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Original Message:   Let's not invest a whole lot of emotion over one crummy image...
The image provided by CoinCoin is very very limited. There is no way there can be a bead-by-bead analysis just from this picture. The look of the beads overall is that they are of Venetian origin. The first Indonesian copies I saw of some of these types of Venetians was in approx. 2002. While they were obvious repros, they were a great effort.

This past Tucson show in 2016, I saw super looking Indonesian copies of Venetians with 2 different sellers at the Gem Mall. Scarey good, displayed with Venetians from the African trade. Both vendors were interested in my reaction to them. I told them that my strong feeling was that they are Indonesian. In person, it's not really hard to tell. The lead content of the glass in Venetian glass gives them a characteristic weight that is just not there in the Indonesian repros. That is one main difference not available in photos. Another is the powdery mandrel-release present in most new Indonesian glass strands. And the slightly ground-flat ends at the perfs.

In the photo above, I can't inspect the beads for any of the characteristics I just mentioned, and so I feel any further pontificating about them is useless. I would have to see and handle them in order to give my opinion.

The auction house, or museum in San Bruno no longer exists, at least from my inquiry on line. It appears to be an auto detailing shop now. But any piece of paper can be put with any strand of beads.

I don't want to see any belittling of members for their opinions. There is no need for this at all. Respect that we can globally view and discuss beads with other people who care.

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