Recent content by A Breaker

Between AI and photoshop...anything can be made!!! Saw a favorite youtuber selling something on a youtube short, that I know he doesn't believe in...sure enough AI. One thing that has been stated here is that GIA and Gemologists are supposed to know Gems...there isn't that much about...

A few people have had their ring cleaned for free to discover that several of their prongs were wearing thru. My mother's prongs wore thru & she thought she had lost her diamond in the ER, where she worked as a nurse...She of course, tried to think of all the people she had sutured on her...

Yes...EBay customer service is absolutely horrible now!!! So bad! There is a way to call them, but it was so difficult...I got scammed 5 months ago so I kept trying. .................But 2 years ago, EBay sent me a message from the authenticators detailing the problems. For testing, any...

I ran into eBay's authentication process on a Silver Vintage Mikimoto necklace. They Authenticate based on the information you as a seller provide and metal content testing. I got 2 things wrong: The actual length (I was so nervous that I had 2 different lengths in my description.) the rhodium...

2 thoughts: It breaks my heart that you are having such trouble! Yssie, was not in the US during the late 80's (he/she says "it wasn't sold in Japan.")...While Pattye was in the US in the late 80's and dealing in Mikimotos in the US. See if Pattye remembers, Nordstrom selling this strand in...

Thank you to all! I am glad it is harder than I thought...such high luster.....I love them!

Yes...it is the pink/red that is concerning.

This forum is probably the best at IDing Mikimoto based on both clasp & pearls, other than Mikimoto themselves. I would trust the people here! Your appraiser is correct and states Mikimoto. The RealReal should Not need more proof. I would make sure I posted the back mark on where ever you...

Are these Tahitian? The stretchy bracelet gives me pause. But I have had Tahitians on leather and silver. The colors seem could go either way (freshwater or Tahitians)...but I have not looked at that many Tahitians. I love the luster...need to restring them. .

EBay Authentication has NOTHING to do with Mikimoto or the pearls. It has to do with the metal test and the accuracy of the listing. But once it is wrong...you have to fight to get the decision changed. I read on this site of a woman who had all her Mikimoto paperwork..but the clasp tested...

Thanks Pella!!!!! I added it to my thread... "Any books or Websites on Vintage Japanese pearl Jewelry names and/or marks?" Any books or Websites on Vintage Japanese pearl Jewelry names and/or marks...

So Sharpie was able to be "washed out"?

If my parents were AI I would go visit...just to see them again! Love, love, love all the pearls!

One more thought...you could even add a "Grandma" dangle charm off your bracelet clasp.

I posted a good example of the problem in a strand of pearls that kept losing dye each time I washed them. I gave up on them and have not worn them to see if they lose dye with sweat. I think Sharpie would be more staining...I am guessing...or maybe unbonded. (I got dried Sharpie off a...