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Thanks Christine. I finaly got out my books and found the dogan beads. I have just never seen any other large ovals like them in person and the Africans bugged me for years trying to get them back, so I felt I had a prize. I started collecting beads in Texas and buying, selling and trading them about 19 years ago and would go through 8 foot tables piled high with strands of beads, looking for something different. Often bought a strand to get one or two beads which went in my stash box and the rest got put out for sale.
I see Art Seymor posts here. Met him at Friendship, Indiana years ago and had to let him into my stash box to get a couple of his beads. We sat in my tent in primitive camp playing with beads for a couple of hours.
I was at Canton (a huge flea market)last weekend where I originally got a lot of my beads, and an African bead dealer I didn't know came over and said I had a lot of good old beads underpriced. Have been researching prices on the web all day and will probbly sell some of mine on eBay and Etsy. I have an old Picard catalog I got when I started collecting beads and found a link to their online site today. It's a great resource too. I was glad to find this site so now I can visit with other bead collectors and learn more.
Judy
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