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A tid bit more I dug up from the vast Pacific Pearls archives. Here is a photo of Fuji at the age of 3 at the short lived Pacific Pearls farm in Japan. They quickly decided selling pearls was a lot easier than trying to culture them! (with a tip of the pearly hat to you farmers out there :)...

Yes, please share ... What is WOT? Thanks Pattye!

Me too me too... I'd like to try my luck at that pearl trip for sure! Shall i email you directly? Thanks

Awesome... Im glad you all enjoyed it! I thought was hilarious, because i could hear his voice in the words. Douglas... Was that " could" as in permission... Or could in ability ;) Mais oui, mon ami... Have at it. As far as I 'm concerned it should be translated in every language. Hope this...

I haven't had a chance to check in on Pearl-Guide for quite some time... but I thought you all might enjoy this article written by Rudolf Voll aka "Pearl Admirer" (Fuji's father) from the Asahi Evening News Tuesday June 4th 1968. I love unearthing his old photos and writings... such a legacy...

Wow... I thought I was having a crazy month of May... wishing you all the best!

Fascinating thread. I have thought a lot about why certain people are drawn to pearls more so than other gems.. And have sold many pearls for medicinal use. Most all of the rest of this thread is new to me... Thank you all! Caitlin.. This is a fantastic sentence : "In fact the market is almost...

Thank you ladies... Lilliefuzzysocks, thank you... I was trying to steer clear of evaluating the clasps based on listings that included strands of varying qualities of pearls strung on them. I really appreciate the suggestions you came up with. Pattye, yes i thought some of these would be...

Lilliefuzzysocks YOU ARE AMAZING! Thank you, that is a huge help! The difference between the "buy now" and undisclosed bids and actual selling price was what was driving me nuts! You're hired!

Greetings from Hong Kong, I am hoping that some of you avid internet pearl hawks will help me out... I am trying to estimate the current market value for these vintage clasps. They are all stamped 14K and are all set with original Japanese Akoya pearls (by that i mean, I did not set the...

I'd love to join you all for dinner! I will be in booth #107 at the GJX from the 5th to the 10th. Looking forward to it! Hope this finds you all great!

What a great story... thanks for sharing this! Such a great reminder of the dedication of pearl farmers to their craft and how they are tied to the waters they live around. "But with the advent of plastics, the enterprise entered its death throes" May generations of pearl lovers outlive the age...

Ivona.. THAT NECKLACE IS GORGEOUS! I love the mix of the sunstone with the pearls.. beautiful photos too! Makes me happy to see this little tiara thread keeps inspiring! Cheers, Sarah

Great work Morphius.. I have just been playing around with pearls on chain these last couple of days myself. The top necklace is 8 Chinese fresh water stacked petal pearls, middle necklace is the same with a Tahitian circle pearl in the middle and the bottom necklace is Tahitian keshi on 14K...

They certainly look like Akoya pearls to me.. I love that they show the flaws "on the underside of the bead".. I appreciate any and all dealers who list the "flaws" but I have never heard of the underside of a bead.. pretty clasp though!

Adeline... GET A DRILL.. it will inspire your lovely creations even further! I prefer my Yotsuba model to the Chinese versions I have used. It's a bit heavier and sturdier, but much more expensive and I am sure that the newer drills being produced and exported from China are much better than...

Thank you Lisa, Acting as a translator here: Fuji says that in significant quantity Biwa pearls were not harvested before the mid 1960's For many years after their first harvest in Lake Biwa there was no need to develop a market (or to attempt to sell them to the west) because people from the...

Hi Helen... Thank you for the compliment. Fuji says this definitely looks like a necklace of Chinese fresh water pearls... especially with such a distinctly Hong Kong style clasp. We both agree that this looks like it was made in the 80's. That is of course to say , with out seeing them in...

Hello and thank you Karin for the heads up.. I had my pearl-guide brain stuck in conch pearl farming ;) And welcome Helen! Given what I can see from the photos, I lean towards Chinese fresh water, somehow those particular gold beads also tilt me in that direction. They definetly COULD be pearls...

Conch pearls are actually included in the controlled export of all products "bi-products" or not that come from any subspecies of conch. In order to legally import them (or export them from their native habitat).. one has to apply for certification (C.I.T.E.S) because they are considered...