Beautiful Original Tints

Buffum Collection, inventory #44

Purchased 2/27/09 from Westfield, MA. Approximatey 136 buttons. Touch button is a medium MOP with faceted steel ring and steel star escutcheon. Other buttons include faceted black glass, tortoiseshell composition,oval faceted clear glass,  white metal and brass, Golden Age (rich colour), clear glass, small MOP with steel star, tiny milk glass classical woman’s head, oblong black glass with goldstone, black ball with goldstone, small eagle military, brass Victorians, hard rubber Goodyear, brass w/steels, glass set in metal, waistcoats, chinas,, composition with pearl, charmstring glass, pewter, brass with celluloid, tinted steels,a threadbound button w/o the thread, black glass with red and silver luster, composition whistle, clambroth glass, faceted black glass on metal, brass with berry glass top, tombac, steel with brass wolf head, original tints, small brass with white glass classical head, black glass with multi-color paint, small brass coin button

Touch Button for the Birds

Buffum collection, inventory #43

String purchased November 9, 2008 from Southwold, Ontarios, Canada. 302 buttons. Touch button is large ruffled edge black glass w/iridescent birds/nest & 3 eggs, black glass hector, small composition anchor, 2 celluloid, medium black glass botanical w/purple luster, carved veg ivory, black glass carnival luster, small brass w/celluloid, unusual stud button, pressed design veg ivory botanical, black glass conventionals, root beer glass, MOP, small black glass dog head, black glass picture buttons, large black glass with painted plaid center, brass snowflake, veg ivory set w/glass stones, black glass w/goldstone, patterned veg ivory-stamped and etched/impressed, small oval black glass framed hare and hounds, white glass ball w/line, pressed bird/branch/mt in horn, brass horseshoe and floral, brass shell with green tint, med black glass/brown paint target sleeper, blue dyed veg ivory w/metal fan inset, clambroth glass, carved veg ivory, pierced brass.

Made from a Collection

Buffum collection, inventory #42

A string of approximately 536 mostly small buttons strung by Susan Buffum on November 6, 2008 from a collection of antique buttons.  Touch button is a large brass with japanned back intricate border conventional design button.  Buttons on the string include a large calico button, small brass and metal conventional design buttons, black glass design and faceted buttons, black glass with gold and silver luster buttons, black glass with enamel paint design with pinwheel border, brass ball, black glass with goldstone, painted black glass, jewel and waistcoat buttons, charmstring glass buttons, brass with cut steels, steel, hard rubber, goldstone, Jenny Linds, original tints, crackle glass set in brass, painted metal, carved shell with steel embellishment, mother of pearl in brass, old glass, antiquarian black glass, black glass with carnival luster, mother of pearl, steel cups, clambroth glass, Victorian glass (green with floral design), bone, pewter, diminutive peacock eye, medium peacock eye in brass collet ends the string.

With a Half Dollar on It

Buffum collection, inventory #41

A string of 385 buttons purchased June 2, 2008 on ebay from St. Petersburg, FL. Touch button is a large black vegetable ivory with red glass cabochon. Vegetable ivory coat, white glass w/black stripes, brass with fabric, veg ivory w/pinshank, black glass picture buttons, brass with black glass inset, brass with fabric inset, brass w/blue crackle glass dome, silver luster buckle, amber charmstring, various charmstring buttons, radiants, brass conventionals, pressed horn lion’s head, etched shell, hard rubber, black glass, brass with insets, various chinas, mirror glass disk, clambroth glass, brass with glass inset waistcoats, white glass, clambroth berry top, brass w/pink berry top, black glass tile, black glass lusters, turquoise glass, composition whistle, dyed etched shell, tortoise glass whistle, brass peacocks, bone w/pinshank, MOP disk, real clamshell button, composition axe, ruby glass, green glass cone w/white tip,, white glass with black glass w/foil tip, cobalt blue glass with goldstone, brass with celluloid inset, brass with oval saphiret, pink glass owl head (broken pin) and battered half dollar coin on string.

A Gift of Appreciation

Buffum collection, inventory #40

A string of approximately 57 small buttons given to Susan Buffum by CT button dealer, in appreciation for all the work she'd done for NERBA as Secretary/Editor (2005-2008). The string is from a CT estate.  Buttons include small brass sew thru, horn with MOP inlays, conventional design brass buttons, glass set in metal waistcoat buttons in many colors and styles, Victorian glass, MOP, steel, bone, small flat brass bell, vegetable ivory whistle button, clambroth glass, radiant glass, small floral mosaic button, embossed design vegetable ivory, gilt buttons, pierced vegetable ivory.

Made at a Program

Buffum collection, inventory #39

Approximately 80 buttons strung by a CT button friend on March 14, 2007 at the Crescent Club during her program on charmstrings.  She demonstrated how to string a charmstring, then was urged to place the buttons she had strung in the club auction. Touch button is a 1” brass with steel button with inlaid MOP star at center. String comprised of all small buttons– brass pictorial, black glass, charmstring glass/ swirlback glass buttons in teal,raspberry, green, gold, yellow, red, clear and white, small jewel and waistcoat buttons, MOP, Victorian glass, coronet, thread-bound clear glass button, dyed MOP with steel escutcheon, glass set in metal, celluloid in metal. String given to Kelly Buffum on March 14, 2007.

Came in a Jeweler's Box

Buffum collection, inventory #38

String of approximately 237 buttons. This string was purchased on ebay from Shelton, WA on April 30, 2008. The string arrived May 3, 2008 in a small green cardboard jeweler’s box from an Illinois jewelry store. The touch button is a large brass pictorial of wheat stalks. There is a nice Lucy & Edgar brass pictorial next, then black glass, white metal, small calicoes and chinas (plain and ringer), a medium white pie crust china with a touch of blue at the edges, original tints (red and blue), small brass conventional designs, cut steels, faceted steels, black glass with silver, gold and carnival lusters, brass with etched designs, vegetable ivory carved and plain, self shank and sew thru, a black-yellow-red Tingue (rough used condition), fabric buttons, brass with pierced border and fabric center, a lot of various small and medium black glass buckle buttons, reverse painted clear glass with flat coronet top, composition, composition with flecks of sparkle, ruby and red glass, two gold glass beads, I goldish beaded fabric button, a medium Golden Age button, pewters, brass ball buttons, told pansy button.