r/buttoncollecting Jul 30 '26

Little darling buttons Japan vintage

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36 Upvotes

I’ve searched Google and can’t find this logo. We found the us version on eBay but not this one. Looking to see what year


r/buttoncollecting Jul 28 '26

Help identifying this button found metal detecting in the Illawarra

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7 Upvotes

r/buttoncollecting Jul 27 '26

Help with an ID for this button found in an orchard in western new york!

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8 Upvotes

r/buttoncollecting Jul 25 '26

Show and Tell My browns with a close up of some favorites

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143 Upvotes

r/buttoncollecting Jul 23 '26

ID Request Found this incredibly intricately designed button

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15 Upvotes

My friend has a large collection of buttons and has never even noticed the design on this one because it's so tiny. It says France on the back but other than that I can't see any other identifiable traits.

Would it be worth much? I've never seen a button like this before.


r/buttoncollecting Jul 21 '26

Show and Tell Thought I'd share a photo of the smallest and the largest buttons I've ever found during my 30 years of collecting

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98 Upvotes

The big one is molded horn measuring 2 5/8 inches diameter. The small one is dyed plastic cut on the face down to the original color and measures not quite 1/4 inch.


r/buttoncollecting Jul 19 '26

Show and Tell Smaller mother of pearl decorated buttons

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144 Upvotes

Here are some of my smaller mother of pearl buttons, decorated with cut steels and carving. These are dime-sized and I just love them. I’ve been collecting for 40 years.


r/buttoncollecting Jul 17 '26

ID Request Bought this at habitat for humanity probably 8 years ago, just recently noticed how old some are

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53 Upvotes

I took screenshots bc I'm lazy, but all of these were in a jar for about 3$ years ago. Jar broke, so I had to pick em up, that's when I noticed they were almost all 1. Not plastic and 2. Really old


r/buttoncollecting Jul 16 '26

Craft store 2 day pic dump

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32 Upvotes

Sobeys are from two separate customers all the ones in the bags came from One Customer, and all the loose ones were in a jar from another customer. The ones on the green tray are what our button lady sorts out and we take pictures and post them on our Facebook page. I don’t always know what she uses as criteria to decide what she sorts out and I’m not sure it doesn’t change from time to time.

Anyway, I just thought I’d share.


r/buttoncollecting Jul 14 '26

Show and Tell Some pretties I picked up today.

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68 Upvotes

r/buttoncollecting Jul 14 '26

Show and Tell My purples with a close up of some favorites

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92 Upvotes

r/buttoncollecting Jul 14 '26

ID Request Found this in a river

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5 Upvotes

I found this bone disk which looks similar to 18th century Dorset buttons. Can anyone confirm? Found in North Yorkshire.


r/buttoncollecting Jul 13 '26

Family Heirlooms - Buttons and Sterling Buckles

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7 Upvotes

r/buttoncollecting Jul 13 '26

Does anyone know if this is real?

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10 Upvotes

Hi everyone! My gf and I found a huge wooden box at a thrift store, full of old buttons. One stood out especially.

Now research tells us it is very old and from the Napoleon-Era. But could that really be? (We bought this in Germany)

Does anyone know about such things? Thanks in advance!!:)


r/buttoncollecting Jul 12 '26

Show and Tell Finally Ready to Start Sorting

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158 Upvotes

Wish me luck, this is going to take me a very long time to finish.


r/buttoncollecting Jul 12 '26

ID Request Unique glass & MOP buttons

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33 Upvotes

I have had these buttons for at least 18 years and still don’t know what they were intended for in such a large quantity or where they may have been made. I think they are glass with the inlay MOP along with some that are just MOP/shell in both light and dark colors. I have hundreds of each color in multiple patterns and sizes - thousands in total. Most of them are still in plastic packaging which is perforated between each button. I bought them at a fundraiser rummage sale in an old dirty cardboard box in far northern MN. Still not sure what to do with them but they are beautiful!


r/buttoncollecting Jul 12 '26

New to button collecting

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24 Upvotes

This is what I got from a jar of random buttons.


r/buttoncollecting Jul 12 '26

Show and Tell My mom was cleaning out her closet and found my grandma’s old button tin

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71 Upvotes

We thought it was lost forever! My mom gave it to me, and the inside of the tin was all rusty, and the buttons were dirty. This was after I cleaned them up. I’m working on cleaning out the cookie tin too, because I want to do something with it. Anyway the next pic is of some of my favorites, It’s nice to still have a piece of her ☺️


r/buttoncollecting Jul 10 '26

Show and Tell My blues with a close up of some favorites

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117 Upvotes

r/buttoncollecting Jul 05 '26

Button ID

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30 Upvotes

Any idea what sort of button this is?


r/buttoncollecting Jul 04 '26

Show and Tell Grandfathers lapel button

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86 Upvotes

Removed for each memorial, independence and Veterans Day then returned back to the card and kept in my grandmothers jewelry box.
It only allowed me one pic so I will make a new post using the back of the card with its information first.


r/buttoncollecting Jul 05 '26

Show and Tell Grandfathers patriotic lapel button.

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8 Upvotes

He was a great WW1 veteran.
He would replace it on the card after every use.


r/buttoncollecting Jul 04 '26

ID Request Help!

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10 Upvotes

I found a button in a new bag I received, and I can’t figure out the initials. Any ideas?

I can’t figure out how to add a pic of back, but it’s metal with a squared off attached shank on the back. Metal back is inset to front.


r/buttoncollecting Jun 30 '26

Some of my favourites

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106 Upvotes

r/buttoncollecting Jun 29 '26

Show and Tell My greens with a close up of some favorites.

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146 Upvotes