Vintage Carved Mother of Pearl & Abalone Shell Buttons Start Price USD 9.99 Current Price USD 16.00 Time Left - Bid Count 5 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, September 05, 2008 End Time Friday, September 12, 2008 Location Pekin, Illinois See more about 'Vintage Carved Mother of Pearl & Abalone Shell Buttons' Description Fresh from an estate are these 4 pages of mother of pearl and abalone shell buttons that where collected by a lady and sewed onto the 4 pages. The page on the upper left has 51 buttons total most of which have some carving to them. The page on the upper right with the belt buckle in the center has 16 buttons total in a pleasing arrangement. The bottom left page has 11 buttons total with more extensive carving on some of these. The bottom right page has the darker abalone shell buttons, some with nice carving as well.  I am not sure the age, however the lady who had collected and arranged them was quite old. Sorry my photo's didn't turn out better, but this really is an impressive collection. There is no reserve on this auction. Need more great buttons from this collection? Then please check out my other auctions. Lucky bidder to prepay plus $2.00 towards postage. Thanks for viewing. Place a Bid!