Shirt Buttons Worth $5,000+ Do You Have One?

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4 жыл бұрын

Here's some links for the books mentioned in the video. (I may get a small commission if you do purchase any of these items)
1. American Military Button Makers & Dealers; Their Backmarks & Dates; amzn.to/2ZaYo9i
2. Dating Buttons - A Chronology of Button Types, Makers, Retailers and Their Backmarks: Companion to Uniform Buttons of the United States, 1776-1865; amzn.to/2KH6iTQ
3. Civil War Collector's Guide to Albert's Button Book : A Handbook of Updates, Corrections and New Discoveries; amzn.to/31PdUcz
4. Uniform Buttons of the United States, 1776-1865: Button Makers of the United States, 1776-1865; Button Suppliers to the Confederate States, 1800-1865; Antebellum and Civil War Buttons of U.S. Forces; amzn.to/2ZicHZE
5. Price Guide to Uniform Buttons of the United States (Vol. 1, No. 1B, April 1998); amzn.to/320WuKn
6. Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons; amzn.to/2HhxnuA
7. The Complete Button Book; amzn.to/2HcSFcQ
8. The Button Sampler; amzn.to/2KVF3nx
9. Guidelines for Collecting China Buttons; amzn.to/31UElgT
10. The Big Book of Buttons Price Guide; amzn.to/2HhxE0A
11. The Collector's Encyclopedia of Buttons ; amzn.to/2ZgUHPc
12. Warman's Buttons Field Guide; amzn.to/2ZleqRU
13. Civil War artifacts: A guide for the historian; amzn.to/2Hd9Bjh
14. A Guide to the Artifacts of Colonial America; amzn.to/31TPUoW
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@TheAuctionProfessor 4 жыл бұрын

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@aprilfrantz743 4 жыл бұрын

Man I got more than 100 bottoms most of you show here I got them don't know what the value

@connecticutcollectibles8164 3 жыл бұрын

Ok just bought two Mason jars filled with buttons. I paid $15 for each jar. I may lose money but we will see.

@MSGsTreasures 4 жыл бұрын

Watched video yesterday. Estate sale today, low and behold I find a sewing kit, I search it and found 8 military style buttons, some look old I can tell, for 2 bucks I'll take a chance.

@LazyIRanch 4 жыл бұрын

Oh CRAP! Somewhere I have a vest I made about 30 years ago. It has ten antique brass buttons, all different but about the same size. ALL of them have the "raised mark with the depressed channel" on the back. Some are from train and trolley conductor uniforms, one is a Civil War button you showed here. Most are from some type of uniform, and thanks to you I now know they are really old! I suspected they were at least Victorian. When I was a teenager I made all my own clothes and always bought buttons at garage sales. I hit the jackpot one day. Bought a huge box of old buttons from an estate sale. These buttons had come from the old lady's grandfather's tailor shop in NYC, @ 1900. In 1977, I was 16, but I knew this had to come home with me! Paid $5, all I had at the time. I think I still have most of those buttons, that vest alone likely has $1000! I need to go digging. I might be able to pay off my house!

@kristibrown48 3 жыл бұрын

So cool. I sew and love finding old sewing kits....I have so many old buttons! Time to pull them out!

@JacqsieRae 2 жыл бұрын

I got alot of buttons too!

@mukwonago77 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry if off-topic… I’ve had good luck selling vintage gold enameled Brioni buttons from jackets and coats that were damaged. Sets can sell for $50-$100. I found two jackets at local Goodwill for five and eight dollars each.

@girl38rockify 2 жыл бұрын

It's emotional to visualize soldiers remembering their killed friends w a button.

@marybethg5505 4 жыл бұрын

This is crazy and amazing - You are one of the best if not the best KZfaq channel full if information thank you!!!

@marideathydeelz914 4 жыл бұрын

I have an extensive button collection...sadly, none of these. Thanks for awesome historic presentation.

@MSGsTreasures 4 жыл бұрын

Learn something new everyday...I wonder how many I've missed out on, just not looking for them

@digicthus 4 жыл бұрын

As always, another informative video from The Auction Professor. I always hit the old sewing tables at estate sales, you never know what you'll find. Never found anything like military buttons, but I did once find a pair of gold Tiffany cufflinks in a box of sewing stuff that I paid $3.00 for. I find more $10-30 ladies buttons than anything. The best part about the cheap buttons is selling them in mason jars for $25. Looking forward to the next video or livecast Don. Cheers!

@irenegold3969 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad this channel exists. My first time here...awesome!

@nicholastracy4915 3 жыл бұрын

Paper has taken me from part time to full time (hardwork and reinvestment and frugality also played a roll lol), and will start with buttons. Definitley interested in niche subject matter that most people pass up on and is cheap to buy (usually) and has potential. Definitely all key things for my reselling mind!

@sylviajones3249 4 жыл бұрын

And like you said about the other military items, the more the eagle looks like a chicken the older it is. (14:36)

@connecticutcollectibles8164 3 жыл бұрын

Very good. All of your videos are so educational.

@StephRenee812 4 жыл бұрын

I am so glad I found you.. your information and showing us this.. you have no idea how much I am thankful for u. I have so much stuff, a attic full and basement... like everything, I guess that's what happens when your family lived in the same house for generations and then owned their own antique store. Some of the stuff I would had never thought or if I had researched, I didnt do a very good job. Nkw I will have to go really sort and organize so I can really get my selling on.. all this information, I already have learned so much. Still struggling with postcards. Stamps and cancels.. I will be watching your videos none stop.. thank you for being so kind.

@ResellerMadness 3 жыл бұрын

Don, I just bought my first box of buttons. Came back and re-watched this video. Decided to buy a few of the books from your links. Thanks for the great content!

@asphaltgypsy868 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! I spent my childhood summers in V'burg, romping all over the Battlefield, as my Aunt's house backed up to it. I have plenty of medicine bottles, but no buttons! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

@jeanninematos994 4 жыл бұрын

I love ur quirky finds!!! Stuff I would never think of!

@susanellis5832 2 жыл бұрын

Found a metal button with PATERSON NEVER RIP (star symbol) any chance you can help me identify it’s origin

@LongIslandsHardcoreDetectorist Жыл бұрын

Wow this was awesome. Loved how you explained about so many old buttons. Thank you 👍🏼

@justintimeflipping 4 жыл бұрын

We love our metal detecting in mass!!! Yes as Don says estates have tons of baskets and jars full to sort threw..

@karengauthier8559 8 ай бұрын

Thank you… just starting to research a stash of military buttons I have…! 👍

@adriennepratt3338 3 жыл бұрын

Hey button guy this was very helpful and I appreciate all your info. Thanks!

@stevevash2725 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos, so informative. I live in SE Michigan, we have Value World here, seems same as savers or value village, many Detroit area locations, so if you ever get the itch to thrift like the old days at savers, look up ValueWorld , also many times you can find 50% off coupons, especially on their FB Page. Thanks again for the free info, I just consume it all, been binge watching your vids the last 2 weeks, even though I been watching youtube resellers for years I just recently found you.

@digicthus 4 жыл бұрын

I also live in SE MI, Metro Detroit area. I absolutely love VV on Gratiot. That whole corridor up to Metro Pkwy is great thrift store shopping. I have been scoring well at the Saint Vincent's lately, some good vintage Harley and Concert Tees I pulled out of there yesterday. Happy Hunting!

@thespritereport 4 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video, thank you!

@margaretmartin271 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting videos. I feel like I have had a new wrinkle added to my brain when I watch you. I have definitely learned something new. 🙋🏼🙏✝️💕👍🏼✅

@nicholastracy4915 3 жыл бұрын

I source antique and vintage books (mainly) and many other items, as well. Inside an Civil War era boo's spine, I found a button! Eagle with three cannon balls beneath its talons, talons clutching an anchor

@juliawilkinson 3 жыл бұрын

Wow.. I wish I had one of these! But I’ll be keeping my eye out from now on! ;)

@JohnnyDub 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video brother. This video is an absolute must for collectors. I do have one thing to add… I dig tons of buttons in Oklahoma (indian war camp sites). Sometimes, A lot of the fronts are civil war with back marks that are post war. Vise versa/ raised shield prussian eagles with period back marks. Right after the war, a lot of the inventory of buttons were shipped out west. I believe just “thrown” together to make buttons. Question: you mentioned RMDC. Is that an indicator that the backmark is pre/civil war era?

@Valentinesvalentineses 4 жыл бұрын

Hello, awesome videos. Would you consider doing a fancy lady’s buttons video soon? I need it!

@MidwestPicker 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, great video

@jcsgodmother 4 жыл бұрын

I just bought 8 dug Union Eagles from Gettysburg. Thanks for the info.

@foxerelli3136 3 жыл бұрын

I just came across 3 tins of old buttons in garage didnt know if they were worth anything? Very cool show!👍

@woodsnweedsoutdoors.2214 4 жыл бұрын

Cool vid, I actually just dug a rev war Usa cuff pewter button. Didn’t realize how much this stuff goes for.

@girl38rockify 2 жыл бұрын

If I never find any I love the history thank you.

@cruzy1969 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic review 👏 what is your knowledge towards english royalty buttons for identifications? specially English civil war buttons 17th century.

@michelegriffin007 2 жыл бұрын

Well made video,I just so happen to have in front of me many buttons I have collected over years sad thing is with this collection I had a few of those plain ones you showed and I threw them away thinking they were just nothing.Is there a way I may be able to email you pictures of some of these I have you may know about?

@lilyrose3145 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@_The_Worst_ 2 жыл бұрын

So many incredibly awesome buttons...💯✔

@militaryhomes6292 2 жыл бұрын

My mother when she was a child in the 1950s in Western NY was playing in the dirt with her brother. She found red cloth in the ground and they saved the buttons from it. It had an arm and hand holding an arrow. Probably from the war of 1812. It never got appraised. We have never seen anything in a book that looks like it. It could had been a Native American regiment. Crazy to think that my parents old farm could have other things like that on there.

@TheAuctionProfessor 2 жыл бұрын

That would be a livery button, and not a military button. It would have been made well after the War of 1812 and wouldn't be military at all by the design you described. I have many just like that one.

@militaryhomes6292 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAuctionProfessor i just looked livery button and yes that is very similar to what my mom found. It has move of a native look to the arm and arrow but it's definitely very similar. Thank you!

@americodiloretto217 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, some buttons you can clean using warm water and a tooth pick. Just never use harsh chemicals, wire brush that will remove the gold and silver gilt. I remove the nasty green corrosion and dirt with a tooth pick. You never buff a button, and I've seen many people buff the button and destroyed the value by 50%. But if you don't know what your doing, then leave it as is. Buttons in the past have been always cleaned by the wearer before uniform inspections, and they came with a button cleaning kits for the troops or police officers during the 19th century. If your a knowledgeable collector, you can tell if a button was recently cleaned or not. I love buttons.

@midnightalley4586 4 жыл бұрын

If you are going to.sell a button for 6000 how on earth do you secure your purchase to make sure some jag off buyer doesn't try to scam you?

@PyroKnowItAll 4 жыл бұрын

Video tape packing/mailing, insurance on shipment for full value and add adult signature conformation. Covers the rear nicely.

@StephRenee812 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is why I'm afraid to put my cobbs postcard up.. there weren't many made. My husband has. Een saying post it. I am so glad I read comments..

@besticanaffordantiques2565 3 жыл бұрын

I see this is pretty old, still thought I'd let you know I was watching and I appreciate you, Don. Hahaha

@tommyebay 4 жыл бұрын

Wish I could find a cigar box full of these! Sorry to say I don't have any of these or similar buttons, guess I will keep on selling my $15 items...………...

@MimisTreasureCottage 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting.

@thespritereport 4 жыл бұрын

Do you think these buttons would turn up on the west coast, or mainly east coast you'd say?

@greensparrow11218 4 жыл бұрын

I have old gold antique silver button with numbers above them on a real old paper covered with plastic for example each one has both numbers on top and bottom. Where do I get information about them.

@StephRenee812 4 жыл бұрын

Ok, since I watched this, I can not find where I put all our old buttons or cuff button. But I did find one. It has a eagle in middle standing I a anchor and it has 12 start around the edge, oh and under the eagle is like a tack of 3 circles. Like 2 then one on top. Please help me. I love your videos. Thank u so much for sharing

@StephRenee812 4 жыл бұрын

Kind of looks like the one at 1957 but burden is standing in anchor and looks like 3 stacked maybe old round canon bullets.

@Wwally 4 жыл бұрын

I really want to find a US Continental button or a GW, any variety would be fine.

@MrRabidtroll 2 жыл бұрын

Buttons found with metal detectors is the acceptable option because I'm thinking that grave robbing is the other way and is a taboo subject.

@lostinmyspace4910 3 жыл бұрын

Years ago while doing a landscape at an old Victorian home I found a flat button in the soil. In years past the home was visited by Matilda Dodge wife of John Dodge of the auto industry, and the house was not far from from her home Meadowbrook here in Michigan. Anyway, I found a flat button and has no design on the front at all. But the back has the simple loop, and the decoration is that there's arrows (triangle marks) that are continuous all around it, yet inside the circle of arrows on the outer edge of the button is the word BEST. Is BEST a button manufacturer, or does BEST mean it's the best they make? This flat button is thin metal (not that it's worn thin) like an old soup can and dark is brown, not like brass.Could this be a military button, but how old? I'm not a button collector, just have this one, and can I send you a pic of it? Thanks, and THUMBS UP!!

@prussianmillionaire5055 4 жыл бұрын

thank u

@KennyJenkins-th2ly Жыл бұрын

Still having trouble finding a found button

@stevenguevara2184 2 жыл бұрын

I found a Civil War Union Navy buttonin a sand bag. I lobe in San Diego

@justinmanson2793 2 ай бұрын

Whats the button P.O.D. from the civil war era?

@mahdihm4000 2 жыл бұрын

i need to sell one of those

@gregoryclark7566 2 жыл бұрын

This is so unexpected and interesting.

@debbiegriffin6515 2 жыл бұрын

I have a whole bread box of great grandmas buttons

@girl38rockify 2 жыл бұрын

If found is it ok to clean it?

@claudemarois4846 6 ай бұрын

Hi, i found a King's Royal Regiment of New York button while metal detecting, mine is a flat pewter button small diameter, i cannot find much info on this button, can you help if t send you a picture ?

@jimcarr4007 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever seen one called the ugly chicken. Colonial us infantry.

@romy4593 2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for buttons and found a pin stuck inside the very old sewing box I have. Its a baby Lenin USSR pin with red star and babys head in the middle. On the back it says 10k. I found one on ebay and they are dumping it for $2.49. Someone else is selling one for $5. Just wondering if this is worth more or that common? It came from the USSR.

@marybethg5505 4 жыл бұрын

Don do you have a video on coins??

@rafaelcastillo3497 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a website that has the same information as the $300 book? Anyone?

@jessoughton3911 Жыл бұрын

Hi I found GILT button I would love to know more about it

@janakainz1315 7 ай бұрын

would you ever be interested in looking at some buttons to see if you would be interested in buying them or give me a value on them.?

@marybethg5505 4 жыл бұрын

I cannot help but wonder who is buying these buttons and what do they do with them? My mother was a seamstress and also made shoes in a factory back in the 40/50s I am going to be going through all of her sewing items but I don’t think I find any of these special buttons but I may find some that I could sell...

@stonerhistory8742 Жыл бұрын

I agree, how people determine value is insane