| Original Message: If you really don't like them, you can "trade" them on eBay! |
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All you gotta do is make up some story, preferably with Indians, and pretend they're "rare". Add at least 50 years to the age. Excuse the damage with some palliative like "nice shape considering what they've been through" or "hard to find, even in this condition" or "great patina". Start 'em low and watch 'em fight for 'em. Make sure your picture only barely shows the beads...small and dark works well. Don't mention Africa...the bloom is off that romance. Maybe you gots some hillbilly relatives who find things for you down in the holler. Maybe youse stumbled on 'em when youse is huntin' mushrat. Be sure you say "surface find" or "legally acquired" or "not grave goods". Say they come from an "eastern site". By all means, act ignorant. Scramble the key words in your title so it reads ambiguously so they don't get you for spamming. Here's a good title: "Rare North BEADS Native Hillbilly Glass American TRADE". Misspell words here and there. When you act dumb, "smart" people will try to cheat you. Let 'em! It's called "rope-a-dope". Put 'em in the 1800-1950 category. Make postage cheap.
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