I didn't really have a button collection until last fall. I was at a local festival, walking through the antique yard sale. I found and old round tin that was exactly like the one that my mother had when I was growing up. My MIL paid the whopping $1 that the vendor wanted for it and now I am constantly on the lookout for buttons at garage sales, flea markets ect. I recently went to a local sewing guilds bi-annual garage sale. They had a large jar with a mixture of vintage and newer buttons in it. The price was $1 a scoop and for every $10 you spent on other items, you got a free scoop. I got lots of nice fabric and a large ziplock bag full of buttons to help fill up my button tin.