COLLECTING
BEADS |
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 ROMAN
MOSAIC FACE BEADS,
both spherical and tabular, purchased at auction some twenty years apart.
Some have been sanded to remove the corroded glass, others are in their
original condition. The price differential between the first and the last
batch was sixfold, but nowhere near the current market price of approximately
$5,000, some one hundred times greater than two decades ago. This sample
provides a basis and impetus for future research on Roman mosaic face
beads, which have not been studied in detail. The beads range from 1.1
to 1.4 cm diameter. |
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 RARE
JAPANESE BEADS and
Swiss calipers used in measuring beads. Marked
in millimeters (dial shows tenths of a millimeter) and inches, the caliper's
plastic jaws will not harm a bead. The smaller jaws can be used to measure
the perforation diameter. Inexpensive calipers lacking the dial are also
available; see page 231. Measurements should be in metric units, a system
which prevails in the world except for the United States. Courtesy
of Ornamental Resources. |
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