2.5lbs+ Antique Glass Buttons Clear & Colored Some China? Mostly Small Sizes

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Okay, button collectors, jewelry makers, costume designers..... time for round two of my liquidating a huge collection of antique buttons I acquired a few weeks ago. This auction is for about 2.5lbs of mostly small, antique glass buttons. I estimate the quantity to be somewhere around 1000 based on weighing out 100 and comparing that weight to the total assortment. Included are clear glass, calico, carnival glass, paint embellished, lustre, conical shapes, more! This auction is part of a large assortment of vintage and antique buttons purchased from an estate that I will be putting up for sale over the next few weeks. When I weighed everything all together, it ends up that the entire collection comprises well over fifty POUNDS of buttons. Included were Victorian crochet, metal, glass, various early plastics, Goodyear rubber, shell, and more, and many Paris buttons! Please note that I am selling them as I have found them. I have not done any sorting beyond how they came to me, nor have I attempted any cleaning. Some of the metal buttons have corroded backs, some bent or missing shanks. Within some of the larger assortments, it’s possible, even likely that some strays have found their way in: i.e. some glass in the metal assortments, some plastic in the glass, etc. Please understand that there is no intent to deceive: other than read more