Final Session Robinson Button Collection - DAY 1 Galleries

LOT 8 : CONFEDERATE RIFLES BUTTON. Medium gilt brass convex 2-piece with stippled Roman "R", back mark "H T & B/ Manchester". 15/16. Good. $510.

LOT 8

CONFEDERATE RIFLES BUTTON. Medium gilt brass convex 2-piece with stipp ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:28pm PST

LOT 1 : TWO CONFEDERATE GENERAL SERVICE BUTTONS. Medium 2-piece convex brass having lined "CSA" on plain field. Backmark "S. Buckley & Co./ Birmingham". 7/8. (One shank loose, one back dull) good. Tpgether with two similar buttons, backmark star "J. Horace Miller/ Phila." star, probably later. Excellent. $180.

LOT 1

TWO CONFEDERATE GENERAL SERVICE BUTTONS. Medium 2-piece convex brass h ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:39pm PST

LOT 2 : FOUR CONFEDERATE GENERAL STAFF OFFICER BUTTONS. All medium 2-piece convex brass with eagle on plinth in a circle of eleven stars on a lined field. Backmark "Extra Rich Treble Gilt". 3/4 inch. (Minor wear, one back darkened around shank) good-excellent. $540.

LOT 2

FOUR CONFEDERATE GENERAL STAFF OFFICER BUTTONS. All medium 2-piece con ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:35pm PST

LOT 3 : FOUR CONFEDERATE INFANTRY BUTTONS. 2-piece convex brass with fancy lined Old English "I" on plain ground. Back mark "Halfmann & Taylor/ Montgomery". 7/8. (Three minor wear and gilt loss-one of these has bent shank and back abrasion, fourth has duller finish) fair-excellent. $720.

LOT 3

FOUR CONFEDERATE INFANTRY BUTTONS. 2-piece convex brass with fancy lin ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:36pm PST

LOT 4 : CONFEDERATE RIFLES BUTTON. Medium 2-piece convex brass, with German style "R" on plain polished field, backmark "Van Wart Son & Co." 7/8. Excellent. $330.

LOT 4

CONFEDERATE RIFLES BUTTON. Medium 2-piece convex brass, with German st ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:37pm PST

LOT 5 : CONFEDERATE INFANTRY BUTTON. Medium 2-piece convex brass with fancy lined Old English "I" on plain ground, backmark with error "Halfmann & Taylor/ Montgomery.Alabamd". 7/8. Excellent. $240.

LOT 5

CONFEDERATE INFANTRY BUTTON. Medium 2-piece convex brass with fancy li ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:44pm PST

LOT 6 : CONFEDERATE CAVALRY BUTTON. Medium 2-piece brass with lined Old English "C" with back mark "Halfmann & Taylor/ Montgomery/ Alabamd". 23 mm. Excellent. $1440..

LOT 6

CONFEDERATE CAVALRY BUTTON. Medium 2-piece brass with lined Old Englis ...

Updated: Sep 22, 2011 1:03pm PST

LOT 7 : CONFDERATE INFANTRY BUTTON. Medium white metal with broad Roman "I". 21 mm. Excellent. $420.

LOT 7

CONFDERATE INFANTRY BUTTON. Medium white metal with broad Roman "I". 2 ...

Updated: Sep 22, 2011 1:01pm PST

LOT 9 : ALABAMA VOLUNTEER CORPS BUTTON. Medium 2-piece brass officer's button having "A.V.C." between wings, back mark "D. Evans & Co/ Attleboro Mass". 23 mm. Excellent. $900.

LOT 9

ALABAMA VOLUNTEER CORPS BUTTON. Medium 2-piece brass officer's button ...

Updated: Sep 22, 2011 1:04pm PST

LOT 10 : SEVEN CONFEDERATE GENERAL SERVICE BUTTONS. All medium 2-piece convex brass with lined "CSA" on plain field, backmark "Superior Quality". 7/8. (One bent shank and dull back) good-excellent. $840.

LOT 10

SEVEN CONFEDERATE GENERAL SERVICE BUTTONS. All medium 2-piece convex b ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:41pm PST

LOT 11 : FOUR CONFEDERATE ARMY GENERAL SERVICE CUFF BUTTONS. Small 2-piece convex brass with lined "CSA" on plain ground, backmark "S. Buckley & Co./ Birmingham". 5/8. (One with dark spot on face, wear and gilt losses) good. $216.

LOT 11

FOUR CONFEDERATE ARMY GENERAL SERVICE CUFF BUTTONS. Small 2-piece conv ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:45pm PST

LOT 12 : FOUR CIVIL WAR ERA GEORGIA MILITIA BUTTONS. Medium 2-piece brass having the state seal, backmark "Van Wart Son & Co" star. 15/16. (One back has minor wear and slight push mark) excellent. $450.

LOT 12

FOUR CIVIL WAR ERA GEORGIA MILITIA BUTTONS. Medium 2-piece brass havin ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:43pm PST

LOT 13 : FOURTEEN CIVIL WAR ERA SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA BUTTONS. Medium gilt brass 2-piece with state seal, backmark with star "Van Wart.Son & Co." 7/8. (One has small split on back, one with gilt loss, few having bent shank and/or push mark in back, one with small dark spot on front) fair-good. Eight excellent. $1,020.

LOT 13

FOURTEEN CIVIL WAR ERA SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA BUTTONS. Medium gilt bra ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:40pm PST

LOT 14 : TEN POST-REVOLUTION MILITIA BUTTONS. One Vermont Militia 1-piece, back mark "R. & W. Wilson Attleborough/Extra Rich". One Vermont Light Infantry. Seven New York Militia. One Riflemen Militia. Good-excellent. $540.

LOT 14

TEN POST-REVOLUTION MILITIA BUTTONS. One Vermont Militia 1-piece, back ...

Updated: Sep 22, 2011 1:00pm PST

LOT 15 : TEN AMERICAN ARTILLERY REGIMENT BUTTONS, 1808-1821. All 1-piece brass Artillery Regiment variants, including three small waistcoat buttons and one excavated. Together with an artillery corps 1-piece button, 1814-1821. Good-excellent. $420.

LOT 15

TEN AMERICAN ARTILLERY REGIMENT BUTTONS, 1808-1821. All 1-piece brass ...

Updated: Sep 22, 2011 12:58pm PST

LOT 16 : LOT of U.S. ARTILLERY BUTTONS, 1821-Mid 19th C. Cupped 1-piece brass with "A" on shield with eagle. 26 with Back mark "Robinsons.*./ Extra .*.", one "A.W. Spies/ Rich". 9-11 mm. Fair-excellent. $780.

LOT 16

LOT of U.S. ARTILLERY BUTTONS, 1821-Mid 19th C. Cupped 1-piece brass w ...

Updated: Sep 22, 2011 1:07pm PST

LOT 17 : TWO UNTRACED VARIANT INFANTRY OFFICER'S BUTTONS, 19th C. 1-piece brass having right facing U.S. Eagle with shield on breast clutching arrows and olive branches, "E Pluribus Unim" between wings surrounded by sixteen 6-pointed stars. Back mark "Extra Rich/Orange". 24 mm. Good-excellent. $1,020.

LOT 17

TWO UNTRACED VARIANT INFANTRY OFFICER'S BUTTONS, 19th C. 1-piece brass ...

Updated: Sep 22, 2011 1:06pm PST

LOT 18 : SIX DEPARTMENT of TREASURY BUTTONS, 19th C. Medium 1-piece brass Revenue Cutter Service with backmark "U.States*Revenue Service*". 23 mm. (One broken shank). Together with two similar buttons, one "Horstmann Bros & Allien/N.Y.", one "Tomes Melvain & Co/New York". Fair-excellent. $1,680.

LOT 18

SIX DEPARTMENT of TREASURY BUTTONS, 19th C. Medium 1-piece brass Reven ...

Updated: Sep 22, 2011 1:06pm PST

LOT 19 : U.S. INFANTRY and INFANTRY MILITIA BUTTONS, 1812-1854. Eight 1-piece brass: one unusual variant with right facing eagle and no stars, backmark "Scovills" with nine 4-dot devices below, one with no stars and "R.R. Treble Gilt", one with stars and "Best Quality" in Old English, five with seventeen stars and "Best Quality/ London". Together with an 1821-1854 button having "I" within shield, "Young.Smith & Co. * N. York*. 19-21 mm. Fair-excellent. $360.

LOT 19

U.S. INFANTRY and INFANTRY MILITIA BUTTONS, 1812-1854. Eight 1-piece b ...

Updated: Sep 22, 2011 1:15pm PST

LOT 20 : FIVE MARINE CORPS BUTTONS, 1821-1891. One unusual 1-piece with border and backmark "* William * Wallis" surrounding "* No. 5 * Extra Fine", 23 mm. Four later 2-piece buttons. Together with a mutilated button inset with monogram. Good-excellent. $660.

LOT 20

FIVE MARINE CORPS BUTTONS, 1821-1891. One unusual 1-piece with border ...

Updated: Sep 22, 2011 1:17pm PST

LOT 21 : THREE PARIS BACK BUTTONS with WOMEN'S HEADS. One flat diamond shaped ground with griffins, central cutout circle mounted with woman in feathered hat, unusual 3-armed back "AP & Cie Depose Paris", 1 3/4, (few tiny dark spots at edge). Pair champleve enameled silvered metal having woman on white ground within cobalt border, backmark "E M Paris", 1 1/4. Good-excellent. $84.

LOT 21

THREE PARIS BACK BUTTONS with WOMEN'S HEADS. One flat diamond shaped g ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 1:01pm PST

LOT 22 : EIGHT LARGE PIERCED, STAMPED BRASS BUTTONS with CUT STEELS. All 1-piece: Pair of Fighting Gladiators, 1 1/4. Six Boy Serenading Girl (or Romeo and Juliet as Children), 1 1/4. (Some steels oxidized, may have had gilding). Together with two Astraea variants with cut steels, 1 1/4 and 1 5/8. $120.

LOT 22

EIGHT LARGE PIERCED, STAMPED BRASS BUTTONS with CUT STEELS. All 1-piec ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 1:00pm PST

LOT 23 : SIX LARGE BRASS BUTTONS with BIRDS and ANIMALS. Three 2-piece with gilt low relief rooster, 1 3/4. Two irregular disc with applied charging buffalo, 1 3/4. One flat disc with applied high relief owl's mask, 1 5/8. Good-excellent. $120.

LOT 23

SIX LARGE BRASS BUTTONS with BIRDS and ANIMALS. Three 2-piece with gil ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:58pm PST

LOT 24 : SIX LARGE FIGURAL STAMPED BRASS BUTTONS. Two 2-piece Indian Hunter, 1 1/2. Two 1-piece Raphael's Madonna, 1 7/16. Unidentified 1-piece pierced having lady with helmet and shield, 1 5/8, and flat 1-piece with crowned woman, shield and motto of Paris with city background, 1 5/8. Good-excellent. $96.

LOT 24

SIX LARGE FIGURAL STAMPED BRASS BUTTONS. Two 2-piece Indian Hunter, 1 ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:56pm PST

LOT 25 : LOT of SIX HIGH RELIEF PORTRAIT BUTTONS. All large 1-piece stamped brass: Pierced and silvered Barbarossa, 1 1/2. Two King Arthur, 1 3/8. Three King Charles I of England, 1 1/2. Excellent. $72.

LOT 25

LOT of SIX HIGH RELIEF PORTRAIT BUTTONS. All large 1-piece stamped bra ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:55pm PST

LOT 26 : SET OF SEVEN AURORA with APOLLO'S HORSES BUTTONS. Large 1-piece gilt stamped brass with tinted back, 1 5/8. (Some with gilt loss) good-excellent. $72.

LOT 26

SET OF SEVEN AURORA with APOLLO'S HORSES BUTTONS. Large 1-piece gilt s ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:52pm PST

LOT 27 : FOUR FRENCH FOPS BUTTONS. Large flat silvered brass with applied figures on an engraved ground, 1 5/16. Large 2-piece brass with applied figures on celluloid ground, 1 1/2. Medium 2-piece tinned white metal, 1 1/16. Medium flat cutout and silvered brass, 1 3/16. (Silver losses, raised defect on back of celluloid button). Fair-excellent. $60.

LOT 27

FOUR FRENCH FOPS BUTTONS. Large flat silvered brass with applied figur ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:51pm PST

LOT 28 : PARIS BACK CIRCUS PIG BUTTON. Medium 2-piece tinted brass with self shank having pig jumping through hoop held by clown. Backmark "SOLIDAIRE BTG. S.G.D.G. AP & CIE PARIS". 1 1/8. (Tiny dark spot on back) excellent. Together with a large Children's Circus 1-piece in stamped brass with cut steels, 1 5/8, (some rust to steel) fair. $72.

LOT 28

PARIS BACK CIRCUS PIG BUTTON. Medium 2-piece tinted brass with self sh ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:49pm PST

LOT 29 : SIX TEDDY ROOSEVELT HUNTING BIG GAME BUTTONS. Medium 1-piece stamped brass, two each: lion, rhinoceros and elephant. 1 1/8. Excellent. $270.

LOT 29

SIX TEDDY ROOSEVELT HUNTING BIG GAME BUTTONS. Medium 1-piece stamped b ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:48pm PST

LOT 30 : THREE IVOROID COCKFIGHT BUTTONS. All large, stamped and tinted, riveted to brass back with a ring of brass studs: Two black, one brown. 1 1/2. (Brown button missing one stud) good-excellent. $900.

LOT 30

THREE IVOROID COCKFIGHT BUTTONS. All large, stamped and tinted, rivete ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:47pm PST

LOT 31 : SET of FOUR IVOROID COCKFIGHT BUTTONS. Medium flat khaki colored face with a ring of brass rivets, loop shank, 3/4 inch. Good-excellent. $360.

LOT 31

SET of FOUR IVOROID COCKFIGHT BUTTONS. Medium flat khaki colored face ...

Updated: Aug 29, 2011 12:53pm PST

LOT 32 : TEN GAY NINETIES JEWELED BUTTONS. All large, most stamped brass, having central glass "jewel", some with cut steels or additional stones. 1 1/2-2 1/4. Good-excellent. $270.

LOT 32

TEN GAY NINETIES JEWELED BUTTONS. All large, most stamped brass, havin ...

Updated: Oct 04, 2011 12:41pm PST