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DON'T buy them from Macy's or a big department store. Look around at the online sellers here. Sarah at Kojima Pearl has an Akoya strand on her site and they are vingage pearls from the safe. You might email her to see what else she has in akoyas if you are set on those. Good luck.

Caitlin, I think I'm going to have to get to Arizona real soon. Once a year isn't enough. Josh, OMG drool, drool - love that pearl. Here's the previous chocolate pearl thread, although it does (what a surprise!) somewhat divert at the end...

And that should be disclosed.

The vast majority of chocolate colored Tahitian pearls are bleached, and than dyed. If they look chocolate brown and are evenly matched with no other colors in the pearls, than you can bet they are treated. In my humble opinion, if you want chocolate pearls save you money and by the color...

Passports With Purpose. They are just organizing their yearly fundraiser.

Then you add on drilling - not all jewelers have that capacity, and I've been to jeweler that charge $25. and up just to drill because they are jobbing them out. And prices JUMP on Tahitians when you move to the true 11mm and beyond size. There are so many variables. In Hawaii I saw so many...

I like this - http://www.alohapearls.com/product/659-Ribbon_pearl_setting_in_14k._gold.html (comes in white gold). I like this. There are a lot of great settings out there. Remember to keep them in size perspective - a setting for a 5 mm pearl is small.

Hmm, I don't think the surface looks like a stone. My first impression is dyed freshwater. I'd like to see a photo of the whole piece.

Hi Dwight. I buy and sell Tahitian pearls, and I can tell you that the statement the jeweler made is false. Remember they are adding all their overhead prices into the jewelry, and traditionally mark up through retail stores is 200 - 300%. If they don't buy in large lots, than their cost is...

These are incredible. I'm so glad I got to meet Fuji last month, and omg - he looks just like that baby picture!!!

Pearl policing is difficult. People don't always want to hear the truth, and since email has no voice, it's tricky, but you know where you were coming from so that's what's important!

I'm not seeing any sodalite, but it's a nice setting. If it's gold, depending on the pearl and the maker, there may be more value in the setting. Just saying.

A beautiful strand, and a heartbreaking story, even now. I too had a piece go missing from my table, the only one that ever walked away. A big beautiful Kamoka keishi, set in a starfish finding. I'd know it again if I saw it. I kept my eyes open for it on eBay and everywhere, and a part of...

Yikes! Yikes! Yikes! Yikes! Douglas!!!!!

I'm going down to Santa Monica beach tomorrow. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

I've been hovering over these postings for a while holding my tongue, but I have to comment. When I first saw the pearls I had my doubts (although Roy was very clear about the low priced freshwaters being, well, low priced). The goldens looked too good to be true, and the pearls on the...

I've definitely seen those blemishes before in both kinds of pearls. I've also seen color treated Tahitians that were easier to spot because of the dye visibility in the blemishes (go Macy's!). I wouldn't put it past dealers that enhance golden's colors to clear the divot marks somehow. But...

Deju vu all over again.

These look like "rosebud" pearls to me. Sometimes they can have a very flat shape. The design is cool, but I'm not a fan of the copper. Not sure what it does on the skin.

Here's the first creation. And without pearls - amazing. I almost forgot the other things I got, including these gorgeous tanzanite smooth polished stones. They have a much deeper color than I often see, and I had to have them. And they match some of the boulder opal so... I had some...