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 - ...

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 — ...

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 ...

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 ...

Button, button, who’s got the button? Remember that? It was a kids’game in which a button was hidden, then searched for. Last week I found out who’s got the buttons all right when I attended the New ...

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, ...

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Jean Behringer scoffs at those who deride button-collecting as a hobby somehow less intellectual than sorting stamps or amassing coins. “Why, buttons are art and history in miniature,” said Behringer, ...

Little has changed about the humble button since it first began being used functionally in the 13th century. From the Mongol invasion of Europe to last week’s annual Oregon Brewers Festival, buttons ...

The Republican Party’s new fundraising swag is a throwback: Reproductions of vintage campaign buttons for Coolidge, Eisenhower, Goldwater and Reagan. But button enthusiasts with the American Political ...

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 ...