A Chicago museum portrays the history of American politics through the prism of a simple accessory Collectors say the first buttons in the form we know them today were introduced in 1896 ...

Sponsor Message Bonner County Sportsmen's Assn/Idaho (picture of a trout and a deer) — Not exactly a political button but I didn't have much choice. I Don't Give a Damn — This could just be a ...

As a young stockbroker in New York City during the 1960s, a chance encounter with a political canvasser changed Julius "Desey" Desenberg's life. The canvasser, working for a mayoral candidate ...

Collectors at over 250 tables, display their political memorabilia. The main attraction being the campaign buttons. These have come to be viewed as the essential political item to be collected.

TITUSVILLE -- Collectors of political buttons, badges and ribbons will meet Saturday, May 16 to sell, trade and display memorabilia from the 2008 Obama and McCain campaigns, as well as from ...

A teeny, tiny campaign button is proving size doesn’t matter when it comes to fetching record-high prices for political memorabilia. A one-and-a-quarter-inch button featuring the sepia-toned ...

Fisher now estimates his collection has grown to about 4,000 or 5,000 buttons. He's also the organizer of the Oregon chapter of the American Political Items Collectors, a group for collectors of ...