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565 . EXCEPTIONALLY GRAPHIC CITY OF DALLAS , TX PROMOTIONAL BUTTON C . 1910 1.75 ” for “ Dallas On The Trinity River .” Star design symbolizing lone star concept has scenes of river traffic , industry , factories with smoking stacks , etc . Text to the left and right “ The Wholesale And Jobbing Center ” and “ The Manufacturing Metropolis .” Text below the star “ The Inland Seaport Of Texas .” Complete with Bastian Brothers paper which names a Dallas jobber “ Hargreaves Printing Co .” One of only four offered in our 57 years . NM . Rare . ( I ) $ 200.00 566 . HELLO RUBE 4 ” MASONIC FAIR AND BAZAAR 1910 BIG BUTTON . 4 ”, no maker , with black cardboard back which at top has a small metal plate slotted for the ends of an easel wire but also with a brass bar pin soldered just below the slots . A happy bearded farmer in broad brim hat suggests a meeting at this Nov . 14-19 , 1910 event , location unspecified . The only example known to us . Exc . Rare . ( H ) $ 100.00 567 . EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH CONFERENCE BUTTON FOR 1911 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA MEEETING . 1.25 ” with Keystone Badge , Reading , PA back paper plus under the collet trio of rwb 3.75 ” ribbons . Founded in 1898 , this conference held annual meetings in various southern cities . Its goal was to promote public education in the South as well as advancing modern agriculture methods and encouraging rural community development . It ceased operations in 1914 . Button features superb color depiction of the Florida State Seal . Tiny back paper tear , rest NM . Rare and first seen . ( H ) $ 100.00 568 . RELATED BUTTON PAIR FROM 1912 DOVER MASSACHUSETTS FOR MARDI GRAS / CARNIVAL AND NEW CITY LIGHTING . Both 1.25 ”. Carnival button has no back paper but New Lights button has paper of Lopez , Boston c . 1912 . First button has great image of prancing jester in mask and holding a marotte ( a prop stick or scepter ). Second button has hand with flaming torch to symbolize the city ’ s new lights- with both buttons dated for Aug . 14 . Both NM . Both first seen . ( H ) $ 100.00 569 . YWCA 1924 PEARL DIVING CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT BUTTON . 1.5 ” w / back paper of St . Louis Button Co . While this is not the book example , this button is featured in Button Power : 125 Years of Saying It With Buttons on page 77 in the Events category . A young lass in red with an iconic 1920s bob pulls long string of pearls from what seems to be a ceramic container , the front of which carries the red triangle logo . Likely designed for a fund raising event . NM . Two known . Rare . ( I ) $ 200.00 570 . NATIONAL HEROES OF THE WORLD C . 1897 AMERICAN PEPSIN GUM GIVE-AWAY COLOR PORTRAIT BUTTONS . Each is 7 / 8 . In Buttons In Sets , these are listed as a set of 48 but that included nine jockeys . This is a set of 39 minus the jockeys . Included are celebrities , military leaders , poets , rulers , statesmen and one boxer Fitzsimmons . One ( Longfellow ) has cello cracks , seven have some degree of stain and 31 are Exc . to NM , except four are missing back papers . A difficult set to complete . ( I ) $ 200.00 571 . WESTERN AND NATIONAL HEROES TWO COMPLETE SETS C . 1930 AND 1934 BY BUTTON GUM AND YANK JUNIOR CLOTHING . First is the Button Gum set of 10 but a name error caused an 11th button to be issued . The error button is “ Davy Crocket ” and corrected it is “ Davy Crockett .” All 11 are here . Some minor paint wear or melt marks but all range VF to Exc . These have water soluble inks so do not attempt cleaning . The second set reads on reverse : Yank Junior Hero Series and names Chicago maker Reliance Mfg . Co . Set includes : Boone , Sitting Bull , Kit Carson , Cody , Custer , Dewey , Franklin , Grant , Hale , John Paul Jones , Lee , Lincoln , Perry , Revere , TR , and General George Washington . A high grade NM set of 16 lithos 13 / 16 ”. ( I ) $ 200.00 572 . PORTRAITS OF YOUNG LADIES C . 1905-1910 WITH SET OF 25 , SET OF 27 AND FIVE MISC . PLUS ONE MIRROR . Buttons In Sets ( 1984 ) lists 25 in the 1.25 ” size and 27 in the 7 / 8 ” size so that seems to be all that are known to this day . They were used as premiums with 10 different back papers known for cigarettes , plug tobacco , whiskey and even Cracker Jack . Of the 1.25 ” size only 5 have a back paper including one Cracker Jack ( w / some light penciling ) in Row 5 . Of the 7 / 8 ” size , 22 have Perfection Cigarettes papers and five have no paper . Included are five from a different set ( of unknown total ) with Bastian back papers . There is also one lady mirror , no text , 1.75 ” with tiny cello indent dots in reflected light . The 57 buttons are clean , glossy and VF to NM . ( I ) $ 200.00 573 . DOG BREEDS COMPLETE SET OF 35 BUTTONS FROM THE 1930s . Each is 13 / 16 ” litho with silver luster back but no text . Obviously the same maker as the set showing birds . The named breeds are : Afghan , Airedale , Bloodhound , Boston Terrier , Cairn , Chow , Cocker Spaniel , Collie , Dachshund , Dalmatian , Doberman Pinscher , English Bull ( small center dent ), Eskimo Huskie , Fox Terrier , Great Dane , Greyhound , Irish Terrier , Newfoundland , Pekingese , Pointer , Police Dog , Pomeranian , Poodle , Pug Dog , Saint Bernard , Schipperke , Scottish Terrier , Setter , Sheep Dog , Spitz , Springer Spaniel , Wire Fox Terrier , Wolf Hound , Yorkshire Terrier . All but English Bull are Exc . to NM . ( I ) $ 200.00 574 . BUTTON SET OF 40 DIFFERENT BIRDS SOLD FROM STORE CARDS IN THE 1930s . Each is a 13 / 16 ” litho . Reverses have silver luster but no text . Included are : Barn Owl , Barn Swallow , Blue Bird , Blue Jay , Cardinal , Catbird , Chickadee , Flicker , Goldfinch , Green Jay , Indigo Bunting , Kingbird , Kingfisher , Magpie , Meadowlark , Mocking Bird , Oriole , Painted Bunting , Pelican , Pheasant , Phoebe , Purple Martin , Quail ( Bobwhite ), Red-Headed Woodpecker , Red-Winged Blackbird ( long hairline scratch ), Robin , Rose-Breasted Grosbeak , Sandpiper , Scarlet Tanager , Song Sparrow , Summer Tanager , Swan , Western Tanager , White-Winged Crossbill , Wild Duck , Wood Thrush , Wren , Yellow Bellied Sapsucker , Yellow Warbler . All but one are Exc . to NM . ( I ) $ 200.00 575 . YANK JUNIOR BOYS CLOTHING FULL SET OF “ AVIATION SERIES ” FAMOUS PLANES AND PILOTS . Each is 13 / 16 ” litho . 24 have reverse naming issuer as Yank Junior and maker as Reliance Mfg . Co . but the first button in the set names Geraghty as maker without issuer name . In spite of this variation , this is a full set of the 25 issued . As shown these are : Admiral Byrd South Pole , Byrd North Pole , Bellance Bomber , Boeing Biplane , Boeing Bomber , Boeing Pursuit , Capt . Eddie Rickenbacker , Caribbean Clipper , Condor Biplane , First East to West Transatlantic Plane Junkers , England to Australia Plane , World ’ s Fastest Transport-Vultee , Ford Tri-Motor , Graf Zeppelin , Largest Airliner Clipper Ship , Lindbergh Lockheed Sirius , Martin Bomber , Navy Curtiss Seaplane , Lindbergh ’ s Spirit of St . Louis , First Wright Biplane 1903 . Exc to NM and rare as a set . ( I ) $ 200.00
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