Weekend: Antiques and collecting - Buttonhole these humble treasures; Ten...

The Birmingham Post (England);  March 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ......die for'.Enamel buttons were much prized in the 18th century and frequently...shops in the 18th century and they would...been cheap. The buttons had silver rims...porcelain Danish buttons which even in the 18th century, when they were...

SOME COLLECT SPORTS CARS, OTHERS FANCY PAINTINGS, BUT SUSAN MAXWELL IS...

Sun Publications (IL);  June 27, 1997 ;     700+ words ......out of them." Buttons are as old as...half of the 16th century before they were...In the 13th century, rows of tiny close-set buttons used as sleeve...spot antique buttons and determine...800 for an 18th century button (when...

Buttons continue longtime hold on fashion

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 25, 1989 ;     403 words ......was in the 13th century that an anonymous...Pre-buttonhole buttons were fastened by...peak in the 18th century, when buttonmakers...out embroidered buttons, engraved buttons...unbuttoning." By the 20th century, buttons were primarily...

Blossoming buttons or floral delights

Antiques & Collecting Magazine;  September 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......In the late 19th century, flowers also embellished...goldwashed metal buttons. Some of the most...exquisite floral buttons are found in enamels...metals of the 19th century. This predisposition...the earlier 20th century and the Edwardian...woven silk Edwardian buttons are featured ...

BUTTON, BUTTON, THEY'VE GOT THE BUTTONS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 14, 1994 ;     700+ words ......interest," she said. Buttons date to the fourth century, but weren't popular until the 14th century, when fitted clothing...precious stones. "Buttons, although small...Japanese porcelain buttons depicting such...1950s, at $200. The buttons came from Arita...back to the 16th ...

FOR THE LOVE OF BUTTONS FOR COLLECTORS, EVERYTHING FROM WEDGWOOD TO...

The Boston Globe;  April 2, 1987 ;     700+ words ......white-on-green Wedgwood buttons that 18th-century English gentlemen wore on...men's clothing); and 19th-century Japanese Satsuma buttons, made for export, with miniature...carved mother-of-pearl 18th-century buttons decorated with metal and...

COLLECTOR FINDS HERSELF ATTACHED TO BUTTONS

Roanoke Times & World News;  February 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ......of the fine old buttons are from Europe," she noted. "Buttons produced prior to 1918 are considered old. Those after...Policemen actually got the nickname from the copper buttons the first uniformed officers wore in 1844 after New...coppers. Cops, for short. Boyd has hundreds of black glass ...

Political campaign buttons of the 20th century

Antiques & Collecting Magazine;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......their candidate. Buttons produced in the early part of the 20th century were very colorful...considered in selecting buttons to collect from the 20th century. Condition: The...sought after campaign buttons of the 20th century are from the election...

18th-century ceramic buttons stolen Collector's items worth $18,000 taken...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 17, 1996 ;     377 words ......of a collection of 18th-century ceramic buttons. Sheriff's investigators...valuable. Whoever took the buttons would have had to have known...Collectors are often able to buy buttons for far less than their...valuable, the owner said. The buttons date from 18th-century France, the ...

On the button Lincolnville resident Gail Berry has a real passion for...

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  May 7, 2005 ;     575 words ......chickens. But seeing the buttons members passed around and...Eyeing ornate pewter and bone buttons from the 19th century and earlier, she thought...justify her interest in buttons through her theater work...two-faced behavior, Berry uses buttons with the two theater masks...tragedy and ...

She Has Lots of Buttons -- Wanda Neff collects the fasteners in all...

Yakima Herald-Republic;  December 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......second Thursday of each month in someone's home to talk buttons. "At our next meeting in January (Thursday the 9th...bring some of what they have of clear- and colored-glass buttons and we'll discuss those," says King, adding that glass buttons are a sub- category all by themselves. There are ...

Hooked on Buttons; The 49th Gathering Of the Collectors

The Washington Post;  September 26, 1987 ;     700+ words ......in the Human Heads category. For those on a budget, buttons are a best bet. In the "poke boxes" situated everywhere...Weingarten. But others are pricier, and those little bags of buttons fill up fast. Customer: "How much do you have me at...We weren't searched, though. We just told them it was buttons ...

Comedian, actor Buttons dies at 87

Charleston Gazette;  July 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ...LOS ANGELES - Red Buttons, the carrot-topped burlesque comedian...Sayonara," died Thursday. He was 87. Buttons died of vascular disease at his home in the Century City area of Los Angeles, publicist...his eager manner and rapid-fire wit, Buttons excelled in every phase of show business...release the ...

Happy 50th birthday Buttons and Bows!

Doings, The (Elmhurst, IL);  September 25, 2008 ;     558 words ...The preschool with a half-century presence in Elmhurst is celebrating...and next Wednesday, Oct. 1, Buttons and Bows alumni, families and...pushing strollers under the Buttons and Bows Preschool banner...3- or 4-year-old classes, Buttons and Bows is undoubtedly a part...

Comedian Red Buttons Dies in L.A. at 87

AP Online;  July 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ...LOS ANGELES - Red Buttons, the carrot-topped burlesque comedian...Sayonara," died Thursday. He was 87. Buttons died of vascular disease at his home in the Century City area of Los Angeles, publicist...his eager manner and rapid-fire wit, Buttons excelled in every phase of show business...release the ...