Earlier today I blogged about the lack of official political memorabilia at the federal NDP convention.

On the unofficial side, the orange “N” is the runaway hit.

But another series of buttons has caught the eyes of hungry collectors.

The small round pins are replicas of original CCF and Quebec NDP political posters, as well as a series of retro Obama-esque buttons featuring Tommy Douglas, Rosemary Brown and Agnes Macphail.

Douglas founded the NDP, Brown was the first woman to run for the leadership of a federal party as well as the first black woman elected to a provincial legislature and Macphail was Canada’s first female MP.

Unfortunately for political paraphernalia junkies, the buttons come with a catch. The limited run edition is a promotional tool for communications consultant and former NDP media relations guy Ian Capstick.

— Alison Crawford