For a certain kind of crafter, nothing pushes their buttons like, well, buttons. And among button collectors, vintage buttons appear to be a favorite find. While a few button stores still exist — ...

Exhibit: The button exhibit can be viewed through March at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave., Coeur d’Alene. Club: The Historical Button Club meets at noon the second Wednesday of ...

For 37 years, Grandmother's Buttons has floated in time, anchored by its 19th- and 20th-century antique button jewelry on the fringes of the digital age. The business has a website, and it's easily ...

The buttons come in a dizzying array of colors, sizes and materials -- from porcelain and mother-of-pearl to celluloid, stenciled tin and Bakelite. The "flapper girls" are china buttons made in ...

Katie Paaso, a longtime quilter who lives on Oregon’s northern coast, inherited a vintage button collection from her aunt 25 years ago. The various fasteners, some antique glass, celluloid or brass, ...

BUTTONED DOWN: Losing one is a pain. You might press one in a panic. Undoing one telegraphs relaxation — or seduction. And now the button is getting its own Paris exhibition. The showcase next year at ...

Sara Mulford, president of the New Jersey State Button Society, displays and sells buttons at one of its shows. Mulford is from the Swedesboro/Woolwich Township area. TITUSVILLE -- Thousands of ...

A pair of extremely rare antique buttons bought for £40 fetched a staggering £61,000 at an auction. Gary Quittenton-Shaw, 58, snapped up the buttons which were included in a bunch of items he bought ...

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