by bfiggefox | Jul 13, 2020 | Collecting
NOVICES TO COLLECTORS: A new club – the Mercer County Chapter of the NJSBS – aims to turn first-timers at button shows into avid collectors. Helene Plank has set up the meetings, first Wednesdays at 7 p.m., at the Lawrence Headquarters of the Mercer County Library....
by bfiggefox | Jul 13, 2020 | Chronicling
NJSBS was delighted to accept the gift of buttons from the collection of Eleanor Savery McVay (March 18, 1909 – June 14, 1982). Her daughter, Carolyn Thelander Gittelson, was moving from her Short Hills home and contacted Gloria Chazin and Ann Wilson regarding the...
by bfiggefox | Jul 13, 2020 | Chronicling
Meet Pat Wagner, whose beautiful necklace earned second prize by popular vote in the Fall 2019 show. (We’re sorry we don’t have a good photo of Pat, but here is her necklace!) The competition was ‘right up her alley” because,...
by bfiggefox | Jul 13, 2020 | Chronicling
On November 16, 2019, NJSBS celebrated National Button Day at the Hopewell Branch of the Mercer County Library. We offered our Every Button Has a Story illustrated slide talk and hands-on experience. Four guests brought their button jars and four NJSBS members – Sara...
by bfiggefox | Oct 16, 2018 | Shows
