Original Message:   Some of the misrepresentation of beads are hilarious

My all-time favorite was "First Century Islamic" beads, by a history-challenged seller - they were actually Venetian if I recall correctly. Another beauty was "pre-contact" South American beads that were also clearly Venetian. I could not get the seller to explain how European beads arrived in the new world BEFORE anyone from Europe got there! And I occasionally see phenolic resin beads "from the 19th century" when the first production of this material was 1910. Copyright 2024 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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