WE BUY AND PAY TOP PRICES

HOW TO SELL YOUR ITEM(S) TO US:

Ron Wade is one of the leading political collectibles dealers and collectors in the nation having dealt in campaign buttons since he was a student at the University of Texas during the 1972 campaign of Nixon versus McGovern.   We buy all types of political campaign and presidential memorabilia.  We buy from 2 to 3 collections each month and single items galore and treat you in an honest manner always.

The best way to sell to us is to scan (JPG. OR GIF FILE IF POSSIBLE) and send as an attachment to your email to:  ronwadebuttons@aol.com  or by photocopy or photos sent to my mailing address below.  The scan, photo or photocopy  doesn't have to be the highest of quality but something we can look at to see:

#1 If the item is original 
#2 What condition they are in 
#3 The particular variety of the button.

There are thousands of varieties of buttons from each campaign as you would suspect so it's almost impossible for me to tell you how much an item in worth without seeing some representation of it.  They might look almost alike but one of them had hundreds of thousands produced while the other was locally produced and only a few survive making a major difference in value.  Please describe any defects (ie: cracks, cuts on the surface, stains, etc.) and  if you have a price in mind let us know.    

Will you be treated fairly?

We always encourage anyone to get offers from other dealers as well.  Generally when they do they quickly find out we pay more than the average dealer and much more than antique dealers who really don't know the difference between common and rare and even pay by the size of the button rather than it's true value!   If you are familiar with the online auction EBAY our positive feedback rating is 100% after years of transactions and over 1,800 transactions--never a single negative comment as a member since April, 1997! 

Don't have the time to make photos or copies?

Call us at 903--236-9615 (evenings and weekends are the best time to catch us) and from your description of what you have generally you can just mail the whole collection or items to us and we will pay for postage both ways if we don't come to an agreement on the price.  Send them insured and packed securely and not just rattling around in an envelope as the Post Office has a tendency to destroy items as you might guess. 

FAKES & REPRODUCTIONS

While not a major problem with a little education, fakes and reproductions do exist.  A visit to your local flea market or antique shop will likely confirm this.  Most of the buttons encountered are reproductions that were made in the 1960s and 1970s as giveaways by The American Oil Company & Kleenex.  These fakes are easy to spot because most will have some sort of inscription on the edge or curl such as "AO-1972"  "Repro-1968" "Reproduction" or the candidates name and date (i.e. "Roosevelt-1944").  If you encounter a button that is scratched on the edge, shows evidence of having been painted over on the edge, or is lithographed for a pre 1920 candidate, beware!  Most fakes will also look slightly blurry or off-color.  Here's a photo of one of the best-known set of reproductions from a recent online auction  and sadly if you have them they have no value other than decorative:

This is a fake Teddy Roosevelt seen often--no real button was ever produced like this.

Any other questions?

 Don't worry--just call or write.  We'll be more than happy to answer your questions. 

Send copies or questions to:

Ron Wade
2100 Lafayette Drive
Longview, Texas 75601-3437

Phone: 903--236-9615
Fax: 903--236-9499

Email to: ronwadebuttons@aol.com