Charles A. Whitaker Auction Co. October 29-30, 2010 Session One Lot 1-548

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1 1 CAT WITH LIZARD BUTTON. Large stamped and pierced brass depicting cat stalking lizard on brick wall beneath flowers in fine detail. 1 5/8. Excellent. $ FOUR ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS. All large, consisting of a pair with leaf and twig decoration (missing cut steel or paste sets), pierced with floral enamel and cut steel "S" scroll, one gilt and blue having scrolls with paste sets. 1 3/4. Good-excellent. $ THREE HIGH RELIEF ROOSTER BUTTONS. Extra large copper 1-piece diamond shape within two crimped rings, having applied full rooster. Two large brass: One convex with full rooster. One ring with rooster head. 1 1/2-2 3/8. Good-excellent. $ THE LITTLE COLONEL BUTTON. Large 1-piece brass etched with brick wall and arch, with applied relief of little girl in military dress, based on the character by Anne Fellows Johnston. 1 7/8. Very good. $ TWO PAIR ENAMELED BRASS STUDS. Both medium having painted floral reserve within a decorative border. Together with a single similar stud. 7/8-15/16. Excellent. $ MADONNA and CHILD BUTTON. Large 1-piece stamped brass depicting Raphael's Sistine Chapel Madonna and child on stippled ground within a border of putti masks and stars. 1 7/16. Excellent. $ PAIR of LITHOGRAPH PORTRAIT BUTTONS. Large brass 2-piece stamped and pierced buttons, each having a different small portrait of a lady beneath clear celluloid. 1 3/8. (Minor oxidation) very good. $ CHILDREN PULLING HAIR BUTTON. Large 2-piece having cutout brass relief of two seated children in profile, the elder pulling the hair of the younger, mounted on matte mottled celluloid with brass rim, backmark "Geschutz" and three stars. 1 1/2. (Minor rust on shank area) excellent. $ GREEN ENAMEL and PASTE BUTTON. Extra large brass having two concentric basse-taille rings surrounded by clear claw set paste jewels. 1 3/4. Excellent. $ SKATING IN CENTRAL PARK BUTTON. Large 2-piece stamped brass scene of skaters framed by trees having buildings in background, all within a wreath border, based on a Currier & Ives print. 1 7/8. Excellent. $ HIGH RELIEF ST. BERNARD BUTTON. Large silvered brass 1-piece plain flat having shank mounted dog's head. 1 5/8. (Silver worn) very good. $ TWO IVOROID COCKFIGHT BUTTONS. Large stamped and tinted, riveted to flat brass back with circle of brass tacks: One tinted black, one khaki. 1 1/2. Together with two identical medium buttons in khaki. 3/4. Good-excellent. $1, INDIAN HUNTER BUTTON. Large 2-piece stamped brass based on Bejamin West's painting "The Death of General Wolf". 1 1/2. (Minor scratch on background) very good. $ LARGE UNUSUAL SHAPE MOLDED BLACK HORN BUTTON. Chamfered thick rectangular back plate with applied oval molded cartouche having a high relief of two birds in a landscape. 1 9/16 x 2 1/4. (Back cracked along wire loop shank) front excellent. $

2 15 ESMERALDA and HER DANCING GOAT BUTTON. Large, finely detailed silvered brass, applied to a flat textured brass disc. 1 1/2. Excellent. $ FIVE PAIR ENAMELED BUTTONS. Medium 1-piece in gilt brass or silvered metal including two pierced, one of which has steel sets. 15/16-1 1/4. Good-excellent. $ THREE PEARL BUTTONS with BRASS ESCUTCHEONS. All large: One incised diamond shape with salamander on leaf. 2 3/8 x 2 1/2. Two round black abalone, one with two women wearing sabots (chip on back edge), one with Neptune. 1 1/2 inches. Good-excellent. $ EIGHT ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS. All medium, including two square lobed, one hexagonal, three pierced, two with cut steel sets, one calico transfer. Good-excellent. $ FOUR BUTTONS with INSECTS. Three medium: One black abalone having a brass fly escutcheon tinted with red and black. Stamped aluminum with gilt high relief spider on web. Stamped brass having ladybug surrounded by five etched tiny stars. Large brass with fly escutcheon /16. Good-excellent. $ RARE and UNUSUAL STAMPED METAL GOLFER BUTTON. Large size having white metal swinging golfer in landscape center medallion, surrounded by a flat ring of steel or tin with rolled reticulated circle and leaf border. 1 1/2. Good. $ PAIR of VERY FINE SATSUMA BUTTONS. Medium, having cobalt border surrounding floral and hummingbird design, marked on verso with Satsuma mon in red. 7/8 inch. Excellent. $ FOUR HIGH RELIEF OWL HEAD STAMPED BRASS BUTTONS. Three large including one celluloid head with green jewel eyes on stamped and pierced round, one medium. 1 1/8-1 5/8. Good-excellent. $ TWO CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL ON BRASS ROOSTER BUTTONS. One large 2-piece tinted brass, 1 3/8. One small 1-piece, 5/8. Both having identical image of rooster in red, pink, black, white and green. Excellent. $ WEDGWOOD JASPERWARE BUTTON. Oval ceramic having white cherub picking apples on blue ground, set on a brass filigree diamond, the corners wrapped around the oval, loop shank mounted on bar at back. 1 1/2 x 2. (Ceramic slightly soiled, two dark spots on back brass) good. $ THREE TRANSFER DECORATED CERAMIC BUTTONS. Large flat disc having poly design on gilt ground, each a different harvest vignette with two women, back painted black with self shank. 1 11/16. (Losses to gold, one having scratch) fair-excellent. $1, NINE ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS. Medium 1-piece, floral and abstract patterns, one having cut steels. Good-excellent. $ CARTOUCHE FORM ART NOUVEAU BUTTON. Oversized 1-piece tinted stamped brass having central oval with relief of young woman looking into a hand mirror within a floral border. 2 x 2 1/2. Excellent. $

3 28 TWO HALLMARKED CAST STERLING SILVER ART NOUVEAU BUTTONS. Medium 1-piece, each with the head of a young woman within an irregular shaped floral border and having hallmarks, "925" and the French "RF" import mark. 1 inch. Excellent. $ HERCULES and THE BULL of CRETE BUTTON. Extra large 1-piece stamped brass with copper finish. 2 Excellent. $ UNUSUAL BRASS and GLASS "CORN" BUTTON. Stamped brass foliage enclosing a milk glass ear of corn. 1 5/8 x 1. Excellent. $ SILVERED and ENAMELED PORTRAIT BUTTON. Large with four floral bordered blue lobes, white central reserve having silvered portrait of young woman with upswept hair in high relief. 1 1/4. Excellent. $ THREE DOG HEAD BUTTONS. All medium: Brass profile escutcheon and loop shank on a glazed white porcelain disc with paint decoration, 7/8. Transfer printed and colored porcelain mounted on a 2-piece brass button with notched rim, 7/8, (back oxidized). Stamped brass flat disc mounted with a Boston terrier in high relief, 1 1/8. Good-excellent. $ ENAMEL and GILT BRASS PORTRAIT BUTTON. Large pierced 1-piece having reserve with polychrome bust of lady in period costume on filigree with champleve red enamel flowers and blue border, ring loop shank. 1 7/16. Excellent. $ SET of SIX ENGLISH STERLING SILVER BUTTONS, Medium 1-piece in relief depicting dancing lady and gentleman in 18th C costume, bearing Chester, import and "BM" maker's mark. 15/16. Excellent. $ FAIRY PAINTING a PEACOCK BUTTON. Large 1-piece stamped brass Art Nouveau relief of seated fairy with paintbrush and palette coloring a peacock perched on a column. 1 3/8. Excellent. $ FOUR ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS. Medium, all with cut steel sets, three pierced, two with blue foil flower shaped paillon in center. 1 1/8. (Some steels oxidized) good. $ STATUE of LIBERTY BUTTON. Large 2-piece stamped brass, tinted black, with pierced gadrooned border. 1 7/16. Excellent. $ TRANSFER on PROCELAIN BUTTON with SKATERS. Large with colored image on gold ground, back painted black, porcelain loop shank, winter scene from set of the four seasons. 1 1/4. Excellent. $ PIED PIPER of HAMLIN BUTTON. Large stamped brass 2-piece with relief of piper with rats at riverside. 1 7/8. (Small spot of wear to back) otherwise excellent. $ AFRICAN WOMAN'S HEAD BUTTON. Large silvered metal profile of young woman cast in high relief, mounted on a flat disc tinted black. 1 7/16. Excellent. $ SHELL BUTTON with TRANSFER PORTRAIT MOUNT. Large purple- blue shell, recessed center having poly transfer profile of a woman on ceramic or glass disc, shank and pin mounted. 1 7/16. (Tiny hairline crack on back at one pin) excellent. $

4 42 TWO FIGURAL IVOROID BUTTONS. Both large 2-part with rolled decorative brass rim: One "Immo and Hildegarde" tinted black, (small dent in back of rim). One "Victorian Girl", tinted caramel with braided rim. 1 3/8. Good-excellent. $ BRASS ROOSTER BUTTON. Large high relief stamped brass with rooster head having cut steel eye and comb sets, with cut steel border. 2 1/8. (Eye set rusted) otherwise excellent. $ LITHOGRAPH PORTRAIT BUTTON. Large 2-piece brass with lithograph bust of Count Fersen under clear celluloid in a stamped and pierced brass frame. 1 3/8. Excellent. $ CAMEO CARVED PEARL BUTTON. Large sew through depicting woman in bustle dress, archway with foliage and buildings. 1 7/16. Excellent. $ TWELVE LUSTERED BLACK GLASS BUTTONS. Large and medium, mostly silver, one copper. Together with eight black glass buttons. Mounted on a card. (Some silver loss) fair-excellent. $ SET of SEVEN TRANSFER on CERAMIC BUTTONS with HEADS. Small brass buttons having white ceramic decorated with different male and female classical heads in black. 3/4. Excellent. $ EIGHT ENAMEL on BRASS BUTTONS. Medium 1-piece pierced floral designs, two having cut steels. Good-excellent. $ SET of SIX LITHOGRAPH LADIES' PORTRAITS MOUNTED on BRASS SLIDES. Each set under clear celluloid on a brass coin edged round mounted on a scalloped and stamped brass plate having opening for a ribbon on each side. Portraits 3/4 inch. Overall 1 3/4. (Some oxidation to brass) good. $ RARE JENNY LIND BUTTON SET. Three medium convex 1-piece buttons with portrait bust in low relief profile and "Jenny Lind" across top, in three finishes: silvered, brass and copper. 1 1/8 inches. With note of provenance "To my friend Leonidas Westervelt with the Compliments of Ragnar Cederlund Dec-1945." Based on set by Swedish medalist Quarnstrom in gold, silver and bronze now in the National Museum, Stockholm. Excellent. $ SIX SOUTH CAROLINA CIVIL WAR ERA STATE SEAL BUTTONS. Set of medium gilt brass 2-piece with border having "S" and "C" on lined field with four fruits on tree and motto misspelled, back marked "Van Wart. Son & Co." with star. Albert SC16A. 7/8 inch. Excellent. $ THREE SOUTHERN STATE MILITIA GILT BRASS BUTTONS. Medium convex 2-piece consisting of Virgina state seal marked "G. WENDLINGER RICHMOND VA.", Georgia state seal marked "EXTRA GILT LONDON", and South Carolina marked "H T & B MANCHESTER". 7/8-15/16 (Few minor dark spots) excellent. $ CONFEDERATE INFANTRY BRASS and STEEL BUTTON. Medium 2-piece with plain convex brass front having plain "I", plain steel back. 7/8. (Light pitting, wear) good. $ CONFEDERATE RIFLES BRASS BUTTON. Medium 2-piece convex with German "R" on plain ground, reverse marked "Van Wart Son & Co." 7/8. (Minor darkened spots) excellent. $

5 55 CONFEDERATE CAVALRY BUTTON. Medium gilt brass convex 2-piece with stippled Old English "C", the back marked "H T & B Manchester". 15/16. Excellent. $ CONFEDERATE OFFICER GENERAL STAFF GILT BRASS BUTTON. Medium 2-piece convex with standing eagle on plinth in a ring of eleven stars on lined ground, reverse marked "Extra Rich. Treble Gilt." 15/16. Excellent. $ CONFEDERATE GILT BRASS INFANTRY BUTTON. Medium 2-piece convex with stippled Roman "I", reverse marked "H T & B MANCHESTER". 15/16. (Outer edge darkened, shank bent and slight push in back) good. $ CONFEDERATE GILT BRASS INFANTRY BUTTON. Medium 2-piece convex having fancy lined Old English "I", reverse marked "Halfmann & Taylor Montgomery". 7/8. Excellent. $ GILT BRASS CONFEDERATE NAVY BUTTON, POST Medium 2-piece convex having anchor over crossed canons above "CSN" all on lined ground with rope border. Back marked "Firmin & Sons Ltd London". 15/16. Excellent. $ THREE CELLULOID BUTTONS with METAL ESCUTCHEONS. All large mottled brown: One having enameled and pierced brass. One with pierced white metal floral design. One having silvered metal foliage set with a mottled robin's egg blue celluloid cabochon. 1 3/4. Good-excellent. $ PAIR of ENAMEL and GILT BRASS PORTRAIT BUTTONS. Each a large pierced 1-piece having reserve with polychrome bust of lady in period costume on filigree with champleve red enamel flowers and blue border, ring loop shank. 1 7/16. Excellent. $ CHARGING BUFFALO BUTTON. Large stamped brass applied to a slightly irregular 2-piece copper clad disc with wire loop shank. 1 5/8 inches. (Back oxidized inside rim) good. $ HUGE STAR SHAPED PEARL BUTTON. Five chamfered points, 3 inches. Excellent. $ NOW FOR IT or CHASE of PLEASURE BUTTON, aka LOITERING HOME. Extra large stamped brass with silver metal collet and painted steel back with wire shank, foliage variant from Hughes example. 1 3/4 inches. (Back rough) good. $ SIX SPANISH SILVER BUTTONS, 19th C. 3 large, 2 medium, 1 small, all similar lobed openwork flattened globes with eight silver beads around a central bead, some having long silver toggles. Excellent. $ FOUR BUTTONS with HORSES. All large: Horse and Rider Jumping Through a Circle in stamped brass relief applied to an engraved flat brass disc, 1 5/16, (slightly bent). Rarin' to Go in stamped and pierced brass over a wood grain celluloid liner, 1 3/8, (back rough). Pharoh's Horses in stamped silvered metal with applied flat back, 1 9/16. Horse head with riding helmet, stirrups and crop in silvered metal applied to a stippled flat disc, 1 1/2. Good-excellent. $ FIVE BUTTONS with NATURAL STONE CABOCHONS. All large, in various metals, including pierced designs, one oval basketweave and one with thistles. 1 1/2-2 1/4. Fair-excellent. $

6 68 TWO EQUESTRIAN SUBJECT BUTTONS. Both large, 2-piece stamped and tinted brass with black painted back and wire shank: Goethe's Farewell to Frederique. Don Quixote, with a white metal liner beneath the rim. Both 1 1/2 inches. Good-excellent. $ BARBAROSSA STAMPED and PIERCED WHITE METAL BUTTON. Large high relief profile bust set in a decorative ring. 1 1/2. Excellent. $ SET of FIFTEEN SILVER BUTTONS, EARLY 19th C. All medium circular domed form, identical shape and size, some having different hallmark. 15/16 inch. (Tarnished) otherwise excellent. $ UNDER GLASS BUTTON, 18th C. Large painting on ivory of lady in classical costume, extending an olive branch to dove, standing opposite a desk with large document, set in a 2-piece brass button. 1 5/16. (Shank possibly replaced) otherwise excellent. $ UNDER GLASS BUTTON, 18th C. Large painting on ivory of gentleman in period costume leaning on monument with the inscription "Weep Not For Me", set in a 2-piece brass button. 1 5/16. (Minor scratches to glass) otherwise excellent. $ PAIR of CARVED SHELL BUTTONS. 1 large, l medium, both 2 hole sew through: Carved and gilded with butterfly and foliage, 1 1/4, (minor gold loss). Carved turtle with applied abalone shell, 1 1/16. Good-excellent. $ RAT in THE CELLAR and CAMEL with PYRAMIDS BUTTONS. Both medium 1-piece stamped silvered metal, black tinted backs, 1 1/8. Excellent. $ ENAMELED PORTRAIT on BRASS BUTTON with CUT STEEL. Large stamped brass 1-piece having profile of young man in hat, with a border of cut steels, loop shank. 1 7/16. (Steels oxidized) good. $ AENEAS and AURORA BUTTONS. Large 2-piece in copper finish stamped white metal over brass with steel back and wire shank depicting Aeneas ordering Charon to ferry him in the underworld. 1 3/8. (Back rough) front good. Large 1-piece stamped and tinted brass relief of Aurora holding Apollo's horses. 1 5/8. Excellent. $ PAIR of NAPOLEON ENAMEL on BRASS BUTTONS. Large with red enamel ground, large black enamel "N" over gilt brass wreath, crossed batons and crown. Fitted with later link and stamped brass domed button for cufflinks. 1 1/4. Excellent. $ SIGNED TURKISH MAIDEN BUTTON. Large 1-piece stamped brass with a-symmetrical lobed form, signed "A.Bargas". 1 1/2 inches. (Loop shank bent) otherwise excellent. $ THREE SHAPED PEARL BUTTONS. All large lobed designs: Two sew through with flower petals. One abalone having incised diamond grid, (shank oxidized). Largest 2 inches. Good-excellent. $ TWO FIGURAL STAMPED BRASS BUTTONS. Both large 1-piece: One having the figure of Rigoletto in jester garb in a cutout gothic window. One "Children's Circus" with cut steel faceted ball, (small oxidized spot by left curtain tieback). 1 1/2 and 1 9/16. Good-excellent. $

7 81 PAIR of CARVED and SIGNED PEARL CUFF STUDS. Medium square shape, one with fisherman, one with fisherwoman, both signed indistictly, possibly "Wimerella", hinged brass folding stud backs. 3/4 inch. Excellent. $ PAIR of WEDGWOOD JASPERWARE BUTTONS, 18th C. Large copper 2-piece having ceramic disc with white classical figures on blue, copper loop shank. 1 3/8. (Slightly soiled) excellent. $ FOUR SATSUMA BUTTONS. All medium: One pair decorated with birds and bamboo, unmarked. Two in dragon design marked with Satsuma mon, one artist signed. 1 inch. (Small chip repaired) good-excellent. $ TWO CAMEO CARVED PEARL BUTTONS. Medium flat sew through with applied head of a gladiator, 1 1/16. Large having applied Egyptian diety and wire loop shank. 1 1/4. (Shank rusted) good-excellent. $ THREE LITTLE FOXES BUTTON. Large 2-piece stamped brass having a decorated back rolled over edge with a soldered front depicting three foxes in the hollow of a tree. 1 5/8. Excellent. $ HIGH RELIEF TERRIER HEAD BUTTON. Large stamped brass 1-piece flat having petal and dot border with pin mounted dog's head with cut steel eyes and tongue. 1 15/16. Very good. $ NINE GAY NINETIES JEWELED BUTTONS. Large stamped brass with center mounted "jewel", some pierced, some having cut steel insets, one shell. (Some steel losses and rust) fair-excellent. $ BOY ASTRIDE CHAIR BUTTON. Medium plain polished brass 1-piece with white metal high relief escutcheon of little boy in period costume seated on backwards facing chair. 1 3/16. Excellent. $ AT THE SEASIDE BUTTON. Medium polished brass one piece with high relief white metal escutcheon of little girl wearing Victorian beach costume. 1 3/16. Excellent. $ FOUR ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS. All floral decorated: One large with butterfly and cut steel sets. Three medium including one "AP & Cie Paris" back with bird, and one cartouche form /2. Goodexcellent. $ RARE KITTY with a RAT BUTTON. Large stamped brass with cutout having silvered cat and rat escutcheons, cut steel decoration. 1 5/8. (Minor oxidation below rat and to one steel) very good. $ BLUE SPRIG HAND PAINTED PORCELAIN BUTTON, 19th C. Large hard paste with self shank decorated with painted floral within a gold border. 1 3/8 inches. (Two small areas of gold loss) very good. $ TWO SHELL CAMEO BUTTONS. Both large having oval carved shell reliefs of women in reticulated brass frames: One oval, 1 7/16 x 1 3/16. One round, 1 5/8 inches. Excellent. $ LOT of TRANSFER DECORATED PORCELAIN BUTTON DISCS and OVALS. Various sizes and designs including portraits, courting scenes and flowers. 16 small, 13 medium, 12 large. Largest 1 3/4. Poor-excellent. $

8 95 HIGH RELIEF TERRIER HEAD BUTTON. Large lined brass 1-piece flat having applied ring of cut steel stars, with pin mounted dog's head with cut steel eyes and tongue. Originally part of a two button clasp, clasp removed. 2 1/8. (Missing one pin mount, slightly bent) good. $ SIX ITALIAN TESSARAE BUTTONS, 19th C. All small inlaid in black glass with polished surface: Set of 4 with scenes of Roman ruins, set in silvered metal with wire loop shanks. Flowers set in brass. Strawberry design brass stud. (black glass has chips and cracks). Fair-good. $ TWO TRANSFER on PORCELAIN BUTTONS. 2-piece having large convex ceramic discs in brass backs polychrome decorated with maidens in buccolic setting. 1 13/16 inches. Excellent. $ THREE ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS. All large reticulated with floral decoration and cut steel sets. 1 1/4-1 3/8. (Minor rust to some sets) good-excellent. $ THREE PORCELAIN and BRASS BUTTONS. Large, all having figural 5/8 inch porcelain discs set in matching wide convex stamped brass frames: Man in ethnic costume, dog head, and child draped in banner. AR "Old Colony". 1 3/8 inches. Excellent. $ INDIAN HEAD BUTTON. Extra large stamped brass relief of Indian in profile on a flat disc. 1 15/16. Excellent. $ PAIR ITALIAN MICRO MOSAIC BEETLE BUTTONS. Medium with colored glass insect on white mosaic ground cemented into a 2-piece gilt brass frame with wire loop shank. 1 inch. (Some darkening to brass) overall excellent. $1, LE TOUR de NESLE BUTTON. Large having finely detailed stamped and pierced brass escutcheon over pearl set in steel. 1 1/4 inches. (Back has some spots of rust) good. $ THREE CAMEO BUTTONS, 19th C. 1 large, 2 small, all portrait reliefs of women in grey basalt. The large set in a stamped brass frame, 1 3/8 inches. Two small ovals set in silvered brass, 3/8 x 7/16. Good. $ CHERUB on CHAMBER POT STUD. Heavy cast brass rectangle with profile relief. 13/16 x 1 inch. Excellent. $ THREE MASSACHUSETTS POST REVOLUTION 1-PIECE BUTTONS. Massachusetts Artillery marked "Treble/Gilt" with 3 stars, unlisted Albert MS18 variant, 27 mm. Two with Indian: MS19, 26 mm. MS21 variant, back mark appears to be "Treble Gilt" with wreath, 23 mm. Good. $ FIVE "JACKSONIAN" BUTTONS, EARLY 19th C. All small sizes including rare steam locomotive, and horse and rider marked "L. & Kendrick Extra". Good-excellent. $ TWO LAFAYETTE PRESENTATION BRASS BUTTONS. Both medium 1-piece: One Centennial struck from original die, 22 mm. (Severe circular scratch) fair. One gilt, 19.5 mm. Excellent. $ LAFAYETTE MEDALLION BUTTON. Medium 1-piece gilt brass, with Lafayette facing right, having signature "Wt Ft" at base, back marked "L.H & Scovill/.Extra Rich." 20 mm. Very good. $

9 109 ANDREW JACKSON CAMPAIGN BUTTON. Medium 1-piece brass plain front back name button with inscription "Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829" with 24 stars (not all visible), 21 mm. Albert PC82A. Good. $ HENRY CLAY POLITICAL BUTTON, c Medium 2-piece silvered metal having profile of Clay in Roman toga facing right on stippled ground with "Henry" and "Clay" in raised letters to the left and right, reverse marked "Standard Colour". 1 3/16. (Back has spots of oxidation) otherwise excellent. $ GEORGE WASHINGTON INAUGURAL BUTTON, c Large 1-piece copper having "GW" in oval center with narrow spacing and "LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT" above. Button 34 mm or 1 5/16 inches, oval 16 x 8 mm. Nice patina, excellent. $2, TEN GAY NINETIES JEWELED BUTTONS. All large pierced and stamped brass with central faceted colorful "jewel" in assorted colors. Good-excellent. $ TWO ENAMELED BUTTONS. Both large: One a-symmetrical figural white metal having mythological bird above green basse-taille. One brass with stylized standing heron on blue ground with red band. 1 1/4. Excellent. $ THREE EXOTIC ANIMAL BUTTONS. All large: Giraffe in stamped and pierced brass with integrated rim over black painted metal ground and steel back, 1 5/8. Copper lobed form of foliate design with lobed center cutout mounted with a silvered camel, 1 5/8. Elephant head mounted on a 2-piece disc of overlapping halves, one with hammered surface, allover copper patina, 1 3/8. Excellent. $ FIVE ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS. All large with openwork: Two with filigree centers. Three with cut steel decoration. 1 1/2. (Some oxidation of steels) good-excellent. $ FIVE SHELL BUTTONS with BRASS ESCUTCHEONS. 3 large: Elk head with T. W. & W./Paris back, 1 5/16. Right hand, 1 7/16. Silvered lion head with wide silvered rim and back, 1 3/8. Medium diamond shaped with golf clubs in bag, 1 inch. Medium with sailboat, 1 1/16. Good-excellent. $ TWO FRENCH CHAMPLEVE ENAMELED BRASS "FOP" BUTTONS. One large, one medium, both having cut steel border. Together with a large 2-piece brass button enameled with the figure of a woman in 18th C dress. 1 1/8-1 1/2. Good-excellent. $ NINE BRITISH MILITARY BUTTONS. Medium coat buttons, all 2-piece, including Highland Light Infantry, Devonshire Regiment, Royal Electrical and Mechanical, and one button identified as "Indian Police" from Walter Kenny Collection. Good-excellent. $ THREE GEMSTONE BUTTON FACES. Extra large: Scotch agate lobed oval, 1 5/8 x 2. Sand agate having central brass ring, 1 9/16. Malachite with central brass flowerhead escutcheon, 1 3/4. Open holes, no shanks. (Minor chip on sand and on malachite verso) fair-excellent. $ THE ARMY BOTTLE BUTTON, Medium 2-piece stamped brass with a center hole and 2-hole shell sew through back, marked "Bryan Brothers & Co. Westminster, The Army Bottle Reg 30380" (for 1885). Bryan Brothers are listed in Kelly's Leather Trades 1885 as manufacturers of leather helmets. 1 3/16 inches. (Shallow push mark) good. $

10 121 SET of SIX SATSUMA BUTTONS. Medium "Thousand Butterfly" design, artist signed in gold on reverse. 1 1/4. Excellent. $ TWO STEEL BUTTONS, 18th C. Both large: One faceted ringed sunburst disc with riveted oval and round faceted steel ornaments, 38 mm. One lobed edge having liniar patterned center and faceted round ornaments riveted to rim, 37 mm. (Minor rust) good. $ TWO FINE SILVERED COPPER BUTTONS, 18th C. Large chased and engraved with central sunburst surrounded by alternating flowers and circular reserves with punch marks, alpha shank. 35 mm. Excellent. $ PAIR TOMBAC BUTTONS, 18th C. Large, having engraved center with radiating border and cone shank. 30 mm. Excellent. $ TWO FINE SILVERED COPPER BUTTONS, 18th C. Large chased and engraved with central sunburst surrounded by alternating flowers and circular reserves with punch marks, alpha shank. 35 mm. Excellent. Duplicate Record, No Lot. 126 TOMBAC BUTTON, 18th C. Large, with engine turned compass design surrounded by twelve circular bullseye devices, cone back. 35 mm. Excellent. $ TWO GILT COPPER BUTTONS, 18th C. Large, chased and engraved with central stylized plant design surrounded by circular devices, alpha shank. 37 mm. (Gilding worn) good. $ FINE GILT COPPER BUTTON, 18th C. Large orange gilt, chased and engraved with central sunburst design, alpha shank. 37 mm. Excellent. $ LITHOGRAPH PORTRAIT BUTTON. Medium gilt brass with a border of pavillion set paste jewels around the portrait of a lady under glass. Portrait 7/8, overall 1 1/8. Excellent. $ PAIR of FRENCH CHAMPLEVE FIGURAL ENAMEL STUDS. Large brass rounds: One with gentleman. One having woman with apron. 1 3/8. (One back replaced) very good. $ FIVE EXTREMELY FINE JAPANESE CLOISONNE SILVER BUTTONS. Large size set decorated with chrysanthemums on blue ground, silver backs with wire loop shank. 1 3/8. (Three missing shanks) otherwise excellent. $ LOT of SEVEN SATSUMA BUTTONS. Small size, consisting of a pair of butterfly and iris design, a pair decorated with dragons, and three iris design. 3/4. Good-excellent. $ TWO ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS. Large convex with identical paisley design in two different color palettes. 1 3/8. Excellent. $ EIGHT GAY NINETIES BUTTONS. Large stamped brass or white metal, some pierced designs, some gilt, one with brass and cut steel escutcheon over carved pearl, three having flowerheads with jeweled center. (One small colored jewel missing, some steel oxidation) good-excellent. $

11 135 FOUR ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS. Large with various floral decoration, two with cut steel, one having applied four leaf clover. 1 1/4-1 1/2. Good-excellent. $ SET of TEN NAVAJO SILVER BUTTONS, 19th-EARLY 20th C. Two designs of 5 each medium oval buttons/conchas. Probably used alternately on belt or hat band. 1 1/8 x 7/8. Excellent. $ FIVE ANIMAL MASK BUTTONS. Two cats with green glass eyes: One medium high relief brass cat form dark tinted. One large 3-piece stamped brass having cat face disc set in decorative border. Two large brass lions: One high relief figural form. One high relief escutcheon on a flat polished disc. White metal wolf escutcheon with green glass eyes mounted on a large black plastic convex round. Good-excellent. $ NINE ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS. All medium with floral or stylized floral decoration. Goodexcellent. $ SET of SIX ANTLER BONE BUTTONS. Large sew through, irregular shapes from the portion near the skull. 1 1/4-1 1/2. Excellent. $ BRASS and CUT STEEL CLASP with FEMALE BUSTS. Stamped brass rings having petal repeat alternating with cut steel sets, each mounted with the bust of a woman in high relief decorated with cut steels, probably theater figures, Yum-Yum or Katisha and possibly a Native American woman, probably intended for an opera coat, joined by a brass hook and ring, wire loops for sewing. Each 1 5/8, overall 3 1/2. (Some steels dull, one missing, one wire loop missing) good. $ THREE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUTTONS. All medium: Excelsior, Middletown, N.Y. with hook & ladder, 15/16. Providence, R.I. with hydrant and hoses, 7/8. N.F.D. on banner with helmet, 3/4 inch. $ FOUR ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS. Unusual shapes: Three oval including two pierced, one bar shaped. Length 1 1/8-1 5/8. Excellent. $ THREE FIGURAL BRASS BUTTONS. All large pierced. Two 1-piece with cut steel sets: "Romeo and Juliet as Children" and "Gladiators". One 2-piece "Benvenuto Cellini" mounted on a blackened disc. (Minor spots oxidized) good-excellent. $ TWO FIGURAL CUPID BUTTONS. Both large stamped metal: One heart shaped convex silver tone metal having flying cupid with bow and arrow. One 2-piece tinted brass round with cupid riding on a swallow. Good. $ FIVE UNITED STATES ARMY PEWTER BUTTONS, All excavated at Sackets Harbor, NY: Infantry and US General Service buttons, coat and vest sizes. Fair. $ SIX LIBERTY & CO. STERLING and ENAMEL BUTTONS, One large depicting grove of trees, excellent. Set of five medium "Cymric" in oval Art Nouveau design, poor-fair. $ FOUR HARRISON CABIN THEME CAMPAIGN BUTTONS. All medium 2-piece gilt brass: Harrison & Reform "Extra/ Superfine", Albert PC 139A (wear to gilt). Cabin with 9 planks and barrel at rear, PC148A (no gilt remaining). Cabin with plow in foreground, PC149A, mint. Cabin with tobacco plant, PC147, good. $

12 148 TWO OLD TESTAMENT CARVED PEARL BUTTONS. Both large: One with Moses and the Ten Commandments. One depicting Adam and Eve with the snake. 1 1/2. (Shanks oxidized) good. $ PANAMA CANAL BUTTON. Medium 2-piece having silvered and tinted stamped brass canal scene with black plastic back, wire loop shank. 1 1/8. Excellent. $ BRITISH NAVAL BUTTON. Medium brass 1-piece with rimmed edge, lined field with 16 6-pointed stars surrounding eagle and shield with anchor, marked "A.M. Peasley/Boston". Albert NA66B. 23 mm. Excellent. $ TWO ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS. Large pierced and convex with stylized floral design. (Some enamel loss) good. $ ARCHAIC BUTTONS. 4 medium, 4 large, including stone, bone and ceramic from various cultures and dates. Fair-excellent. $ FOURTEEN GEMSTONE BUTTONS. Small-large sizes, quartz, agates and coral, set in a foam block. Good-excellent. $ LOT of PEARL BUTTONS with SEVEN DWARVES ESCUTCHEONS. 11 flat discs with dwarf carrying tool: 3 brass, 1 each with shovel, pick axe and mallet. 8 with unidentified tarnished metal, 4 mallet, 2 pick axe, 2 shovel. 1 having incised ring, dwarf with shovel. Fair-excellent. $ FIVE FLORAL DECORATED ENAMELED BUTTONS. All brass: Three large including two set with cut steel, one reticulated with paste sets. Two medium with cut steel. (Few missing sets) fair-excellent. $ EIGHT GLASS BUTTONS. 3 large, 6 medium. Including 3 Art Glass "Lalique" type 2-piece with back marked "Silver Button Co.", foil backed with peacock design, 2 lacy glass, green with gilt decoration (lacking shank), white glass cranes with sepia tint. Good-excellent. $ SET of FOURTEEN JAPANESE SATSUMA BUTTONS. Small, decorated with dragon, self shank. Goodexcellent. $ SEVEN ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS. Medium 1-piece, some gilt, some pierced, one double lobed shape, one with cut steel. Good-excellent. $ FIVE PORCELAIN and BRASS BUTTONS. Large stamped and reticulated brass set with decorated porcelain, one having lovers, four with florals. 1 5/16-1 9/16 inches. Good-excellent. $ LOT of EIGHT SILVER BUTTONS. 3 large, 4 medium, 1 small. Assay 800 or higher. Excellent. $ EIGHT OVERSIZED BUTTONS. Including rubber with blue sets, plastic with silvered Art Nouveau head, pair brass with rhinestones, molded plastic with deer, carved wood. Smallest 2 inches, largest 3 1/4. Fairexcellent. $ EIGHT PORCELAIN BUTTONS. Medium, six with self shank and a pair of studs, all with floral designs, 7 with gilt decoration. Good-excellent. $

13 163 THREE VERSIONS of L'AIGLON BUTTON. All large 1-piece with eagle border: Gilt brass, silvered and gilt brass, and silvered brass with 3 tiny cut steels. (1 steel missing, the others rusted) good-excellent. $ LARGE SET of TINY ENAMELED BRASS BUTTONS piece stamped brass having rose on cobalt ground. 1/4 inch. (Few bent shanks) good-excellent. $ FIVE GLASS BUTTONS with HEADS. All medium, 3 with brass escutcheons, 2 molded including a finely detailed Art Nouveau "Mucha style" woman. Good-excellent SIX PORCELAIN BUTTONS. Large, all with self shank having gilt and floral decoration. Good-excellent. $ SEVEN FIGURAL STAMPED BRASS STUDS. 1 large, 6 medium. Good-excellent. $ LOT of ENGLISH LIVERY BUTTONS. Designs include monograms and coronets, Dexter arm, boar head and achievements, including a set of samples. Good-excellent. $ NINE GLASS BUTTONS in METAL MOUNTS. 6 large, 3 medium. Including 3 bridle rosettes, 3 paisleys. Good-excellent. $ SET of SIX PERUVIAN STERLING SILVER LLAMA BUTTONS. Medium 1-piece convex with cast design, wire shank. Excellent. $ SET of TWELVE GILT BRASS and CHAMPLEVE BUTTONS. Medium 1-piece flat textured disc with champleve chevron decorated with flowers, above center is set with a cut steel 6-pointed star. (Steels have some rust) good. $ TWELVE STORY, FABLE and CHILDREN BUTTONS. All large stamped brass, some pierced or tinted, including 3 variants of The Fox and The Grapes, 2 variants of The Fox and The Stork, Tom Thumb, Loitering Home, Pay Toll Here, 2 variants of Flora and The Hind, etc. Good-excellent. $ LOT of MICRO MOSAIC FLORAL BUTTONS, 20th C. 4 small, including odd shapes, 1 medium, 1 large. Together with a Chinese inlaid button. (Two lacking shanks) poor-excellent. $ TWELVE "FOPS" BUTTONS. 2 small, 5 medium, 5 large, various poses, including some pierced. Poorexcellent. $ LOT of FOURTEEN MEXICAN SILVER BUTTONS, EARLY 20th C. All medium, consisting of 4 domed, 8 "squash blossom" and two floral. Excellent. $ EIGHTEEN SILVER BUTTONS, 19th-EARLY 20th C. All domed designs, 6 medium marked "Arnold", 7 medium with chased design, 5 small with similar chased design. Excellent. $ TWO SETS of ART NOUVEAU DESIGN BUTTONS. Both silver metal sets of six: Medium blue glass with overlay border and stylized flower, (losses). Small metal with green enamel, each having eight green sets. Together with twelve small brass buttons having blue and green enameled design. Good-excellent. $

14 178 TWELVE NIELLO BUTTONS, 19th-20th C. 6 each small and medium, all 1-piece domed circular shape with floral decoration. Good-excellent. $ NINE PICTORIAL HARD RUBBER BUTTONS. Three large: Asians in boat, dragon, and one with carved and cutout wood flower and leaf overlay. Six medium including landscapes, Pierrot and Pierrette, ivy and wheat. Together with a pair of silvered rubber cube illusion buttons and a small figural button, all mounted on a card. (Taj Mahal has rim chip), Good-excellent. $ SET of FOURTEEN NIELLO BUTTONS, 19th C. 6 large and 4 small 1-piece domed buttons, together with 4 diminutive ball form in the same scrolled foliate design. Excellent. $ SET of SEVEN POLISHED HORN BUTTONS. Large sew-through cross sections showing "rings" of growth, irregular shapes. Excellent. $ EIGHT PAIR ENAMEL BUTTONS. Small brass 1-piece flat and domed designs. Good-excellent. $ TWENTY PICTORIAL BLACK GLASS BUTTONS. Large and medium, including Genghis Kahn, birds, rooster head, owl mask, bee, fly, ivy, Oriental scenes, heads, some lusters. (Two have chip) fair-excellent. $ SEVEN SETS of BUTTONS. Small sizes including champleve, enamel and cut steel. Approximately 75 buttons. Excellent. $ SET of EIGHTEEN CARVED SHELL BUTTONS. Medium 2-piece brass with foliate design having shell center with abstract amoeba-like design set with paste jewels. (Many sets missing) two complete buttons, fairgood. $ PARTIAL STUD SET. Cased gilded brass studs in the form of flat head screws, (3 missing). Good. $ LOT of GOOFY BUTTONS and SETS. Various materials, including a set of 8 white metal cord and clothespin, large sets of top and other hats, 3 rope, pair domino, cowboy boot, barrel, and pickle. Together with a pair of celluloid studs in the form of juggler's batons. Fair-excellent. $ LOT of TINY BUTTON SETS for DOLL and INFANT CLOTHES. Various materials including pearl, metal, plastic, rhinestone, etc. Good-excellent. $ LOT of ASSORTED BUTTON SETS. Mostly medium and small novelty buttons. Fair-excellent. $ BOY SCOUTS of AMERICA BUTTONS. 8 small brass cuff buttons and 22 pin back metal buttons having lithograph of scout on blue field, printed paper in pin back "The Whitehead & Hoag Co. Newark NJ". Cuff buttons poor-excellent, lithographs good-excellent. $ SET of TWELVE PEARL BUTTONS with ANIMAL HEAD ESCUTCHEONS. Medium with pearl set in brass having sporting dogs and game, mounted on a card, duplicate images, fair-good. $

15 192 FIFTEEN BRASS FLOWER BUTTONS. 11 large, 4 medium, including enameled and jeweled, pierced, high relief and velvet backed. Largest 1 7/8. Good-excellent. $ THIRTY MOLDED GLASS SET in METAL BUTTONS. Diminutive and small sizes, mostly heads including a set of 6, 2 with acorn, 1 flower. A.R. Tiffany. Fair-excellent. $ TWENTY FOUR GLASS PAPERWEIGHT BUTTONS. Diminutive and small sizes. Good-excellent. $ LOT of CARDED BUTTONS. Mostly small and medium, mostly glass including kaleidoscopes. 28 pieces. Fair-excellent. $ LOT of BUTTONS with FANS and HANDS. Mostly small and medium, including stamped brass, some pierced, one large brass fan shaped set with pastes, rubber, glass, etc. Fair-excellent. $ THIRTY ANIMAL BUTTONS. All large, mostly stamped brass, including monkey, squirrel, buffalo, lions, dogs, game, salamander, turtles, etc. mounted on a card. card. Poor-excellent. $ TWENTY BUTTONS with FEMALE HEADS. 14 large, 6 medium, mostly stamped brass, some Art Nouveau. Fair-excellent. $ TWELVE BIRD BUTTONS. All large, mostly stamped brass, including Swallow on a Chimney, the Pelican in Her Piety, and a pierced silvered metal 1-piece having wading bird with red eye set and foliage with three large rhinestones (silvering loss). Fair-excellent. $ LOT of MOLDED HORN BUTTONS. All black, mostly heads including high relief, floral, buckle, key, bee, etc. Small to large sizes. 32 samples mounted on a card. (One duplicate, one chipped) Fair-excellent. $ LOT of BUTTONS with STARS. Diminutive to large, including brass, shell, glass with escutcheon, inlay, black glass, plastic. 32 examples mounted on a card. Fair-excellent. $ LOT of POLICE UNIFORM BUTTONS. Medium 2-piece brass, from various police departments including many NJ towns, 28 samples together with two small buttons, all mounted on a card. Fair-excellent. $ LOT of TRANSPORTATION, MARINE and SPORTS RELATED BUTTONS. Various materials, 18 large, 31 medium and 17 small, 61 pieces mounted on two cards. (Five duplicates) poor-excellent. $ LOT of ANIMAL BUTTONS. Mostly stamped brass, 20 large and 42 medium, 62 samples mounted on two cards. Fair-excellent. $ LOT of INLAID BUTTONS. Medium and small sizes, various materials including metal, pearl and flecks, some sets. 120 samples mounted on three cards. Fair-excellent. $ LARGE LOT of SCENIC BUTTONS. Various sizes, mostly stamped brass, including ivoroid and wood, scenes of landscapes and buildings. 80 samples on four cards. Poor-excellent. $

16 207 LARGE LOT of FIGURAL BUTTONS. Various sizes, mostly stamped brass, depicting children, fables, stories, etc. 85 examples on five cards. Poor-excellent. $ LOT of PEARL and SHELL BUTTONS. Mostly small, including oyster, yellow snail, purple abalone, dyed, incised, horseshoe and flower shaped. 52 samples sewn on a velvet covered card. Fair-excellent. $ LOT of PEARL and SHELL BUTTONS. Various sizes including carved, inlay, steel sets and escutcheons. 65 samples sewn on a card. Poor-excellent. $ LOT of COIN and SIMULATED COIN BUTTONS. 40 pieces in various materials and sizes, mounted on a card. Fair-excellent. $ LOT of INSECT and BUTTERFLY BUTTONS. Various sizes and materials. 75 pieces mounted on three cards. Fair-excellent. $ THIRTY BUTTONS with BIRDS. Mostly medium stamped brass, some large, some tinted and/or pierced, mounted on a card. Fair-excellent. $ LOT of BIRD BUTTONS. Various materials and designs. 140 samples on three cards, mostly small and medium, few large. Poor-excellent. $ LARGE LOT of FLOWER BUTTONS. Diminutive to large sizes, various materials, carded. Approximately 225 buttons. Poor-excellent. $ LOT of FIGURAL CUPID BUTTONS. Mostly stamped brass, various sizes. 60 samples on four cards. Fairexcellent. $ TWENTY FIGURAL BUTTONS. Large stamped brass, subjects include fairy tales, fables and stories mounted on a card. Fair-excellent. $ LOT of FIGURAL BUTTONS. Mostly stamped brass, various sizes, including Oriental and theater subjects. 50 pieces mounted on four cards. Fair-excellent. $ LARGE LOT of FIGURAL BUTTONS. Mostly stamped brass in assorted sizes on six cards. Subjects include mythology, Egyptian, heraldic and dragons. Approximately 120. Fair-excellent. $ LARGE LOT of ENAMELED BUTTONS. Small and diminuative carded examples, over 80 pieces. Fairexcellent. $ LOT OF GLASS BUTTONS. Mostly small and diminutive, including paperweights and clam broth. 115 buttons mounted on 3 cards. Poor-excellent. $ LOT of PICTORIAL GLASS BUTTONS. 40 small, 2 medium, mostly lustered black glass. mounted on 2 cards. Fair-excellent. $

17 222 LOT of RHINESTONE and FAUX JEWEL BUTTONS. Small-large, some sets. 48 buttons mounted on a card. Fair-excellent. $ LOT of ASSORTED BUTTONS. Mostly small and medium, 2 large, all with paisley design element including an outstanding large inlaid button. 65 pieces mounted on a card. Fair-excellent. $ THIRTY BUTTONS with HEADS. 27 medium, 3 large, mostly women including Art Nouveau designs in brass and other metals, mounted on a card. Fair-excellent. $ TWO DOZEN GLASS BUTTONS MOUNTED in METAL. 3 large, 15 medium, 6 small, several faux stone design, mounted on a card. Fair-excellent. $ LOT of BUTTONS with HANDS and ACCESSORIES. Small-large sizes, various materials, mounted on 3 cards. Poor-excellent. $ THIRTY CONVENTIONAL BRASS BUTTONS. Medium and large, some pierced, some with sets, one marquis shaped. Fair-excellent. $ FORTY BUTTONS with MEN'S HEADS or MEN. Mostly large stamped brass including Charles I, Napoleon, Mercury. Mounted on 2 cards. Fair-excellent. $ LOT of PEARL BUTTON SETS. All 2 hole sew through consisting of 15 medium and 11 small hand painted with bird and flowers. 12 medium having shallow carved leaves and flower heads. 12 medium with abstract carving. Together with 15 small single hole with geometric carving. Good-excellent. $ LOT of UTILITY CHINA BUTTONS. Small and diminutive including calicos, ringers, stencils, solids, all sew through. Over 250 samples, mounted on eight cards. Good-excellent. $ LOT of BUTTONS with HEADS. Diminutive to medium sizes, various materials, men and women, mounted on 5 cards. Poor-excellent. $ LOT of CARDED BUTTONS. All sizes, various materials. Poor-excellent. $ LOT of LUSTERED and BLACK GLASS BUTTONS. Assorted sizes, mounted on 10 small cards. 82 buttons. Good-excellent. $ LOT of PEARL BUTTONS. Diminutive to large, including carved examples, many large. Over 320 buttons, some duplicates, mounted on 10 cards. Together with a large lot of loose pearl buttons. Fair-excellent. $ LARGE LOT of GLASS BUTTONS. Medium and small. Mounted on 15 original sample cards from German manufacturer, 14 samples per card, 210 total. Cards good, buttons excellent. $ NO LOT 237 LARGE LOT of RUBBER BUTTONS. Mostly medium. Carded and bagged, several hundred buttons. Fairexcellent. $

18 238 LARGE LOT of UTILITY BUTTONS. Assorted sizes, china, glass and pearl. Poor-excellent. $ LARGE LOT of BUTTONS and BUTTON SETS. All sizes, mostly sew throughs. Poor-excellent. $ LARGE LOT of BUTTONS and BUTTON SETS. Poor-excellent. $ LARGE LOT of ACORN FORM BUTTONS. Small size in black wood, natural bone or a combination of both, all with wire shank. Poor-excellent. $ LARGE BOX LOT of BLACK GLASS BUTTONS. All sizes in numerous designs, including sets. Poorexcellent. $ LARGE LOT of MONOGRAM and COMPANY UNIFORM BUTTONS. Almost all 2-piece brass. Over 1000 samples. Fair-mint. $ LOT of BRITISH MILITARY BUTTONS. Mostly 2-piece brass, including Brigadiers and Colonels, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy Officers, early version Medical Corps., Royal Marines, Light Infantry, etc. Most are WWI and WW2, together with some Canada, New Zealand and Nova Scotia. Approximately 100 samples in three bags. Good-excellent. $ LOT of STUDIO CERAMIC BUTTONS, c Mostly size medium with ten extra large, all signed "F.R.K.". Excellent. $ POLICE and FIRE DEPT. BRASS UNIFORM BUTTONS. Mostly coat size, NYC and surrounding area, most fire buttons "FD". Several hundered pieces, 4 bags. Good-excellent. $ BRASS STEAMSHIP UNIFORM and YACHT CLUB BLAZER BUTTONS. Large lot of various companies and clubs. Fair-excellent. $ RAILROAD and RAPID TRANSIT UNIFORM BUTTONS. Large lot of assorted sizes and companies. Good-excellent. $ LOT of BUTTON SETS. Various sizes and materials, some on original cards. Fair-excellent. $ LARGE LOT of ASSORTED BUTTONS. All sizes, various materials. Poor-excellent. $ LARGE LOT of ASSORTED BUTTONS. All sizes, mostly brass. Poor-excellent. $ LARGE BOX LOT of BUTTONS. Mostly large, including stamped brass, cut steels and gay nineties jewels. Poor-good. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Cotton, polyester and synthetic florals, geometrics and tone on tones. Approximately 1500 samples in 5 boxes. Excellent. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Floral prints in silk, including chiffon, cotton and linen. Approximately 250 samples. Two boxes. Good-excellent. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Printed florals, cotton and linen. Approximately 350 samples. Good-excellent. $

19 256 LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Printed florals, cotton and linen. Approximately samples. Three boxes. Good-excellent. $1, LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Printed floral silks. Approximately 250 samples. Good-excellent. $1, LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Woven multi-color florals in silk and cotton. Approximately 300 samples. Good-excellent. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Silk florals and warp prints. Approximately 400 samples. Good-excellent. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, , MOSTLY 1920's. Floral and warp prints in silk and cotton. Approximately 500 samples. Good-excellent. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Florals, mostly sheers in silk and cotton, some seersucker. Approximately 600 samples. Two boxes. Good-excellent. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, MOSTLY Liberty of London and Liberty-type floral prints (about half and half), silk and cotton. Approximately 300 samples. Excellent. $1, LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Printed leaf variants on silk. Together with a few woven designs. Approximately 425 samples. Excellent. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Florals on either dotted or checked grounds, mostly silk. Approximately 450 samples. Good-excellent. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Florals in sheers, flocked, embossed, woven pile and double cloth, mostly silk. Approximately 400 samples. Good-excellent. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Woven and printed florals on either plaid or striped ground, mostly silk. Approximately 550 samples. Good-excellent. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Florals on striped grounds, mostly silk. Approximately samples. Two boxes. Good-excellent. $1, LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Silk ribbon, all florals with stripes, woven or printed including warp prints. Approximately 250 samples. Good-excellent. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Silk and cotton, abstracts, moires, metallics, clip spots, ombres, embossed and open weaves. Approximately 500 samples. Good-excellent. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, MOSTLY Silk sheers and ribbons in abstract designs. Approximately 450 samples. Good-excellent. $ LOT of CARDED FABRIC SAMPLES, Woven silks in various abstract designs. Approximately 350 samples. Good-excellent. $