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	BIG KAHUNAS
	Description:	Venetian and Vintage Crystal Necklace
	Designed By:	Gail Be, American, United States, 2003
	Materials:	Vintage Crystal AB and Jet Swarovski Crystal, Modern Oxidized Swarovski Metal beads, Metal Findings, Accuflex
	History:	Be spent over 13 years to assemble the 15 different style vintage beads to create this masterpiece. Be acquired the beads from several different private and corporate collections throughout Europe and the United States. The vintage Swarovski crystal beads are in pristine condition and were manufactured in Austria between 1920 - 1938 and 1945 - 1954. To prove their authenticity, Be has the honor of taking them directly from their original packages. The modern Swarovski metal balls were chemically altered in a closed-air chamber. One of my distributors "tried something new" and these beautifully unique beads are the result. However, this procedure turned out to be very costly and time consuming and has been discontinued as a result. So enjoy these precious beauties because we won't be seeing them made again.
	Designer Insider:	If you want to make a REALLY coloring-outside-the-lines fashion statement, then this is the necklace for you. It has the same tremendous assortment of vintage beads that I use when I design my Crystal and Black pieces, but this creation is uniquely blended with my extremely cherished and rare 18mm oxidized metal balls. This necklace is powerful and needs to be worn by a woman that knows who she is and what she wants. It is a piece for a woman who is not afraid to be the only female sitting in a meeting of the-good-old-boys-club. I have spent the majority of my life in all male settings and on more than one occasion, after I get my fill of the boasting conquest banter I'll say "You know, I might be the only female here but I've got bigger balls than all of you." If you understand what I'm saying-- then you are a woman that rightly deserves to own this necklace.