Recent content by A Breaker

I stumbled upon and old NOAA 1949 report of Pearl Culture in Japan... They were able to interview some of the big names that were still alive and get some very interesting facts. I am including a link, in case someone wants the read the whole thing. Some of it is production tables and...

I defer to Douglas, Cortez Pearls...but I can even see the bead under a better light & the crazy inconsistant dye job. They are quite the mess!!! But I learned a lot!

Thanks.... I may restring them so I will get a chance to look at the drill holes for dye. No, they are Akoyas..very round...my second photo may be skewing them oblong.

The purple of the thread shows!!! Before you restring...soak in distilled water until the the thread is wet...gently pull on each pearl to tighten the knots a tiny bit especially where it doesn't hang quite right. If you still don't like it after it dries..restring! (I am not anywhere as good...

A wash and a better background..I think these are blue akoyas...They look even more blue green in person. Dye enhanced or treated?

You are right...not too $! My Father-in-law called us when Radio Shack closed...I don't remember when...But we just found an old Radio Shack sign at an Estate sale..as a birthday present to FIL! As for me making 1, I need to stick to my pile of pearls to restring first...need to knock that...

It is just the surrounding colors..& camera skew of colors...and my monitor? Sorry about that! It will look different on you too...so a neck shot will be lovely!.

No matter your country...people often get rid of pearls as they go out of fashion...it may take looking. But used anything is not as expensive..you just want to get to see pearls...so if you can go where they sell used items...just to look... or even new pearls...just to look. High end jewelry...

Thanks..The confirmation helps me too!

Are they dyed or treated to blacken? I am giving them a wash before I decide what to do...shocked at how dirt makes things boring & washing makes them sing! Then I will decide...I do want to like them...but I will see

Sorry this is a far away photo......but they are such an unusual color...I am afraid I can't get the color well in a photo. Would they be natural, dyed or cobalt (treated...I can't remember what happens there.) What color would you call it? It does have more green & purple in real life. I...

Those are very pretty! I love the luster! Are you going to restring them with purple/pink thread? I am shocked at how much a good color of thread can do for pearls. While the black is fine, the right color can cause the thread to go from being distracting or okay to making the pearls sing...

I like the pink a lot! Prices of both silver & gold are record highs right now. There are also tariffs on imports. So the price of the pendants could reflect both silver price & tariff price, not actually pearl price. $17 isn't much, but I think I paid about that on Etsy 2 years ago for a...

Yes, faux. I just got a box of imitations at an estate sale...the owner had kept ALL the tags from ALL her pearls in the bottom, including an appraisal for genuine pearls. So the tag that says cultured pearls was probably kept with the imitations. The "greening" on the metal bead cups often...

The shape is wrong too.