FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The Three Rivers Festival makes a new button every year. The pin can get you discounts on some tickets around the festival, but, for some, they mean a lot more. Over the ...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) Peggy Mathes still has the first button she ever collected a trapezoid-shaped piece made of bakelite, trimmed with a row of rhinestones. "It was in 1988," Mathes said. "I was in an ...

NORMAL — Why did Kelly Provost drive over 10 hours early Friday morning to the opening of the Illinois State Button Society’s annual show in Normal? To see some of her button-collecting friends, she ...

Syliva Whiten’s husband, Bob Whiten, has his own, small collection of buttons from his firefighter parade coat. He has served with the Charleroi Fire Department for 60 years. Sylvia Whiten keeps her ...

Buttons are like decorative art. These little treasures can be dazzling glass buttons, lustrous carved pearl buttons, intriguing brass storybook buttons, even Bakelite. Button collecting can start ...

NPR political editor Ken Rudin visits a convention of campaign memorabilia collectors. It's a strange world, where one battered button can fetch $15,000 at auction. It can sometimes be hard to find ...

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) At some time in their lives, nearly every child has emptied out mother s button box, searching through the collection for a unique color or shape, finding a hidden treasure in a ...

Collectible garment buttons reflect varied interests and eras of fashion and cultural history. Sharing 'tins of memories' since 1944, WSBS connects fellow enthusiasts & unravels hidden stories behind ...

Exhibit: The button exhibit can be viewed through March at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave., Coeur d’Alene. Club: The Historical Button Club meets at noon the second Wednesday of ...