Vintage buttons and pins are desirable to some Buick collectors.
They’re not really made so often nowadays, but they were a big promotional tool and collectable type thing in the past (like the 1950s-1970s).
Some Buick buttons were created in the 1980s & 1990s, probably to try and recapture some of that uniqueness that they shared from yesteryear, mimicking the “round design styles” originally produced (which were basically a printed paper underneath a clear plastic covering on them, mounted over a metal base).
The newer styles (1990s-current) are generally produced in different shapes and sizes, molded all in one-piece, with inlaid colors and features on them (see the Buick GN shaped car lapel pin below). These were often created for use as a lapel pin or tie tack, and not so much as a specific advertising item (although they did promote the Buick brand in a roundabout way).
The factory assembly plant badges fall under this same category of collectable type merchandise.
For those unaware, a “badge” was the device used to gain entry into the plant from way back in the day before the current “ID type card” was implemented.
Some of these buttons had the photo of the owner on them, others simply had a badge number stamped on them.
.
.
.
.
.
.
