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<p>[QUOTE="fortheloveofcollectibles, post: 3407826, member: 18127"]Hi all! I picked these up on Ebay some time ago (I have a huge button obsession) for less than $30 for the entire set! I was pretty sure that they're genuine ivory, but the seller listed them as bone (if I'm remembering correctly). Once I had them in hand, I was 99.9% positive they're genuine ivory! I had them appraised on Ask.com, just to get a general idea of what they might be worth (they said they've seen similar ones go for $200). I have no intention on selling them at the present time, but I will go to an actual appraiser if it ever comes down to that. In the meantime, I would love to know anything more I can find out about them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />. Upon doing many web searches I've found very little info on them. The BBB (The Big Book of Buttons) has a similar one listed (will include photo), but for some reason they have it listed as a celluloid (I'm pretty sure it's genuine ivory, as well). As a general rule, I only keep one of each particular button for my personal collection and set the rest aside (I sell my duplicates from time to time on Ebay), but this is one of two sets that I've decided to keep the entirety of. The other set consists of blue glass buttons with metal eagle escutcheons set in metal (I created a thread in "Militaria" in an attempt to find the history of those ones, as well).[ATTACH=full]302124[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]302126[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]302125[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]302127[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fortheloveofcollectibles, post: 3407826, member: 18127"]Hi all! I picked these up on Ebay some time ago (I have a huge button obsession) for less than $30 for the entire set! I was pretty sure that they're genuine ivory, but the seller listed them as bone (if I'm remembering correctly). Once I had them in hand, I was 99.9% positive they're genuine ivory! I had them appraised on Ask.com, just to get a general idea of what they might be worth (they said they've seen similar ones go for $200). I have no intention on selling them at the present time, but I will go to an actual appraiser if it ever comes down to that. In the meantime, I would love to know anything more I can find out about them :-). Upon doing many web searches I've found very little info on them. The BBB (The Big Book of Buttons) has a similar one listed (will include photo), but for some reason they have it listed as a celluloid (I'm pretty sure it's genuine ivory, as well). As a general rule, I only keep one of each particular button for my personal collection and set the rest aside (I sell my duplicates from time to time on Ebay), but this is one of two sets that I've decided to keep the entirety of. The other set consists of blue glass buttons with metal eagle escutcheons set in metal (I created a thread in "Militaria" in an attempt to find the history of those ones, as well).[ATTACH=full]302124[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]302126[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]302125[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]302127[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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