| Original Message: Re: setting the record straight on the famous reds. |
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Sorry John,
You are one of the stars in the firmament of trade bead knowledge and I would never knowingly spread misinformation about you or your beads.
I know that you had turned up a stash of the old red cane and had it made into beads. I was to understand from Bob Stewart and others in Indiana that in later years when those beads ran out that you had some canes made in Italy of the variety. It is well accepted in the rendezvous community and other bead collecting circles that that pattern was reproduced in the late eighties or early nineties. This is the first time that I have heard that Luigi was the source of this version. These beads have been pretty commonly available from several dealers in the US and also were to be found in shops Italy. Have you ever handled any of the Luigi versions? I know you sell others he has made. Your catalog shows some of them now.
It is my recollection from a conversation with you many years back that there was around 1500 or so beads worth of cane in that pile. Does my memory serve me well? I see from your current online catalog that you still have examples for sale. How many of these beads from that original old cane are still available?
As to the India versions. I recall Bob telling me that he got the examples he had from you.These were the same color stack as the famous reds you have had. He may have gotten mixed up as he also had some of the early chinese chevrons at the time.
That red pattern is very popular out in collector circles in no small part to your having turned up that pile of old cane and having it ground into beads. It is good to get mistakes in source information cleared up in the ranks and I thank you for clearing this up for me. I'm sorry if my misunderstanding caused you any distress.
Art
ps I am posting here a picture from your catalog of the beads I mentioned, also some of the Chinese ones you show.
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