Lot 508

Watermelon & Onionskin Venetian Blue Trade Beads

Estimate: $200 - $400

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
Offered in this lot are six strands, and nineteen loose, Venetian blue watermelon and Onionskin trade beads. The nineteen loose beads are an onionskin, four layer chevron type bead. These beads are blue and white and measure 1/2" long by 3/8" wide by 3/16" thick. One strand of forty six beads is made of the same bead. The next two strands are made of 89 blue, six layer chevron watermelon beads and 6 green, four layer flattened watermelon beads. These beads measure on average 1/2" X 1/4". The next three strands have three types of striped beads. The first strand has 14 cylinder beads of blue with white stripes, like an Onionskin or goose berry breed. Also on this strand are thirty oval beads with dark blue and yellow stripes. These beads are all an average of 1/2" X 1/4". The next strand has thirty eight beads that are oval and of the same blue with dark blue and yellow stripes; these beads measure 1/2" X 3/16". The last strand has 170 small round beads of blue with dark blue and yellow stripes. These beads measure 3/16 X 1/4". All of these beads are in good condition.