Popping by Harbingers of It’s show season! to say, “Hi!” hallucinations ... Lotsa pages ... page 9 ... page 22 FREE! At all the BEST www.TheOldTimes.com Antiques P.O. Box 411 Shops and Sauk Centre, MN Shows! 56378 Section One Vol. 27 No. 5 • “Vintage,...
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Popping by Harbingers of It’s show season! to say, “Hi!” hallucinations ... Lotsa pages ... page 9 ... page 22 FREE! At all the BEST www.TheOldTimes.com Antiques P.O. Box 411 Shops and Sauk Centre, MN Shows! 56378 Section One Vol. 27 No. 5 • “Vintage, Collectible, & Antique Treasures” • May 2017 Bursting with buttons Elephants. Just one of an infinite number of categories a collector can focus on. by Virginia Broich M E N D O T A HEIGHTS, MINN.- - Question: “Button, button. Who’s got the button?” Answer: The Minnesota Button So- ciety and their enthusi- astic program manager, Kris Peterson. To some, a button is nothing special. It’s something they see in their everyday lives. But to collectors, but- tons represent works of art. Peterson, who began collecting when she was nine years old, credits a neighbor for Buttons don’t just come in plastic. They can be initiating a button col- made of rubber, pewter, fabric, black glass, and lectors group. In 1957, pearl, as demonstrated by Kris Pe
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