New Jersey State Button Society

Button Collectors of New Jersey

Information Please? Rooster Brand Overalls Button

by | Oct 25, 2020 | Collecting

This post comes from our Facebook page. NJSBS member Jade Papa worked with a collection at the University of North Carolina and asked about his button, yellow metal with a rooster and the words “I Crow Over All.” It’s on a men’s duster First...

Sam Kramer: One of a Kind Button

by | Jul 13, 2020 | Collecting

Sam Kramer, born in Pittsburgh in 1913, studied jewelry design in high school and college. In 1936 he moved to Greenwich Village in New York City, the center of bohemian and artistic culture. There, he opened a workshop and gallery to sell his surrealistic jewelry...

New Chapter for Novice Collectors

by | 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....