Vintage Metropolitan Museum of Art Admission Button- MMA MET, Fancy "M", Multipl

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Vintage Metropolitan Museum of Art Metal Admission Buttons Fancy "M" Multiples
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this is a fun vintage find for lovers of 'The Met', and a great addition to your collection; these are the vintage colorful metal admission buttons for the Metropolitan Museum of Art located on Fifth Avenue in New York City; initiated in 1971, the metal buttons were given out with each ticket and required to be worn around the museum; visitors were carefully watched by the museum security guards to ensure that each visitor's button was visible; the buttons were created in more than 16 different colors and the museum would rotate the color selection and use a different color every day; the museum ceased using them in 2013 due to rising cost of production; these buttons are based upon a design using the Museum's distinctive letter "M", which was adapted from a woodcut illustration based on a Leonardo DaVinci drawing; there are 80 (currently only 43 remain) buttons available in 19 different colors; the colors and quantity of each button available as shown on the first picture from top to bottom and left to right are as follows:
1. Blue - 2 available
2. Medium Blue - 1 available
3. Light blue - 6 available
4. Teal - 2 available
5. Light Purple - 5 available
6. Purple - 1 available
7. Deep Purple - 1 available
8. Fuscia - 1 available
9. Pale Pink - 0 available
10. Yellow - 5 available
11. Pale Yellow - 1 available
12. Light Green - 2 available
13. Medium Green - 5 available
14. Dark Green - 2 available
15. Dark Grey - 1 available
16. Brown - 2 available
17. Light Orange - 1 available
18. Orange - 2 available
19. Salmon - 3 available
The price listed is for the purchase of a single button. Please enter the number of buttons you wish to buy and send the seller a message with the colors you want.