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Thanks Margot for this topic, I do not have a black light anymore (sold it in the early 80's) but here are my various red chevrons in camera flash lighting. Thanks to Art and John for getting the word out about the reds that are Picard and those that are not... I too have heard variations of the story and it starts to get clouded when too many tales are told from person to person, so yes thanks so much for the clarification, this is how we learn. None of us wants to knowingly pass on incorrect information and we appreciate hearing the facts. The bigger reds in my photo were purchased many years ago from a rendezvous seller at Fort Buenaventura who said he bought them from John Picard. This was before I knew who John Picard was so it was nice to put the name with a face in later years. We also got some nice 6 layer greens and some clover-floral center greens from the same seller, who charged us between $100-$150 a bead back then and we were happy to get them, not something you see every day! The medium size reds on the left came from Wishbone in Arizona. They were not expensive, I figured they were contemporary. The elbows of course are from Luigi. And the strand of small reds (at right) was from an African trader at the Denver bead show about four years ago. I split the strand with my dad, shown is my half. I figure they are early to mid 1900's? Anyway, thanks to all so much for bringing up this topic and all of the time you've all taken to help us be more educated on this topic. And Margot, what are you still doing with that black light, girl? Are you saying you use it just for viewing beads or do you still have some of those funky florescent posters? Joy B. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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