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Look at Pattye's store...other countries often will have similar.

Wow! those are amazing! The attachment to each pearl looks handmade. The current way to make those the pin is poured with the "bail" part...not a separate part.....The "spring ring" is old, not the 1950's spring ring or even the earlier one from the 1920's ....$$$ in the making so those pearls...

Could be your mother's mother or your mother. I will bet the 1990's with the wire... it was coming into popularity. But people do get great grandma new necklaces. People even get grandma new necklaces or bracelets. There was even a "learn to make your own jewelry" thing in the 1990's and...

I have 1 similar...I am guessing in the 60- early 70's. There was the graduated akoyas sold to military (and others) but they tended to be round...it seems that someone landed on the idea that baroque akoyas sold in long strands with fancy clasps. This was before the rice pearls were...

I love it!!! But you would want to make sure that the string is in good shape... take photos....

Some of the value in the dark ones is the double strand clasp... see if there is a mark on the clasp. For some reason double strands are more popular & the clasps more expensive (Value of gold).

BrendaKY.... I was recently looking at pearl necklaces on-line......very pretty $2000, freshwater near round....but Designer...the pearl cost is small the designer cost is $$$$. In any store you will have pearl cost & designer cost & findings.... any one may be higher than the other. Matt...

I am sorry to say, that is usually a mixture of cigarette & other stains. You can try cleaning, but often the coating of the fake pearls comes off. The clasp can be used on a strand of real pearls though.

Are you needing this for insurance or for dividing the estate? I have dealt with the later.... if so, take the middle # and finish the estate. Pearl fashion come & go, for insurance, appraisals need to be recent, because values will go up & down. (Crazy, but true.)

Ainhoa...if you are in the US..Get a retringing kit from Pattye on Etsy....You will love it & you can do it!

Here is the problem with having a jeweler clean and restring... They must pay someone else to do that then charge you their fee on top of the restringing.. If they use silk, it really needs to be done every 2-5 years. For very little (Needle, string can be silk or synthetic , gimp & glue) you...

I think you also posted this somewhere else. Not very expensive freshwater. Depending on the paint, you can try nail polish remover to make it look more like you want....but full removal will be very time consuming. Look on EBay, under used & see if you can find something that looks like a...

For a little while companies like B of A, HP & others were giving female employees pearl bracelets with award tags. Often the tag can be removed. Sometimes the pearls were real...I have seen both freshwater & akoya...sometimes not.

Around 8mm. Douglas..In general for 1950's: were round, but thin nacre more valuable than baroque with thick nacre? Or is big baroque more valuable than small round? Any idea historic valuing in the 50's?

If I had to guess...the clasp is from India... bezel and nicely done, but my limited experience is, that Japanese silversmithing is more refined. I would take it to a jeweler to find out what the stones are... that will probably give you a better idea of the time period. If they are glass that...