FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Three Rivers Festival makes a new button every year. The pin can get you discounts on some tickets around the festival, but, for some, they mean a lot more. Over the ...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) Peggy Mathes still has the first button she ever collected a trapezoid-shaped piece made of bakelite, trimmed with a row of rhinestones. "It was in 1988," Mathes said. "I was in an ...

Trays of buttons bequeathed by Bertha Beam are on display at the Allen County Museum. Beam, who began collecting buttons as a 5-year-old in the 1880s, had amassed about 12,000 of them by 1948 and was ...

Syliva Whiten’s husband, Bob Whiten, has his own, small collection of buttons from his firefighter parade coat. He has served with the Charleroi Fire Department for 60 years. Sylvia Whiten keeps her ...

BLOOMINGTON — Russa Milburn once spent four hours sifting through a “poke box.” It was early in her nearly 10-year career as a collector, but the incident — at an Indiana state show — was a sure sign ...

NORMAL — Sharon Zaychek said people get into button collecting “because they’re like little pieces of art.” The Freeport, Ohio, woman was among seven other dealers who hawked their collectible buttons ...

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) At some time in their lives, nearly every child has emptied out mother s button box, searching through the collection for a unique color or shape, finding a hidden treasure in a ...

Collectible garment buttons reflect varied interests and eras of fashion and cultural history. Sharing 'tins of memories' since 1944, WSBS connects fellow enthusiasts & unravels hidden stories behind ...

Buttons are like decorative art. These little treasures can be dazzling glass buttons, lustrous carved pearl buttons, intriguing brass storybook buttons, even Bakelite. Button collecting can start ...