Not new, but not antique either. JP may be able to confirm this (or not). I think they are very nice, actually...years ago Abdul had a whole hank of strands of the blue and white ones. I have a smattering of colors, just samples, including the brown, blue and white, the yellow base, maybe one or 2 others...not as "special" as antique Venetians, so could be regarded as "cheap filler" on a 1500.00 strand, but 12 years ago strands of these were 60.00, so easily double that today for the trader price, I'd guess.