How to Collect Antique Buttons

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Understand that to be considered "Antique"

   Some more recent buttons are considered collectible because of unique manufacturing processes or design, but "Antique" means around a hundred years old. , Some common methods are:
   Age of the Button A Brass Button Use of the Button Place of Manufacture Green Vintage buttons.
   
   Material the Button is made of ie:
   Enamel, Bakelite, Brass, Celluloid, Champleve.
   
   A cute design.
   
   Design of the button.
   
   And other parameters such as Military Buttons, Chinese Boxwood Buttons, Civil War Buttons, etc. , Often these will be donated from estates and you can sift through them to your hearts content for a very reasonable price.,,, (see notes below), Fill it with empty jars... and have at it!
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   Step 2: buttons should be made before 1918.

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   Step 3: Decide why and how you want to begin collecting.

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   Step 4: Rummage through your local thrift shops for old button jars.

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   Step 5: Search the web for Button purveyors.

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   Step 6: Check online auctions for button jars

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   Step 7: Check out Button Collector websites and their lists of sources.

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   Step 8: Set aside an empty drawer.

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