Tucson Day 3 (Tuesday)
It was a big day on Tucson Day 3! Very spendy day, but well worth it. We restocked our economy and mid range faceted gemstone beads, finished up on pearls, restocked out turquoise, added some base metal chain and findings, and much more. Based on recent survey input, we also added some higher end gemstone strands and large round pearls. We’re looking forward to posting them in abeadstore.com!
Here are some pictures of some the the more specialized booths that sell turquoise, copper, and faceted gemstones. There are literally hundreds of vendors with faceted gemstones, the key finding ones you can trust and who will give you a good price. A good selection of Solid Copper beads and findings much harder to find as most vendors prefer to haul around Sterling Silver since the revenue on it is so much more than copper. Turquoise is everywhere, but most prices are simply too high for our customers. We have a few really good vendors for each one of those materials. They make it hard for us by being at different shows, so we have to motor all across Tucson to finally get to them all.
Wish we could have them all!
Chinese Turquoise - One of the ‘smaller’ vendors in terms of inventory
No way to do these sparkly gems justice in a picture on an iPhone…..
