Political
Rare Button Sells for $15,100
Last month, a rare button sold for $15,100 on ebay. The button is from the 1920 United States presidential election. It features a picture of the Democratic nominee for President Governor James Cox of Ohio and the Vic Presidential candidate Franklin D Roosevelt.
The seller described the button as the “holy grail of political buttons”. The [...]
Harvey Milk Political Buttons
Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected official in U.S. history.
Sean Penn portrays Harvey Milk in the Oscar nominated film Milk.
A political junkie and button collector sent a note to Ken Rudin of NPR bragging about his Harvey Milk campaign buttons. Well, Ken Rudin is a political junkie and collector himself and posts pictures [...]
Barack Obama Button Templates
If you would like to use your button machine to make Barack Obama buttons, there are several websites that have templates and graphics ready to be printed out.
A website called Buttons4Obama has a lot of resources available.
Chris Cox over at Change the Thought has several different designs available for download.
Over at Mercer County for Obama, [...]
Buttons on Display at New York Museum
The Museum of the City of New York has an exhibit through election day that features political buttons and a variety of other political memorabilia. Campaigning for President: New York and the American Election opened on June 24 and has buttons, oil lamps, a George Washington coat button, and more.
New York Museum Features Campaign [...]
Barack Obama / Larry Craig Button Snafu
A button maker in Idaho mistakenly put a picture of Barack Obama and Larry Craig on the same button. You may remember Larry Craig as the Republican U.S. Senator from Idaho who was arrested in airport bathroom for lewd conduct.
Tigereye Design accidently put Craig in the picture instead of Larry LaRocco, the Democratic candidate for [...]
Obama Buttons Outsell McCain Buttons
Obama trounces McCain … in sales of T-shirts, badges, caps - Breitbart
The article above takes a look at merchandise sales for Barack Obama and John McCain. Obama merchandise is much more popular than McCain merchandise. Last week at a popular website, McCain barely beat out Hillary Clinton in merchandise sales.
If you make political buttons, you’re [...]
Unique Theodore Roosevelt Button
There is a unique Theodore Roosevelt button for sale on ebay. It’s not your typical round button. It features a mechanical mouth that opens up at the bottom.
There is quite a bit of interest in this little button. With less than a day left in the auction, the bidding is up to over $800.
