CRANE in the wild...among others!

soxfan wrote: I think I soiled my pants when I looked at those beads and saw what you paid for them.

WOW WOW WOW You certainly have amassed an amazing collection of
fabulous beads over the last month. It is beyond amazing you have found the Holy Grail of beads.

WOW and Congrats !!!! I do not know how you stayed on your feet and did not faint !!!! Great going !!!!

WOW you really did struck gold ! I so loved reading this .CONGRATULATIONS - sounds like Armand really is a good luck charm and so glad this happened to such a nice person. Enjoy your haul and please share combos.

Congrats! I can't believe there are still some out there. You certainly were lucky.

I gotta stop following this thread. I am suicidal.

There's one on Ebay right now...auction over in 48 minutes, current bid $410

heres the link
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-Trollbeads-Crane-Retired-2006-/300611263844?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45fdd3dd64#ht_500wt_965

Congrats, great story! You are soooooooo lucky!!!

Oh my goodness!!!! What a find. An amazing, unheard of, wonderful, making me so jealous find. I'm still holding out hope of finding a crane sometime. This has renewed my faith. Thanks for sharing

These are the stories, that make me happy.... about treasures, that still can be found.
Luck you! Enjoy your findings

Okay, I am moving to Canada. Now.

Congratulations Trollgirly, what a truly amazing find! Love them all but your crane is the cat's meow for me. Love it.

OMG!!!!!! You're SO lucky girl! I loved your history! Enjoy them!

(I need one Armand!)

OMG What a story!

but I love it!

CONGRATULATIONS!

stephenie wrote:I wonder what the salesperson was thinking when you bought so many beads. Obviously they don't sell very many if they that much old stock. You probably bought more than they'd sold all year!

She was so delighted she offered me a free chain:) LOL
Which was perfect because I needed a really long one for "Sisterhood of The Traveling Beads" game.
So I got the longest one she had which fits 24 beads. I figured it would be perfect for all our different wrist sizes
She said she bought the business 2 years ago from some man. She had no clue what she had. We talked for a bit and she wanted my advice on what to order, what's in demand.

soxfan wrote: I think I soiled my pants when I looked at those beads and saw what you paid for them.

I almost peed myself reading this...LOL....gotta start putting on diapers before logging on to beadthrilled.

Wow the longest bracelet?! It may fall off some of our wrists... never to be seen again... (only joking of course... I hope anyway! )

It is truly amazing that you found so many rare beads! The 6 bands is to die for!!!!! Lucky you!!!!

I doubt this would ever happen in the UK, but it doesn't stop the fun of going into a new TB shop every time I visit a new town! And I have been lucky with finding enough old Antique flowers and red-pink prisms to be able to share with friends I dream of finding some old silvers... the silver smiley has been my best find to date.

hahaahahha!

Thank you all so much! My Crane went with me and DH on a nice Anniversary Trip to Rochester and Buffalo. Dh and I celebrated our big 4 years together. Of course the trip included some bead shopping!
My poor crane has been cooped up in that little shop for so long, that she needed to stretch her wings a bit and see more of the world.
She met Armand and they got along great. They did demand seperate chains
I got a CRANE!!! YAY! The feeling is still there!!!

I really truly wish every single one of you the same luck!
I wish that everyone could find a crane or joyful.
As you can see it's still possible

Lollipop wrote:Wow the longest bracelet?! It may fall off some of our wrists... never to be seen again... (only joking of course... I hope anyway! )

It is truly amazing that you found so many rare beads! The 6 bands is to die for!!!!! Lucky you!!!!

I doubt this would ever happen in the UK, but it doesn't stop the fun of going into a new TB shop every time I visit a new town! And I have been lucky with finding enough old Antique flowers and red-pink prisms to be able to share with friends I dream of finding some old silvers... the silver smiley has been my best find to date.

I know, thank you so much and you're right. It's always fun going to new shops. The thrill of not knowing what you'll find is great.

I don't know if it's the longest actually. It is way longer than I would wear. I can only fit 19 beads in any of my bracelets. But we have 21 players, I rather have a chain that is too big and anyone can manage to wear than one that might be too small for some.

Talk about Bead envy!!! WOW! I would love for this to happen to me! I'm glad you made out so well and with so many wonderful treasures indeed!

was this a dealer?

soxfan wrote:was this a dealer?

It was a little gift/clothing shop in Sarnia, Ontario that carried trollbeads. She bought the store from a previous owner and trollbeads came with it.

Oh my ears and whiskers What a lucky girl

trollgirly wrote:

soxfan wrote:was this a dealer?

It was a little gift/clothing shop in Sarnia, Ontario that carried trollbeads. She bought the store from a previous owner and trollbeads came with it.

Ah, Trollgirly, you are using the past tense. Carried Trollbeads. You must have cleared out her last remaining stock!

lol..I did leave some