Yes thank you - I saw all of that and have seen beadmantt's posts over the years - My question is regarding the story about an acquisition of numerous boxes of antique Venetian cane (in 2013) and the provenance of that cane that is now being used to produce "antique chevron beads." Is this similar to the Picard reds and blue/yellows that were from old cane? The sight of all those boxes of blue cane lined up makes me curious as the back story.