My specialty includes excavated and non-excavated buttons & plates, excavated pistols & swords, ID’s and corps badges, superb images, great-content soldier letters and other unique, rare & colorful paper.
I have been collecting Civil War material since I was 12, or since 1978. I am on the board of the Civil War Dealers and Collectors Association and am a member of the Company of Military Historians. I can cheerfully provide references or additional information about me upon request.

I’m very happy to go shopping for you. If there is an item you are serious about buying, and I don’t have it, ask anyway. I may be able to find it for you. Use email or snail mail to send me your "want" lists. Some people email me every few months just to remind me they are looking for a particular item, regiment or whatever. I don’t mind! It helps keep your interests foremost in my mind!

Need cash?? Please keep me in mind when selling single items or collections. I pay extremely fair dealer prices and am particularly keen to acquire top quality buttons and plates, dug or nondug!

TO CONTACT ME: Please email unless you absolutely must use the phone. Because of my other job, family obligations and church responsibilities, I just don’t have time for lengthy telephone conversations. And I never do appraisal over the phone. It’s not fair to you or me. Email (cwartifax@aol.com) is the best way to reach me. Again, if you don’t know how to use email or have no access to it, then please call, leave a message and I will try my very best to get back to you. Thanks so much for understanding.