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December 2001 N"{TI D;\AIL, EL-IT ti)i\ lBL1t I,ETIN 273

This is a vetlt Jine old lithograph o.f poor Mat), Tbdcl
Lincoln, the v,ife o,f Abraham Lincoln, v'ho )r,6Is'
estranged .from her Sottthern.fantily b1,, the v,ar
ancJ estranged Jiom the w,orld by her meny
tragedies. It is Jrom the Editor's collection.

W Here's I vet], strange metal button which
Barbar"a Johnson pullecl out of her pLu"se at
the Arizona Shov,. Whatever or v,hoever it is, is
v,earing seven league boots and caru"ying tt
bog (o.f gold? ). Does this strike a familiar
chord w,ith ant) of our readers?

Bruce Bec-k reallv hit the Mother
Lode w,hen he purchased a
lot containing zodiac but-
tons. Included in this lot
w,ere fw,o buttons (Librct
and Aquarius) -fro* a set
other than the
Victorian set
usually seen.
(also included
were nine.fro* the set
usatally seen. Rarest
anxong these is Cancer,
which is show,n here. )

Jane White o.f Arizona brought some
travs .for us to see at her show. On
the oriental tralt we found an old
button marked Imari. Imari has
been a porcelain manufacturer Jbr
almost 400 yeers, but we were
never et\,lare that they made buttons
- hut here's proof! Does anyone else
have a button thev know to be Imari?