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About 3 years ago...I knew so little about pearls. I came here and asked so many question. I was trying to figure out pearls. I found such kind and helpful people! (The Pearls as One course was super helpful!). I looked at tons of eBay photos and got used real pearls. I am not an expert by...

Jeremy...thank you, thank you!!!! I learn so much!

What are you looking for on the edge? I have a loupe and some Tahitians. (These are so hard to photo...my pic takes all the luster out). They have more depth and oiliness.

I started this thread because I found out that sometimes the big names in pearls changed their logo/trademarks. Mikimoto had his logo very early on...pre-WWII. Some others seemed late for marking their pearl clasps, post WWII. A number of them borrowed the Mikimoto clam shell, with their own...

Another mark: there are two hallmarks on it, but that could make sense. The one on the left in your first image is an old Mitsukoshi mark. The character is "koshi" and it was their "maru ni koshi" mark, which really just means koshi inside a circle. The second mark looks like an MP which is...

Thank you both!!!! I do have some very tiny needles that I thought I would try using to rotate the bead...but I didn't know how to keep it aligned!! I am also very concerned about the rest on the strand...so I am pulling them off onto a wire, now, so this doesn't happen again

These are fabulous!!! I am wondering in the most recent necklace, if it would look more balanced to have 2 of the grey bigger pearls near the middle & only 1 grey bigger pearl on each side nearer the clasp? For me, having more eye catching bits near my collar bone makes me look wider.

I am almost 1/2 way thru the restringing a necklace, when I discovered that I can't thread the next pearl on my needle, because the bead inside is loose and has lost the hole alignment!!! I am so frustrated! Tried for over 1 hour to shake it back into alignment...but the hole is so tiny...

MintyFresh...those are both lovely projects! I love that pearls can be rearranged!

Most youtube...you can copy the whole address and put it in here with the icon. But I get it what you are saying. You use each needle to thread back thru the pearls and knot & end. I could use 2 of Pattye's long wire needles on each end...I just move the needle to the second end if needed...

Look thru the ID pearls...and you will see lots of FW...but what I find more helpful is looking at Chinese Pearl sellers on EBay..... You will be shocked at how many potato freshwaters (Dyed or white) are listed as Tahitians or South Seas! Most are Not even as close as yours! The Akoya...

Restringing it actually pretty easy..if you ever decide to restring. You can also add knots in between to make it all hang straighter. But unique is also fun!

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...