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1930? A pinback 15/16" in diameter, labelled "Aesop's Fables - Countess - 23." $1 from James Lennon, Naples, NY, through Ebay, June, '99.

Against a white background we find "Aesop's Fables" at the top, "Countess at the bottom, and "23" on the…

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1930? One pinback 15/16" in diameter, labelled "Aesop's Fables - Waffles - 22." $2 from Connie Amos, Flushing, OH, through Ebay, March, '00.

Against a white background we find "Aesop's Fables" at the top," Waffles" at the bottom, and "22" on…

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1930? A pinback 15/16" in diameter, labelled "Aesop's Fables - Don - 19." $5 from Mark's Gallery, Savanna, IL, through Ebay, August, '99.

Against a white background we find "Aesop's Fables" at the top, "Don" at the bottom, and "19" on the right…

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1930? One pinback 15/16" in diameter, labelled "Aesop's Fables - Mike - 18." $2 from Connie Amos, Flushing, OH, through Ebay, March, '00.

Against a white background we find "Aesop's Fables" at the top, "Mike" at the bottom, and "18" on the…

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1890? 1 silver WC button, .6" in diameter. Paris: Solidaire Bte SGDG, A P & Cie, Paris. Gift of Robin Larner, Rochester, NY, May, '99. Extra for $3.25 from Darlene Focazio through Ebay, May, '99.

Identical with the bronze button described just…

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1890? 1 bronze WC button, .6" in diameter. Paris: Solidaire Bte SGDG, A P & Cie, Paris. $10 from Joyce's Jems at the Dulles International Antiques Show and Sale, April, '97.

Clearly the same scene as the larger Gotbuttons and Goldbarg versions of…

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1890? 1 bronze WC button, 7/8" in diameter. Paris: Solidaire Bte SGDG, A P & Cie, Paris. $12 from Joni Goldbarg through Ebay, April, '99.

The same in motif motif as the Gotbuttons larger button with these differences: this is brass, smaller, and…

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1890? 1 two-piece silver WC button, 1 1/16" in diameter. A P & Cie Breveté, Paris. $24.99 from Gotbuttons, Vista, CA, through Ebay, May, '99.

Developed from J.J. Grandville's illustration, I believe, because the doctor's pan is visible near the…

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1890? 1 two-piece brass button, 1 1/16" in diameter, picturing two monks. Steel back, wire shank. $10 from Onie Wiedeman, Minot, ND, May, '99.

Might this be someone's conception of the story of the two monks from Bidpai? In any case, there is a…

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1900? Small (⅝“ diameter) button, perhaps presenting “The Stag with Antlers Caught in a Tree.” $10 from Kara Strouss, Chillocothe, IL, through Ebay, Nov., ’10.

I am cataloguing this unusual button almost eleven years after we received it. One…
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