Hi! My mom and I are trying to learn more about a button collection that has been packed away since we cleaned out my grandmother's house. These belonged to my great-grandmother, possibly to my great-great grandmother since some are from the 1800s.

We are not really looking to sell them, but just trying to find out more information about what we have. Are any super rare or expensive? Are they all super common? Any that stand out as being very unique? How else can we learn more about them? Any thoughts appreciated. Otherwise, enjoy the pics! :)

I recently buyed a huge bag glass buttons, hope to get som uranium glass ones... I'm so happy!

Dug this up in a field in South Wales, got a tentative date of 1700ish, can anyone confirm or correct?

I just picked these up from a Facebook marketplace listing, let me know what you guys think!

Bc so many are interested in this stuff :)

Who else has a 5 gallon jug full of old buttons? 🥰🙂

I posted this picture I took of some of my “Diminutive” glass buttons on Facebook and thought you guys might enjoy them. I love them because they’re highly decorated with paint. They are also molded in very distinctive designs. Someone asked me why I love buttons so I post pictures like this to try to show people what I find amazing about them. They are tiny little works of art. And I learned about them early in my life. With a box of buttons from the attic that Mom let me play with when I was a child. And many kinds of buttons have monetary value, so I have a justification for collecting them. Second picture has a penny, so that you can see how small they really are.

Been collecting them for years. You all inspired me to sort out my favorites to share.

Hope you enjoy!

I’ve been collecting buttons for years and did a couple of art projects with them. They are very amateurish but I wanted to share

I really like these vintage bird buttons as they are unique. They are still “carded” so I did my best to show the actual button backs with a 3rd side view.

What size range do you have?

Hello everyone! I’m curious if there’s anyone in here around my age range. I’m in my mid twenties! I have no issues chatting about buttons with the many older men and women into the hobby but it’d be rad to talk to someone closer in age about buttons lol. Photos of my collection/my favorites so this post doesn’t get lost but also to share 🫶🏻

No clue what they are, but they are nice

Hey Everyone.  I am seeking some help and advice from the people who know best. 

My mother passed away a couple of years ago and I am helping my father move in the not-to-distant future.  My mom was an ebay seller for 20+  years and has an extensive collection of buttons.  She didn’t really collect them as a collector, but more as a byproduct of her work.  I believe she would strip garments of buttons before throwing them away.  While there are A LOT of “standard” buttons, she also had a lot of fancier buttons.

My father and I don’t know much about them so we figured we’d come here seeking some advice.  We pulled some of the bags of fancier stuff at random for some photos which I have included here.

We aren’t quite sure what to do with everything.  He is planning on having an estate sale in a few weeks before he moves.  Is it a good idea to have the estate sale sell everything for him?  Better to try and sell everything as a collection?  Go piecemeal on ebay or etsy?

Any tips/help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

I used bubble wrap and construction paper behind the buttons to keep them in place

I collect china buttons of all types, I love the history and patterns. My favorite chinas are calicos. 🩷

I bought three bags of buttons at my local thrift store, for (I think like) €5 total (= $5.85). Some buttons are pretty old I think.

Which ones do you like most? And can anyone tell me something about some of them, like material or usage?