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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 6357531, member: 101855&quot;]There is actually at least just as much stuff to collect as coins because anybody can make buttons, tokens and other stuff in what is really an open suppliers’ market. There are far fewer collectors, however, and they spend far less on their hobby than coin collectors do. The “holy grail” of political buttons are the 1920 Cox - Roosevelt pieces which sell for up to $50,000 as opposed to the $10 million for the most expensive coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you go beyond the buttons, the highest priced item I can recall is a George Washington inaugural button which brought something like $225,000 at auction. A coin that sells for that barely makes the auction summary, much less the headlines these days.</p><p><br /></p><p>That’s why I can’t understand the higher buyers’ fee. They don’t put the money in their catalogs. They are much smaller with often much shorter write-ups. And their auction competition charges buyers’ fees are 15% or less.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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