Quick Easy............ Always use a plastic container. The beads are glass and you do not want glass on glass. I use hot water add Dawn liquid soap detergent. Let beads soak in hot soapy water have an old...
I highly recommend when shopping for Antique Trade Beads You should see the following in the items description: 1. Made by one of the following;Venetians, Bohemians, Czechs, Germans, Dutch, Or Other. 2....
Any And All Charity Auctions will have the below information with the ribbon symbol in each listing each title. And if it does not it is a fraud charity auction. eBay Giving Works listings stand out with a...
What is a Wound or Drawn bead..............(The basics) Wound: It is the process of how the bead was made. Wound beads are made by wraping or winding hot glass around a thin rolled copper mandrel. You can see...
A great way to collect beads not spend hundreds on full strands is to buy pairs or singles. Collect matched pairs or singles beads dress them up w/ other beads place them in a display case. See my picture...
HOW TO FIND ANTIQUE TRADE BEADS ON EBAY Ebay has changed the catagory numbers for "Trade Beads" The old Catagory number was 3811. For beads from 1800 - 1950 the new catagory number is 156280. For "Antique...
Recommended Books To Read and Learn About Antique Trade Beads "Collectible Beads" By Robert K. Liu; ISBN #0-9641023-0-7 "The History Of Beads" Concise Edtion with fold out Bead Line Time Chart: By Lois...