'FleaBay' insult to real world flea markets... I guess it is, inasmuch as one doesn't get to touch the goods and seller's reputation relates to a fleeting, immaterial persona.
I haven't met too many Ebay dissidents and spend time and money on FleaBay too. So far, I've ended with several saltwater keshis and non-nacreous pearls and intend to add more of the same as desirable examples come up. A dark 23mm baroque drop the shape and color of an eggplant was too cute to miss despite being a nucleated pearl. I am looking for some quantity of fine 2mm-ish seed pearls, preferably vintage; since October only a few came up and prices were quite high with one exception that I missed
Might just end up with normal akoya keshi for which I have a local source already, but... what's the rush. Currently, a small lot of 12-13mm pink and white freshwater buttons really beckon
I want them!
And the seller has some largish petal shaped pearls too with ominous mabe-gai mirror...
'Don't think this shopping list is any indication of what makes good business on Ebay though. It might just be a matter of catching some buzz words and leaving it to buyers to make the 'rational' decision that a more expensive purchase is a safer one at any budget. Selling stuff just freaks me out.
