First is a strand of old, collected (grave robbed?) yellow beads. The center one is badly decayed. This one is barely still a bead. Anything worse than it would be used for making new beads. My sources all say they have seen jars full of old damaged beads like this.

Second are several stands of twisted striped drum shaped beads showing a lot of wear. These strads are NEW, only a few years old. They were subjected to about 2 years worth of rain water and running water erosion to get to this shape. (Sorry, Art, no motorcycles were used in this except perhaps for transport.)

Third is a bead they tell me is made with old colors, old glass, all except the white figure which was made with new glass.