Alan Rosenzweig started collecting buttons 50 years ago when he was just 12 years old as a competition with his friend Bobby. Bobby got out to the early lead with 70 buttons to Rosenzweig’s 50, but ...

DOVER, Ohio — Antique and vintage button enthusiasts will have the chance to browse thousands of unique items during a summer sale hosted by the Buckeye State Button Society in July. The Zane Trace ...

EUGENE, Ore. — A rich hoard of family history might be hidden in Mason jars and cookie tins that are full of buttons. They might include buttons from wedding gowns, uniforms or the dress a child wore ...

The staircase in Marie Petry's farm home in rural Clay County is adorned with an assortment of framed groupings of mounted buttons. The array is a tiny portion of the 3,000 to 5,000 buttons Petry has ...

"If you come stay with me, you get to sleep with my buttons," Boldt joked as she showed a visitor the way to her guest bedroom. On one wall, from floor to ceiling, collections of buttons are attached ...

Collection documents the manufacture of both freshwater pearl and plastic buttons in Muscatine, Iowa, including at least 12 different companies from primarily 1925 to the 1960s. Collection documents ...

! We want to hear about what you collect and why. Email Cindy Hval at dchval@juno.com or call Voices editor Kimberly Lusk at (509) 459-5457. While many of us have memories of sorting through our ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — From stamps to baseball cards and even coins, many of us had collections when we were growing up. While those collections may have been important to the individual who has ...

Button aficionados displayed their collections at Boulder’s Millennium Harvest House on Saturday afternoon — everything from domestic cats to blue glass and just about any shape and color imaginable. ...

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 ...