If you know anyone looking for lower priced commercial Akoya - please send them my way. We have a big inventory. We have been selling back to Japan recently (we sold 100 plus strands last week) - but I think I would get better prices in the USA! Fine goods are very slow but they are fetching...
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….
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...
Small round freshwater have increased in price. That means any size below 7mm are being sold at higher prices than previously. I have some 2000 kilos of freshwater in stock so I am not particularly concerned! I am also told that smaller size graduated freshwater will no longer be widely made due...
We are not exhibiting this time but most likely will do in September. I was just in Asia and there are major price changes. Small round strands are particularly expensive now.
The clasp hallmark is probably JKA not NKA - if so it was made by Kohle in Pforzheim in Germany. In Germany silver can be hallmarked as 800 ie. 800/1000 silver content.