by bfiggefox | Feb 18, 2021 | Collecting
How many points could you get for this shell button? Novice and experienced button collectors – get tips on putting a competition tray together with a Zoom Q&A session with Annie Frazier on Sunday, February 21 at 4 p.m. Any questions are welcome but the...
by bfiggefox | Feb 15, 2021 | Collecting
One of our newest members, Suzie R., asks what these tiny buttons were used for. Answers? buttonsinnewjersey@gmail.com Suzie R. found this button in an estate sale. She wonders if it’s military. We are wondering what the back looks like. Suzie?
by bfiggefox | Feb 7, 2021 | Collecting
here is the zoom link for today, February 21 at 4 p.m. (THE POST BELOW REFERS TO A ZOOM SESSION ON FEBRUARY 15).FOR THE FEBRUARY 21 DISCUSSION GO TO “Collecting” on this website or click here) I am dedicating February to study shell buttons – with...
by bfiggefox | Feb 5, 2021 | In Memoriam
Carol Stout Meszaros, June 1, 1934 – December 13, 2020 Carol Stout Meszaros was a staunch supporter of button collecting in general and NJSBS in particular. With her sister, Sonia Force, Carol cofounded Central Jersey Buttoniers in 1986. For the state society,...
by bfiggefox | Feb 5, 2021 | In Memoriam
Though few of us knew Elizabeth Hughes, all of us deeply respected the lead author of “The Big Book of Buttons.” Born in London in 1935, her collecting began when her father, a Royal Navy officer, brought, to his only child, gifts of buttons, buckles, and clasps from...
