In addition to selling her own wares, Barbara currently sells for other dealers. As my business grew, eBay gave me the opportunity to sell for antique dealers who were not familiar with or did not own a computer. Many of those people now are doing their own eBay auctions and are excited about the wonderful buying and selling of antiques on eBay. If someone is just starting out, I usually tell them to go to the site and study the auctions first. When they are ready, they should follow the instructions to register as a buyer or a seller.
Some people think it's complicated, but it's really very easy.
On Christmas Day 1995, I opened up a long, wrapped tube that was filled with rocks to fool me, and the Buster Brown button was taped inside. My son had contacted the dealer himself and made arrangements to purchase the button from her. I met her at the National Button Society Convention in August, and she told me she kept the letter he had sent her because it was so sweet. They are very scarce though - I didn't even find one at the national convention which had about 50 dealers. Barbara said there was one for sale on eBay, but she wasn't the winning bidder.