Thanks for posting the link! Love the sparkle collection and the emerald beads!
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Thanks for posting the link! Love the sparkle collection and the emerald beads!
Hi All,
I am a very new Trollbeads collector (I started collecting a month ago) and I absolutely love the Blue Desert bead. I have been wanting it for the longest time and finally ordered from John Lewis - an authorised stockist and a very reputable department store here in the UK.
I recieved the first, larger bead and at first struggled to find a stamp but I have (it's very hidden). Then I read someone's blog about how the detail in fake beads often doesn't reach the top of the bead, as is the case in this one.
I ordered another, from the same stockist, and this very smaller bead arrived with a far more prominent stamp. I am not so dismayed by the colour nuances as that I would expect, but the size difference threw me.
Do you think they are both genuine Trollbeads or is one a copy? Which do I keep?
All advice is much appreciated. Also, if there are any fellow Londoners here, where do you buy your Troll?
Many thanks!
I am a very new Trollbeads collector (I started collecting a month ago) and I absolutely love the Blue Desert bead. I have been wanting it for the longest time and finally ordered from John Lewis - an authorised stockist and a very reputable department store here in the UK.
I recieved the first, larger bead and at first struggled to find a stamp but I have (it's very hidden). Then I read someone's blog about how the detail in fake beads often doesn't reach the top of the bead, as is the case in this one.
I ordered another, from the same stockist, and this very smaller bead arrived with a far more prominent stamp. I am not so dismayed by the colour nuances as that I would expect, but the size difference threw me.
Do you think they are both genuine Trollbeads or is one a copy? Which do I keep?
All advice is much appreciated. Also, if there are any fellow Londoners here, where do you buy your Troll?
Many thanks!
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dinamit,
Welcome!
I do not know much about authenticating the beads. Beadthrilled is another site on line that has lots of knowledgeable folks. And would probably be know lots about this vendor.
Glad you are enjoying your collection!
Hi, I've always bought my beads at a local shop and I've seen the same bead in different sizes. Even the color has varied so much so that I questioned if it was the same bead I was looking for. The only thing to do is maybe go to an authorized seller and ask. I started out collecting pandora and I had a questionable bead so I contacted the company and sent it in to make sure it was authentic, maybe this is another option you could try?
Hi dinamit,
I collect TB since 2007 and as gelbergirl and mariame2 have already said, beads can be very different in size and colour. Especially the blue desert bead varies quite much, some aren't even blue, some are more greenish, some are purple or lilac.
Both beads you showed look pretty authentic to me, don't worry about the size or the stamp. I also have some beads with no clear stamp and beads from older stock (2008 and earlier) often come without stamp as TB started stamping their glass beads in 2008.
If you buy from an official dealer then all should be fine. Much more than the stamp the core gives away fakes. Both cores look okay to me.
Just be careful if you buy from auction sites. In the past only silver has been copied, unfortunately nowadays even glass fakes have been seen on certain auction sites.
So buy from trusted authorized shops only.
When my mum was visiting family in London, i asked her to check out the amber centre on christopher street. Lovely shop and she didnt have a problem finding a pretty trollbead for me!
Ladies I need your help, I am driving my self insane!
I ordered the jade and ruby rock beads online and got two of each for choice. There are natural differences; one ruby rock has more prominent ruby patches and is puffier, the other is duskier leaning more towarks muted purples and greys. One jade is fatter and paler, almost cream, the other thinner and more jade green.
There are clear favourable pairings between these beads and I can't decide which pair to keep! The truth is I like both but need only one jade and one ruby rock.
Which set do you prefer? Arghh!
Shame the colours don't come out quite right in pictures. Here is the more vivid green and ruby combo:
I ordered the jade and ruby rock beads online and got two of each for choice. There are natural differences; one ruby rock has more prominent ruby patches and is puffier, the other is duskier leaning more towarks muted purples and greys. One jade is fatter and paler, almost cream, the other thinner and more jade green.
There are clear favourable pairings between these beads and I can't decide which pair to keep! The truth is I like both but need only one jade and one ruby rock.
Which set do you prefer? Arghh!
Shame the colours don't come out quite right in pictures. Here is the more vivid green and ruby combo:
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i prefer the right! oh and about your two blue deserts... I think that the one on the right is a pink desert. I have a pink desert, looks just like that one. looks like you got a pink and a blue desert. oops! they are both VERY pretty though!!!
Thanks for the warm welcome! I will definitely check out the other forum.
It is always a sensible thing to do. I went into John Lewis, the department store (I ordered the beads from their website) and they had another blue desert that looked different still - more purpley like the larger I already bought, but smaller in size again...
Thanks for the very informative post Arwen. I decided to keep the largest purpley bead.
From what you say, it sounds like it is pretty hard to authenticate Trollbeads as there are so many variables.
How do you recognise a fake core?
I went to the Amber Centre! It is very cute. It's the only shop I know with a decent stock of Trollbeads, the others have little stock and unknowledgeable staff.