The several varieties of the "Eclipse" themed buttons from 1900 are among the most desirable buttons in the hobby. When Tom Slater sold the Chick Harris example of this design in December 2000, it realized $13,447.00 with premium and Tom noted he knew of only one other badly damaged example. Possibly, the example offered here is only the third known in the hobby. This 1.25" great design features Bryan on a symbolic silver circle partially covering McKinley on his symbolic gold circle. Each circle has a pair of flag accents. Fine golden lines representing sun rays extend from the McKinley circle. As with the example in the Harris Collection, at the bottom edge some of the curl text can be seen. Text reads in full "Made By Crescent Art Gallery K.C. Mo." There is no backpaper and probably the button was never issued with one. The metal back has some minor and typical oxidation with a bit of rippling to the metal surface but this causes no problem. The front of the celluloid surface is flat, rather than domed, but probably as issued and not damaged by indenting. There are several scratches that show only in reflected light, the worst two being one .5" long above and to the left of Bryan's head. The other is .5" long beginning on the rim edge at 11 o'clock and crossing McKinley's head on a diagonal. There are a couple smaller 1/8" scratches in the lower right quadrant but again just showing like the others in reflected light. The button is totally free of stain with the extremely trivial exception of a very faint 1/16" long tan mark on the extreme edge at 10 o'clock. This is just barely visible when the button is viewed straight-on. While we've detailed defects, they are such that they barely detract from the button's great graphic design and still N. Mint appearance. A true rarity missing from many of the most advanced collections.