Rare Japanese milk glass rectangles measure 8x13mmx 5mm thick. Milk glass gives off that bluish aura, sometimes it is golden (gold is the opposite of blue
in the spectrum), and that is how you know if you have the real McCoy or not. That line that looks like a ridge, is a ridge. Or channel as it were. Call it
a groove if you like, it is really there. These are sold in lots of 12, a full dozen, for $15. Few to go around. BDVN1082.
8x13mm. 12 pcs $15
Pearlescent nuggets of pure yellow. Pearlescence adds a third dimension not visible in photograph, it is a shine that you have to see to understand. These are
from Czechoslovakia circa 1948, when there still was a Czechoslovakia. The beads live on, won't you help protect this heritage? Sold in lots of 24pcs for $7.50, they
measure 5x8.5mm and are shipped under the item #BDVN1085.
Each bead is slightly different from the next, but they all are 11mm and cube more or less. Edges are rounded, an off red-orange and yellow bead. And really
old and from West Germany, 1946. There is even some transparency involved. Right after the war ended, starved for beads, the Germans got right to it. Sold in lots
of 6 for $15, this week. Next week price goes up and you know why. Order two lots and get twice as many.Order# BDVN1080.
11mm 6 pcs $15
Actually I had no idea where to put this as it is an odd item in a class by itself. It is METAL, it is die struck and the back, shown here as black, is actually
highly polished gold. A die struck piece is formed by compressing metal into the shape of the die under 100 tons of pressure. It is a lost process, no one uses it anymore
but I remember seeing it done when I was a mere lad. I am showing the piece up on one side so you can see the precision with which it was made. The back is flat and
polished gold, it only looks black in the photo because it is so highly polished it bounces back all the light. The front comes to a point in the middle, it is really a
beautiful piece. I guess it qualifies as a bead as you run a thread or chain through it and it is three dimensional. Only have a few, less than 30, to sell and it should
sell out right quick. We will see who knows value and rarity here! Gold tone only. Seven dollars each. By the way, when we sold these in the early 50's, we charged $9
wholesale for them and that was a hundred years ago! It is about 11mm. Order# BDVN1089.
11mm 1 pc $7
Actually a form of milk glass mixed with a purplish swirl, these measure 12mm and are also of West German origin. Rare beads, the only one we've seen of this
exact ilk so far in ten years on the net. Sold in lots of 6 for $15. Order# BDVN1087.
12mm 6 pcs $15
Show Me More Things Like This!!
Blue foil bead from Japan, 1954. It measures 12mm round. Sold in lots of 12 for $12 . Volume discounts see below:
Something of a kid brother to the pink one, which is long sold out (blue is for boys, remember?) all things being equal this is actually more in the turquoise
family, otherwise all is the same. Including the stock, which is not much. Still 16mm, Italian, 1949..in fact the same factory made a number of them all gone now.
Oh welll. $24 per lot of 4, Order# BDVN2055B.
16mm 4 pcs $24
Black Diamond teardrops from our friends in Czechoslovakia. Measure 6x10mm only $7.50 per dozen BDVN1092
10x6mm 12 pcs $7.50
West German bars that look like pink marble. They also follow the same color scheme as rhodochrosite. Bet you can't say that three times fast!
Measure 13x4mm and sold in lots of 12 pcs for $10, take two lots and pay twice as much!! A real deal! BDVN1091.
13x4mm 12 pcs $10