Please help identify these , 65 pearls not sure where from, my mother gave them to me thank you

Looks to me like a strand of akoya pearls. The clasp seems to read 9 KT or 8 KT, can't tell.

They could use cleaning and restringing! You can find a tutorial and some videos on the Lowly Beaders Club section. Many of us restring our own pearls; it isn't hard.

Pearl Dreams said:

Looks to me like a strand of akoya pearls. The clasp seems to read 9 KT or 8 KT, can't tell.

They could use cleaning and restringing! You can find a tutorial and some videos on the Lowly Beaders Club section. Many of us restring our own pearls; it isn't hard.

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Thank you for your help , don’t think they have been worn since 1960 my mum got them from a friend in London back then
Very scared to re string !! Might clean them though thanks again

You literally cannot hurt the pearls by restringing. It's only thread and overhand knots!

If you decide you want to give it a try, here is a link to the tutorial:

Pearl Dreams said:

You literally cannot hurt the pearls by restringing. It's only thread and overhand knots!

If you decide you want to give it a try, here is a link to the tutorial:

Thread 'Stringing Tutorial with photos: Stringing on Serafil, Beaders Secret & Power Pro'

Dec 2, 2012

How to string (or restring) your pearls on doubled Pattye's Serafil, Beaders Secret, and Power Pro​

This is not hard-- really! It is harder to describe it than to do it. Anyone can learn to string their own pearls!
If after reading through this, it sounds too daunting, I suggest making a mini-strand for practice first. Make one 12-15 pearls long just so you can practice how to knot the end 3 pearls on each side and attach the clasps; the middle pearls are easy to knot.

To just practice knotting (without bothering with clasps), make an overhand knot, string on a pearl (or...

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Do you think I should get them valued and cleaned properly at a jewellers?

Washing them is easy! You can do it yourself.
Swish a bit of mild soap in some water. I prefer to use distilled water to avoid both chlorine and possible hard water minerals, which combine with soap to make a hard to remove scum. (I speak from experience. Our well water is hard.)

Then soak the pearls in the solution for 15 minutes or so, and then remove grime with a soft cloth, cotton swabs, or a soft brush.
Rinse in more distilled water and then lay them on a towel to dry for 24 hours or so. (The silk inside the drill hole takes a while to dry.)

At that point you can restring them, if you like.

Now-- their value.
Value can be sentimental value (which no one can put a price on), replacement value, or resale value.

An appraisal would tell you replacement value (for insurance purposes), but these pearls are not so very valuable, and I don't think they need to be insured.
If you wish to sell them, then you are really talking about resale value, which is lower than replacement value. Unfortunately pearls do not tend to retain value on resale. But you can get an idea of what you might get for them by searching on eBay for SOLD necklaces like yours.