Do we have a story for you?!!!!! We were told that most of these gorgeous seed hex cut beads were found in the basement of a textile factory in Brooklyn, New York. Some of them were used to embellish flapper dresses and purses dating back to the roaring 20s. Now that’s vintage!!! Since these beads were rescued, the building has been torn down to accommodate condos. These are 9/0 size seed beads.. These vintage beads are sold loose in plastic bags with approximately 4000 beads. They came from the same source as the hanks that we sell, but there is double the amount of beads per bag. What a deal! Some of these wonderful beads are net priced.
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in its original packaging. The size is a 12 Torres Perles is written on the old brown wrapper with an old ink pen. These are very small! 2mm in size, however the hole is pretty large for such a small bead. These French Torres are from the Napoleonic Era. Made from the 1800’s until 1920. They were produced for soldiers uniform decoration and strung to look as though they were braided on the uniform. They are seamless brass and have a crude corrugated look. We can’t wait to incorporate these into some seed bead projects to add an extra special antique element to our designs. Sold in 5 gram bags (approximately 200 beads)
$6/5 gram bag
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Item #15092 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Size 7/0. These are wonderful old Czech beads. Sold in full ounce bags.
$7.50/ounce
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Item #13779 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
"Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
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Item #13410 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
4mm rocailles. Very rare find! These vintage transparent orange rocailles have a beautiful white heart that gives these goodies alot of dimension. Sold in 15 gram bags, you get approximately 150 beads per bag. It’s hard to appreciate them without seeing them in person.
$5/15 grams
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Item #11583 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
4mm rocailles. Very rare find! These vintage transparent red rocailles have a beautiful white heart that gives these goodies alot of dimension. Sold in 15 gram bags, you get approximately 150 beads per bag. It’s hard to appreciate them without seeing them in person.
$5/15 grams
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Item #11582 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
"Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages
$5/15 grams
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Item #11488 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
"Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
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Item #11487 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
"Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #11486 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams net*
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #11323 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Size 8/0. These are wonderful old Czech beads. Sold in full ounce bags
$7.50/ounce
net*
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Item #11209 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Size 8/0. These are wonderful old Czech beads. Sold in full ounce bags.
$7.50/ounce
net*
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Item #11208 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #11132 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #11131 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #11130 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #11129 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #11128 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #11127 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #11126 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #10918 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are extremely small and rare. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #10562 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are very small and rare! 24 beads per inch. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
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Item #10561 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are very small and rare! 24 beads per inch. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
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Item #10560 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are very small and rare! 24 beads per inch. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
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Item #10444 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are very small and rare! 24 beads per inch. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
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Item #10221 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are very small and rare! 24 beads per inch. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #10206 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are very small and rare! 24 beads per inch. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #10205 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are very small and rare! 24 beads per inch. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #10204 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are very small and rare! 24 beads per inch. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
net*
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Item #10203 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Uncovered in original boxes marked "Made in Czechoslovakia". These are very small and rare! 24 beads per inch. They are being sold loose in 15 gram packages.
$5/15 grams
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Item #10202 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
These are size 11/0. They coordinate beautifully with the bugles of the same color, item 9979.
$6.99/1 ounce
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Item #9980 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Size 9/0. These have a nice old silver appeal.
$4.50/1 ounce bag
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Item #9683 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
4mm. We aren’t sure of the technical size as the label was worn and we could not read it. They are really old and rare. We have enlarged the view so you can see the detail in the colors.
$6.50/100 beads
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Item #8930 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
2.5mm. We aren’t sure of the technical size as the label was worn and we could not read it. They are really old and rare. Beautiful orange and green stripes. Very tiny beads. We have enlarged the view so you can see the detail in the colors.
$6.50/144 beads
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Item #8929 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
Not sure of the size of these. They are a 3.5mm seed bead. The size was worn off of the old Made in Japan box. The color is an off white with a greenish grey dusty color. Nice looking rare old beads. Sold in gross packages (144 beads).
$3.75/gross
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Item #7812 |
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Category: Vintage Seed Beads - A Grain of Sand
These are a size 6. Made in Japan. You get a bag filled with 3 ounces of beads. Great deal.
$7.50/3oz. bag
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Item #5392 |
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