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I had a large silver lobster claw and used 22 gauge Argentium wire to make the other part of the clasp. I think if I ever need to restring them again, I'll use beading wire and silicone bumpers. I found I had to make knots of different sizes to compensate for how concave some of the pearls were...

The clasp broke the last time I took these lavender FWP off, so I had to restring them. I took the opportunity to rearrange them. I used "Baby" Serafil 30#.

Probably fake, sorry.

In what venue? At a show, perhaps that much. But if you are planning to sell them on eBay, first do a search for what similar rings sold for recently. EBay is flooded with inexpensive jewelry and much of the difficulty is getting anyone to even look at your listings. And if other sellers'...

They all look to me like freshwaters.

1. Colors are wrong for Tahitians 2. too small for Tahitians 3. glossy sort of finish-- not pearl-looking 4. Not dyed freshwaters either, too long ago for that shape 5. Not typical color for dyed akoyas

They appear to be imitations. See the pearl that has a bit of excess swirly coating near the drill hole? That is typical of fakes.

Some other kind of bead material, not pearl.

What a scam!

Strung with silicone bumpers, probably on wire. There is great uniformity in the pearls-- color, size, luster. I am leaning toward imitation pearls.

It sounds to me like the owner consigned them with a local jeweler, who may or may not succeed in selling them at that price. If the seller tehn drops the price the OP may be able to get them to get them for less. Did I get that right?

Thank you for telling us about your books.

See the 3rd post for the photos.

The necklace appears to be to be a very pretty strand of akoya pearls, well matched and lustrous. It's hard to say from the photos if the earrings are also akoya as many ladies buy imitation pearl earrings, but if there is a metal mark indicating they are karat gold then they are likely akoyas...

That is still a very cool strand of pearls, @A Breaker, clasp or no clasp.