BUTTONS!!! HUGE Haul Video - Antique Buttons from Around the World

Buttons buttons buttons, take a shot every time I say buttons! Huge haul from a local auction, going to start listing them for sale. A week ago I could not have told you the first thing about buttons. I'm learning as I go! If you see any gems in here, or have any selling advice, please tell me in the comments.
The video quality on this is iffy in spots. Especially the end. My phone was acting up. Thanks for taking me as I am.... 😘

[@ЕленаКомар-е3ы]

Ой ,вы такой молодец что сняли это видео ,и показали такое великолепие.Все эти пуговицы произведение исскуства!Смотрела и любовалась.Вы такой красивый парень и увлечения ваши достойны выше всяких похвал.Привет из Беларуси!

[@BlessedBaubles]

Definitely NOT “a silly video”. As you know by now, there’s not many ppl commenting on what they are which is sad because there are so many gorgeous buttons out there that tell so much art and history, but no good videos on them. I wonder if people are holding out info on YT vids. Prob not. ppl usually love to share info. I hope someone makes vids about them soon. The ppl that do make vids have military buttons and are such brainiacs about them that it’s impossible to learn enough from them to do us any good! 🤪 I wish you well though Please share what you learn because a LOT of us WILL watch. 👍🏼

[@glennarenner4239]

Wow ; what a collection! The picture buttons are my favorite!

[@kateomara6228]

I have just been given thousands of buttons by my dad and just came accros this video from trying to source information on the buttons I have. this video is brilliant! so informative! xx

[@kateomara6228]

I actually think I have some buttons that match the ones in this video! I live in England! x

[@sharoncrawford3042]

They are beautiful.

[@threefortytwo23]

Thank you Sharon.

[@Ncap-NorthCentralArkansas]

Love the buttons, got a great group of them.

[@JenBriSeth]

The rubber button with the bee (?) was seriously cool. Good video; I could have picked through that pile for hours. 😄

[@HairyKari1]

I am soooo jealous!! Good deal, Brad! Can't wait to see more of your finds!

[@philbartoli2011]

Bradley buttons? Nice haul!! My neck hurts just imagining being hunched over sorting all of those for hours on end.

[@robscott.scootdawg]

I hope this is a resurgence of this channel. I enjoy watching people thrift and jewelry, like you tend to thrift for, is one of my interests. I first saw you when you did your collaboration with Jocelyn from her Crazy Lamp Lady channel. That lead me to your Hoover Boys channel, then this one. Keep an eye out for marbles while you’re out digging or thrifting. Like buttons, there’s money to be made there. Thanks for the video, I enjoyed it.

[@threefortytwo23]

Thanks a lot! These buttons have been moving really well. I have spent a lot of time on them. I hope to upload more videos soon. Appreciate the comment.

[@MsAngigirl]

Omg! What a find! This video was just shared in one of my fb button groups! I just searched your ebay! We are too late! Ugh. My heart hurts.

[@threefortytwo23]

Aw!! Thank you for watching. I still have most of the MOP buttons and a handful of early plastics. I have been meaning to get them listed... I think all the choice nuggets have been sold.

[@angiwaggoner8427]

When will you list? I would be interested in the mops.

[@threefortytwo23]

@@angiwaggoner8427 email me please, at your leisure: [e-mail]

[@sharoncrawford3042]

I wanted to collect buttons, as a hobby. But I dont have very many. Love this collection.

[@karolynjs44]

I’m glad you shared this with us. You have a treasure trove, and it’s nice to see that someone got them who could appreciate them...like a metal detectorist. I love watching your videos. Please keep sharing them!

[@jerichocarl5507]

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[@hudsonjace9358]

@Jericho Carl Instablaster ;)

[@jerichocarl5507]

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[@jerichocarl5507]

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[@hudsonjace9358]

@Jericho Carl you are welcome :)

[@sylviajones4907]

I liked hearing the sound of the mother of pearl buttons as you ran your fingers over them.

[@smrtym09]

Interesting video , I always find your videos interesting and I always learn something new! I love the mixed glass and black glass buttons , of course me being a women I think they are very pretty! Especially the carnival luster one you showed , it was gorgeous, I would love to have a matching pair and make earrings out of them !

[@threefortytwo23]

shoot my your address and I'll send you a few matching lusters that you can play with to your heart's content. [e-mail] or grab me on FB or something.

[@clove9496]

Really enjoy the videos. Learning a lot from the information you provide.

[@robgrogg2546]

Holy Crap I got a shout out. Now I really gotta watch the rest later...

[@theanimalsmagicshop4785]

Lucky you!

[@OldiesGoodies]

Nice to see you back Bro.. Awesome Buttons but Have no ideal. Have a great Week AL

[@liddyshipman9711]

I love buttons great finds.

[@WilliamWilson-it9qe]

Somehow I missed this video, so just watched it and hit the 👍. What a beautiful collection! Seriously something for everyone. Have to keep an eye out for semi precious stones too, like lapis, garnet (huge with the Victorians!), and tiger eye. Thanks man 👍👍

[@threefortytwo23]

ah, thanks a lot! yeah I sold most of this estate. hours upon hours of work. Still have a few lots to wrap up.. It was a wonderful experience!

[@krazykue]

Nice buttons brad. I like the mass civ button.

[@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound]

That's a pretty cool haul. I ended up with a box of several hundred old keys recently and I'm doing kind of the same thing lol. Good luck and take care.

[@Thebigmanmetaldetecting]

Great to see you back Brad I don't know much about buttons but I do know that the buttons you have with the metal stones are called Marcasite and some of the jewellery made from it can be worth a bit of money so I'm guessing the buttons could be to hope this helps buddy and keep the video coming mate GL&HH Simon

[@threefortytwo23]

Thanks man! Google "Cut Steel Button" and you'll see a lot of these examples. I'm sure there are marcasites in here too, good call. They were super popular early 1900's...

[@Thebigmanmetaldetecting]

@@threefortytwo23 you should check that the black buttons aren't a substance called jet it's looks and feels like Coal but it's actually fossilised monkey puzzle trees that were predominantly found in the East Coast of England and is worth a good bit of money because it is harder to come by as it has been mined so much so the larger the item isthe more it's worth because they will reshape it to things that are more popular en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_%28lignite%29?wprov=sfla1

[@diggerdame4709]

Helluva score, well done! I might have seen a few medic or surgeon buttons in the militaria. They have the scepter with snake around it.

[@threefortytwo23]

I do believe you are correct!

[@TheAnasazi1]

Nice haul! Greetings from Ocean Park!

[@threefortytwo23]

mah man!!

[@chriskelly3551]

Holy buttons bat man. Hope I get to meet ya next month when yall come to my territory. For PTG Great video brother.

[@BlessedBaubles]

Haha! Good one.

[@dirtydan9432]

I’m not really a button guy but this was pretty interesting always a entertaining video!

[@roccodog5782]

Its been awhile. Nice haul.

[@snowdigger]

Interesting! I've been to many yard sales and obviously ignored too much of the stuff. I am all button'd up now, though!

[@threefortytwo23]

I have ignored them too, for the most part. This collection just looked OLD. All of them looked Victorian to me so I rolled with it knowing it would be a large project...

[@joanneentwistle7653]

Are some of those black buttons made out of jet? The Victorians used a lot of jet for jewellery and buttons.

[@threefortytwo23]

It's possible. Most of them are glass.

[@cecoya]

at 5;17 those black buttons are Navy Pea Coat buttons from the 1800's

[@kathleenjohns2518]

Great collection ~ I would have helped you sort!

[@crossgrainwoodproductsltd9230]

Hey Brad, I had no idea that you have your own channel until Kurt mention it in a Hoover boys video. You sir are a man with many layers. Vintage buttons are like little works of art to me. They put a lot of work and time into creating them. It is unfortunate that manufactures don't produce this kind of quality buttons anymore. Your wedding band looks exactly like the one Kurt dug up in 2016. Could that be the same ring? Happen hunting. I subscribed too.

[@threefortytwo23]

Thanks! Same ring, great eye. There's an episode or two buried somewhere in the Hoover archives outlining the gift. ♥️

[@kiki9618]

What a wonderful find! Impressive how much you learned in a week or so after you found them. Did you become a collector?

[@threefortytwo23]

It was a lot of fun. I still have most of the mother of pearl buttons, but I wouldn't say I'm a button collector. I need to get them listed for sale.

[@chancejones1274]

Any updates? Any amazing new discoveries in this lot? Man you could dig through these forEVER

[@threefortytwo23]

I did around 2.5K in sales and then switched gears. I need to get through the Mother of Pearl and the rest of the brass buttons. There's another grand to be made. I think the best price I got for one button was probably $50-75. Thanks Chance

[@aliciamersdorf4426]

Oh, my goodness! How exciting! I need to watch it again. Where will you be selling these?

[@threefortytwo23]

It is exciting! I agree. I'm starting to put lots together and will be going the ebay route: www.ebay.com/str/fineestatetreasures

[@smrtym09]

Also wanted to add my strange thoughts , just imagine where we would be without buttons , we would be tying most of our pants and jackets on lol

[@threefortytwo23]

I'm just happy they aren't made from lead anymore :)

[@sharonsmith255]

THANKYOU firstly for sharing, I am not a “professional button person” although what you have shown as far as the black glass metal backed pieces you showed I only have a few very small ones, how much was your auction lot to purchase? And I do love my buttons is there a market for some of mine do ya think. I have tried research but it’s so blooming complicated. Thanking you in advance for any little help thanks again for bothering to read.

[@threefortytwo23]

I think I paid between $200-300. It was a few years ago. I still have a lot of the mother of pearl buttons, but the rest I sold on eBay and did very well. I would recommend eBay to try to find similar buttons to evaluate your collection. Values go up and down.

[@sharonsmith255]

@@threefortytwo23 when are the next videos of your amazing haul?

[@THEDRAGONBOOSTER8]

There is money in Buttons.. Look at the film industry ..Take my word..

[@sonofkate441]

Hey Brad, in case you haven't figured out, the tan or light brown buttons in the baggy at 4:43 seems to be civil war era bone buttons. Fantastic find, congrats...

[@debbiemitchell6055]

Buttons buttons who's got the buttons? Buttons and Bow's buttons and bow's!

[@nancyluberecki9547]

Check out Kent Lund, the Collectors, he has a button collector on one of his videos, very educational.

[@bridget22868]

So your camera skills need a little work as you moved too fast for us to get a really good look at what you have there. But nice haul you shared with us thanks. stay safe and good luck with the next haul..

[@BlessedBaubles]

Oh ya… I can tell you this much but you prob already know… jet buttons are old and made from petrified wood etc. I hope that helps. And, “all mother of pearl”? Or are some made of bone? The Bakelite pink ball-type are to die for!!! A lot of jewelry makers can make gorgeous jewelry with them. Are you selling the pink ones? If so, how can I contact you? I’ll check your info too. Never mind I just realized thus is a 2019 vid. Ugh.

[@arizona6494]

What happened with these buttons? Where is the button stash now? Were the Military Buttons the most valuable?

[@threefortytwo23]

Most found new homes all over the world. I have a few left, but most of the value was sold. Most valuable were the lots of cut steels or anything unique. Bigger the better. Insects, spiders, exotic animals do best. The micro mosaic inlay did around $100 I think. Military was middle of the road in terms of value. You really need to have relatively obscure civil war era buttons or older to command good value.

[@brianquilty687]

Didn't realize that buttons could be worth that much. You got some work to do there.

[@lotteglensnovormstrup5190]

Hi, where do you sell the buttons????lotte

[@threefortytwo23]

I moved almost all of them through eBay. This was a really fun collection to play with. :)

[@treasuretom13]

How do you know how much to charge? ​@@threefortytwo23

[@azmetaldetector5918]

I have 2 huge jars of buttons I have found metal detecting but don’t know a damn thing about them. Lol

[@threefortytwo23]

Find a big flat one with an eagle on it 😂