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The driver is about 10 inches long and it weighs 130 grams (it’s a fair bit of gold!)

Thirteen years ago I found the perfect pearl to make a golf tee. We set a diamond golf ball on top. Yesterday I finally finished my golf club. It’s all hand made in 18 carat gold.

Many thanks for the vote of confidence! Much appreciated!

Mine have been in a locked safe…. Not much light inside there….!

Wendy is correct on this. I have kept some of the fine examples of these pearls from the first few years of production. I exhibited in shows in partnership with the main farmer. The older the pearl is, the more the colour fades. The examples above are truly beautiful - now. The real question...

I purchased both of them. As far as I know both were sold to one customer within 48 hours…. but admittedly I am waiting for final confirmation.

It is. I found this and a 20.1mm perfect clean round a few days ago.

I just came across this 23.75mm clean faced, natural colour pink. Has anyone out there seen one of this size before?

We have a large stock of Akoya pearls in all sizes …..

Prices will go up for consumers. I think that is inevitable unfortunately. The positive side of this however is that the items in your collection will have also gone up in value….!

Thanks for the update. We exhibited at the June Hong Kong show and the buying was already feverish then. I wonder if the buying frenzy will continue for the March 2024 show….

Natural colours …..

We just returned from exhibiting at the June Hong Kong jewellery show. We were very pleased with the show. The price increases for fine Akoya are however, truly shocking. Most decent quality Japanese goods are up well over 200% since January. Fine clean white round South Sea is not far behind in...