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Buttons, Vintage
and
Vintage Reproduction Beads
Prices are for whole strands
only. Quantity available will vary from bead to bead. If
you want more than one strand of a particular bead, please be sure
to indicate that on your order.
To place an order, call
us at (828) 884-5920 or email us at
orders@abetterbead.com with the words Place an Order
in the subject line of your message. In the text of the message
please include the following information:
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stock number (Listed in
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under the item.)
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a description of the item(s)
you wish to purchase
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quantity of item you want to
purchase
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the method you wish to use
for payment.
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(Buttons
and strands
sorted by
color below) |
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Colors will appear
drastically different from computer to computer. We take the
most accurate pictures we can. We reinforce our pictures with
a description of the color in commonly used terms. Further,
when a particular bead appears different on our computer from the
actual color of the bead, we note that for you with an
*. In such
a case, we encourage you to rely more on the description of the
color as it is written rather than the picture of the bead.
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Vintage Beads
How old is
vintage? The dictionary says vintage is, "of old,
recognized, and enduring interest, importance and quality". In
the bead trade that means between 20 and 70 years.
Anything from
the 90's to the present is just old. Anything made earlier than
the start of WWII
is considered antique even though Europeans don't count
furniture as antique until it is 100 years old.
Everybody, Europeans included, pretty much agree that beads have a
different standard. For them 80 plus years old is antique.
All the beads
below are all from 20 to 80 years old.
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Aus - Austrian
Vcz - Czech
It - Italian |
J - Japanese
WG - West German |
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Acrylic Round
20mm
1009 - $15 |
Resin Eye Lash
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X 25mm
4767 - $9.50 |
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Vintage Czech Glass Pearls
$11/Strand* |
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Variegated Matte Green/Gold |
Variegated Matte Pink/Blue |
Variegated Matte Pink/Silver |
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Gold Flecked Heart |
Red Speckled Tear Drop |
Graduated Cobalt - Graduated |
Lt
Coral |
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Matte Pink |
Variegated Mauve/Pink |
Pink |
Speckled Grape |
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Matte Gold |
Matte Olive |
Matte Cranberry |
Gray Nugget |
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Champagne - Large |
Peach |
Deep Mauve |
White |
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Dark Coral |
Light Green |
Champagne - Small |
Champagne Bicone |
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Opaque Gold - Large |
Milky Yellow |
Lemon Yellow |
Opaque Gold - Small |
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Speckled Teal |
Speckled Gold |
Speckled Pink |
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Red |
Tangerine |
Cream - 4mm -
$9.50/strand* |
Cream - 3mm -
$9.50/strand* |
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Violet Tear Drop |
Peach Tear Drop |
Pink Tear Drop |
Ice Pink Bicone |
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Cream and Pink
10mm
5750 - $7.50 |
Multi-Colored Tear Drops
5749 - $3.75 |
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Vintage Beads and Bead Mixes |
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WG
Milk Glass
1271 - $9.00 |
WG
Caramel & White
4582 - $12.50 |
WG
Leaves, Dark
4219 - $9.00 |
WG
Leaves, Light
4219 - $9.00 |
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Amber Button Shape
7951 - $6.00 |
WG
Amber & Cream
7951 - $6.00 |
WG
Milk Glass
5726 - $3.75 |
WG
Orange Rounds
5726 - $3.75 |
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Red Jelly Bean
5726 - $3.75 |
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Red Opaque Round
7951 - $6.00 |
WG
Red Translucent Rounds
7951 - $6.00 |
WG
Red Banana
7823 - $8.50 |
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WG
Pink Frosted
5726 - $3.75 |
WG
Amethyst Crackle
5726 - $3.75 |
WG
Amethyst Smooth
5726 - $3.75 |
WG
Blue/Gray Pearlized
4605 - $5.50 |
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Periwinkle & White
7951 - $6.00 |
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Milk Glass & Blue
7951 - $6.00 |
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Aqua & Blue
4605 - $5.50 |
WG
Blue Frosted Barrel w Twist
7953 - $3.50 |
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Translucent Aqua
4605 $5.50 |
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Opaque Aqua
1253 - $7.00 |
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Aqua Pie Shapes
7951 - $6.00 |
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Aqua Prune
7823 - $8.50 |
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Aqua Crackle
5726 - $3.75 |
WG
Lime Flat Twist
7823 - $8.50 |
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Translucent Yellow/Green
4605 - $5.50 |
WG
Translucent Emerald Green
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DK Green Bicone
5726 - $3.75 |
Translucent Green AB
7823 - $8.50 |
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Frosted Clear
7951 - $6.00 |
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Black AB Bicone
7953 - $3.50 |
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Black AB Ribbed
7951 - $6.00 |
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Black AB Prune
5726 - $3.75 |
WG
Turquoise on Black
7951 - $6.00 |
WG
Faceted
Silver on Black
7951 - $6.00 |
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Ocher Bows
7951 - $6.00 |
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Vintage Blue Bead Mix (30+ Beads)
1241 - $4.50 |
Vintage Orange Bead Mix (57+ Beads)
1239 - $5 |
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Japanese Amber Drop
1222 - $5 |
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Amber & Gray Oval Nugget
1293 - $4.50 |
Crackle FP Yellow
1248 - $7.50 |
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Frosted Blue & Clear Bicone
1260 - $4 |
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Blue/Green
Nugget
3926 - $7.25 |
WG
Mint Twist
(*Top picture is
more accurate color.)
1306 - $6 |
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Mauve Flat Square - 12mm
1323 - $6.75 |
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Mauve Flat Square - 8mm
1323 - $6.75 |
WG
Red Flat
Square - 12mm
1323 - $6.75 |
WG
Red Flat
Square - 8mm
1323 - $6.75 |
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Faceted Olivine
Round - 8mm
1297 $7.50 |
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Faceted Olivine
Round - 6mm
1257 - $4.25 |
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Flat White
Nugget - Large
1304 - $6 |
WG
Flat White
Nugget - Small
1304 - $6 |
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Japanese White, Red & Green Round - 15mm
4587 - $6.75 |
AUS Black & White
Rounded Square
1125 - $7.50 |
WG
Crackle Green
Nugget - 15mm
3946 - $8.75 |
WG
Crackle Red
Nugget - 15mm
3946 - $8.75 |
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Mottled Red
Round - 6mm
1271 - $4.50 |
CZ
Blue Spotted
Nugget - 14mm
3926 -
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Blue Marble
Round - 12mm
4604 - $6 |
WG
Blue w Pink
Diamond
1287 - $8.75 |
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4594 - WG Diamond
Pink
14mm - $3.75 |
4584 - WG Diamond
Pink Opaque
15mm - $3.75 |
4583 - WG Diamond
Mauve Square
13mm - $4.50 |
4579 - WG Faceted
Pink
8mm
- $8 |
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4591 - WG Faceted
White & Caramel
9mm
- $6 |
3952
- WG
Faceted
Cocoa
4mm - $4 |
3947
- WG Faceted
Coral
10mm - $4.50 |
4604 - WG Marble
Gold/Purple
12mm - $6 |
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3953
- WG twist
Lavender Opaque
10
x 13mm - $5.50
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7830 - WG Diamond
Blue Faceted Crackle
10
x 16mm - $5.50
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7416
- WG
Faceted
Grey Crackle
8.5mm - $12.50 |
3924 - Aus Disk
Bronze*
10mm - $6
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3926 - Vcz Nugget
Orange Faceted
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x 14mm - $7.25
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5727
- WG
Twist
Light Sapphire AB
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x 12mm - $5.75
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3927
- Japanese
Tube
Coral
4
x 14mm - $4
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3993
- Vcz Round
Pink Spotted
9mm - $6
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3951
- WG
Bicone
Amber*
8mm
- $6
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1308
- Vcz
Tear Drop
Blue Iris
6mm - $5
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3926 - Vcz Nugget
Turquoise Faceted
11
x 14mm - $7.25 |
3929
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Japanese
Blue 3 Sided
13mm
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Rhinestone
and
Pearl
Shank Buttons
2366 - 20mm - $11.50
Far Left
2539 - 12mm - $3.50
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Vintage
and Vintage
Reproduction Buttons |
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Miscellaneous Shank Buttons
The
picture above has hotspots, clickable links from any one
button
to a
close-up of just that button or group of similar buttons.
(Price and size
information listed below left.) |
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#1-4 - ?mm - $?.
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#5 - ?mm - $?.
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#6-8 - ?mm - $?.
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#9, 11 & 12 -
?mm - $?. ??
#10 - ?mm - $?.
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#13 - ?mm - $?.
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Dragonfly Shank Buttons
$1.15 each or 10 for $10
(above right)
White AB Shank Button
$??.??
(above right) |
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Vintage Crackle Glass Button
1221 - $2.50 |
