 Large early 20th C. pierced brass border with detailed female. We are unsure of the gray tinted material in the center of this set in brass example. It could be glass or some other material but we
0164: A division one pictorial female button.Est. $80-$120
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A division one porcelain in metal button: 1 Medium 19th century blue background Liverpool style example. Colored backgrounds on the desirable buttons are quite sought after and this nice condition example is no exception. Issued: DIVISION
0166: A division one porcelain in metal buttonEst. $100-$150