HUBBELL TRADE BEAD NECKLACE. VERY RARE, & COLLECTABLE!

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YOU ARE BIDING ON EITHER OF THESE 2 NECKLACES. BOTH ARE STRUNG FROM NEW/OLD, HUBBELL TRADE BEADS. HBN #20, or HBN #24. SCROLL DOWN TO SEE CLOSE UP OF #20, AND PICTURES OF #24. HUBBELL TRADE BEADS ARE EXTREMELY RARE. ONE OF MY CUSTOMERS HAD 2 BEAD TRADERS LOOKING FOR HUBBELL BEADS, AND IN 3 YEARS THEY FAILED TO FIND A SINGLE BEAD. THE CHANCE TO ADD HUBBELL TRADE BEADS TO YOUR COLLECTION, OR TO WEAR, IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY. MY PRICES ARE VERY REASONABLE FOR SUCH RARE BEADS. SELECT THE NECKLACE THAT APPEALS TO YOU, AND TAKE THIS ONE TIME CHANCE TO INVEST IN A NECKLACE THAT WILL INCRESE IN VALUE, WHILE YOU ENJOY WEARING IT. WHEN THE NECKLACE IN MY PERSONAL COLLECTION ARE GONE, YOU MAY NEVER HAVE ANOTHE CHANCE TO BUY A NECKLACE OF GENUINE HUBBELL TRADE BEADS. THESE HUBBELL TRADE BEADS ARE REFERRED AS NEW/OLD, BECAUSE THEY ARE OLD BEADS FROM THE 1920s THAT HAVE NEVER BEFORE BEEN STRUNG INTO NECKLACES. THESE HUBBELL TRADE BEADS WERE FOUND IN A WARE HOUSE IN GERMANY THAT HAD BEEN CLOSED SINCE BEFORE WORLD WAR TWO. THEY WERE DISCOVERED WHEN THE WARE HOUSE WAS BEING TORN DOWN. HUBBELL TRADE BEADS ARE THE MOST RECENT OF TRUE INDIAN TRADE BEADS , AND THE RAREST, AS THEY WERE ONLY MADE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND ONLY FOR THE HUBBELL TRADING POSTS, LOCATED ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION. SEE THE HUBBELL BEAD STORY BELOW ; NO TRADE BEAD COLLECTION IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A STRAND OF HUBBELL TRADE BEADS. $6.95 FOR PACKAGING, HANDLING, AND PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING. $9.95 FOR INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS, AND PAYPAL REQUIRED. COMBINED SHIPPING COSTS ON MULTABLE PURCHASES TO THE SAME ADDRESS. AS ALWAYS, A PROMPT REFUND OF THE FULL PURCHASE PRICE UPON THE RETURN OF ANY ITEM YOU'RE NOT PLEASED WITH. HUBBELL TRADE BEAD NECKLACES LARENZO HUBBELL RAN THE TRADING POSTS ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION, AND HAD A GOOD UNDERSTANDING, AND EMPHANY FOR THE NAVAJO PEOPLE. IN THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN MONEY, AND FOOD WAS SCARCE, IT WAS THE CUSTOM OF THE NAVAJO PEOPLE TO PAWN THEIR SILVER JEWELRY, AND TURQUOISE NECKLACES AT THE TRADING POSTS. THE PAWNED ITEMS WERE KEPT AT THE TRADING POSTS, AND WERE REDEEMED IN THE SUMMER, WHEN THEY SOLD THE WOOL FROM THEIR SHEEP. THE NAVAJOS HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH TURQUOISE, AND MISSED THEIR NECKLACES, EVEN MORE THAN THEY MISSED THEIR SILVER JEWELRY. ACCORDING TO THE WRITE UP IN THE BEAD ISSUE OF THE ARZONIA HIGHWAYS MAGAZINE; IN THE 1920s , LARENZO HUBBELL TOOK A COLLECTION OF THE PAWNED TURQUOISE NECKLACES TO CZECH. AND SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS WORKING WITH THE MASTER BEAD MAKERS, UNTIL THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE GLASS BEADS THAT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE THE TURQUOISE BEADS. HE BROUGHT BACK 100s OF THESE GLASS BEADS, AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR MORE TO BE SHIPPED TO HIS TRADING POSTS. THE EMPLOYESES OF THE TRADING POSTS STRUNG THESE GLASS BEADS, AND GAVE, OR SOLD THEM TO THE NAVAJOS, TO WEAR WHILE THEIR REAL TURQUOISE WAS IN PAWN. THE INDIANS NAMED THESE GLASS BEADS HUBBELL BEADS , AND CAME TO VALUE THEM NEARLY AS HIGHLY AS THEIR TURQUOISE BEADS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, MANY NAVAJOS VALUED THE HUBBELL NECKLACES SO HIGHLY THAT THEY CONTINUED TO WEAR THEM RATHER THAN REDEEM THE PAWNED NECKLACES. TODAY THE OLD HUBBELL NECKLACES ARE EVEN MORE VALUABLE THAN THE TURQUOISE NECKLACES THEY WERE MADE TO IMITATE. VISIT MY EBAY STORE BY CLICKING ON "YE OLE CURIOSITY SHOPPE" AT THE START OF THIS AUCTION. I AM OLD, I'LL BE 80 ON MY NEXT BIRTHDAY. I HAVE MOVED INTO A TRAILER, AND I DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR MY LIFETIME COLLECTION OF UNUSUAL ITEMS. MY COLLECTION INCLUDES; BOLOS, INVESTMENT QUALITY NECKLACES OF ANTIQUE VENETIAN BEADS, INDIAN TRADE BEADS, GEM STONE BEADS, AND MANY OTHER UNUSUAL, AND COLLECABLE ITEMS. ALL PRICED AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES I'M SELLING EVERYTHING AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AS I HAVE NO ONE TO LEAVE THEM TO, AND NEED THE MONEY. THE FOLLOWING APPLIES TO ITEMS PURCHASED FROM MY EBAY STORE ; read more

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