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May, 1964 NATIONAL BIIITON BUULETIN 105'

show ever held' The items wil!-be-ol from April 23rd to september 27tt., to
{isorav -ttre
coturcide with the New york world's rair. rution eirJrt to ;ii *
the-seminar is of wedgwood creamware with a black fi',sf;-p"inf i?-tn" po*-
"Aiit*rrrts
la^nd vase.
-Lillian Smith Albert
siTATE BULLETIN REVIEW
only a few button collectors have become awa.re of an alarming situation
which concerns us all and-should be brought to the attenuon oi'ev-erdone inter-
gsted in-ltrg hobby. Misinformation as to the availabiuty oi rrrrrrv'rritton r*ks
has resulted in collectors paying_exorbitant prices tor secoira-trand: 6opG or roorc,
y1",1_ .!hgv are actualrv ir, q*g supprv at- ttre originar piice. neaiilv ava,ilabre
ooo8s have been lirsted as out-of-print by at lea.st one button publication.
_. rt.is irritating, to say the least, to flnd one has paid two or three times the
list price for a second-hand book just because .,some one,, said it was out of
print, onry to find it still can be hia from publisher or author. The National
Bull.etin for_January 1964 contains, on pa,ge 23, a list of button lo"ts ttr"t are still
ava.ilable. But since the National suuet6 does not reach all collectors,
it wouF be a help in spreading this information if all the state bulletins would
print the list.
Many purchasers of second-hand books are not aware that ttrey are being
- -is
"take.nl'. B-efor-g paying an exorbitant price for any button book it not onl!
smart but for the good of the hobby that this list be checked. The state bulletins
can help their readers and help to discourage proiteers ny printing trre fist of
available books.
(state Editors: Please correct the D. F. Johruon book price .,uniform Buttons,,
2 Volumes . . . $12.50 postpaid. See advertisement this isjue on p. 130._Ecl.)
since the dead line for this review is so far ahead of the issuaxrce date, it will
include up to January 1964 only. This year New Hampshire has found it-neces-
sary to discontinue the publication of the state bulletin. The state publications
now number fourteen, the Junior News Sheet ma,king llfteen.

OATJFORNTA-The first brief for 1963 was exceptionally well illustrated . . .
T*o page. of pictures of cross designs pointed up a studi that brought fresh
interest and some new angles to this popular button motif . . . rofty-;ight fine
-emp'nasized
sporting coat buttorx were pictured to accompany an article that
the. facts that this type of button is invariably very weu constructed, of excellent
materials . . . More ofi-set printed illustrations foi scrimshaw work, A r,ost Art,
roused interest in this primitive type of carving.
rlLrNors-An informative article in trris bulletin was on Land Grant
colleges, with identification of a number of Land Gra.nt college buttons
{not}er comprehensive article discussed papier mache buttons L , rwo srrort
sketches were- on gutta percha and aluminum . . A very tong lisi, bt stce,t and
assorted metals pants buttons, with illinois names, and a secondiist of non-metals,
were_reported-found by an rlli{rgis researcher, who will continue her pursuit...
Another contribution to this bulletin was the history of a New Jersey f'actory that
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produces dyed pearl buttons and has been in operation since lg?b . . oui new
state seal button, that of was the subjict of a discussion involving thi
-Hawaii,
symbolism and tradition.of the design. An r[inois collector owrs a trig" rrr*no
of original cards of buttons, representing almost every material used i" button
making, many of them iq the antique class . . . A wriier for this puniication ex-
pressed regret that all officers of local and state clubs are not, mimbeis of rhe
National Eutton society, and merntioned the advantages to be had with member-
shrp . . . one adventuresome ruinois collector said that "back ya36,, and garage
runma.ge sales are a surprisingly good place to flnd collectable bittons,
TNDTANA-A fascinating article of nearly eight pages, Ttre w'orld of Litile
People Depicted on Buttons, deatt urith elves and iairy ciealures, ctraracters tno4