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Unusual Pearls - I still agree. Since this thread started, my own business has changed from retail to wholesale. For a small business, face to face selling brings an active, loyal group of repeat customers and local fairs and exhibitions are still doing great business here - I can't imagine it...

Wejay - you look gorgeous in your pearls! Absolutely beautiful, and very well chosen. Thank you too for posting the neck shot - you have probably got the idea that that is what we always want to see! Hope to see you around here some more.. For everyone's reference - these days Pearl...

Oh, I think those are just regular, tissue-nucleated circled freshwaters - not from Grace. They are pretty, but I think the seller is just stealing the name knowing that it will attract buyers willing to pay a premium.. they are certainly pretty, but I really don't think they are bead nucleated.

Wendy I agree entirely! They just keep getting better and better, don't they?

Here in Australia, I pay brokerage fees (around $45 or so), duties on finished goods or findings (5%), but not on unstrung pearls; and GST of 10%. Thing is, if I then sell these goods in Australia, I collect 10% GST from my customers - my quarterly activity statement to the government balances...

Majorica isn't such a big brand here in Aus, but they are usually branded here as 'shell pearls' or 'shell based pearls' - obviously pearl-like, man made beads and not pearls at all. Pattye, I have seen ringed ones, 'baroque' ones, great strands made up of various shapes of baroque beads to...

est and Alex - I think you are both right! est190 I have similar photos of that beautiful bridge, and great memories of all sorts of beautiful architecture, scenery and amazingly efficient public transport around Switzerland - I have visited 2 or 3 times and always loved it. And yes Mikeyy...

Haha, yes i thought so too.... I think the natural white Hanadamas..

Hmm, Hisano?

Check this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SILVER-BAROQUE-TAHITIAN-PEARL-Necklace-Earings-925-Silver-50cm-/250821855053?pt=AU_FineJewellery&hash=item3a6625c74d#ht_11032wt_922

Gorgeous earrings!! Now for the follow-up - can I suggest a bracelet of similar pearls? I just love the earrings/bracelet combination even more than the necklace/earring combination... They look beautiful on you, well chosen!

Sure looks like a freshwater to me....

The site has some nice pieces - a little overpriced in my mind, but I agree with Pattye - you would want some clarity as to whether they were the actual strands you are receiving..

Perfect outcome, don't you think?

Kailis have great designs, don't they? The quality of their metalwork is pretty amazing, too.

Hi Caitlin, No, you are not wrong to have that opinion. I think Jeremy's post below answers some of your questions here. Yes, sold at auctions, and yes the buyers know. I don't buy the volume of pearls that buying at auction necessitates, so I can't comment on prices. It is not a lesser...

There really aren't too many other producers of quality SS pearls. A very large proportion of white South Sea pearls on the market are Paspaley pearls sold as Paspaley pearls, or are Paspaley pearls sold unbranded. The latter are not necessarily lower quality, just that Pas doesn't sell all...

Kailis - as far as I know is now a subsidiary brand of the Pas, with their own design team. Could be wrong... Paspaley - Mikeyy and R&B I agree completely - one has to admire the fact that they have built an amazing empire from very humble beginnings. Their pearls are amazing, we all know...

yes, I understand, and there are obviously a few producers who are capable of matching Grace's technology here - it will be particularly interesting I think to see what direction Heng Mei take - will they continue with the souffl? pearls, or will they be pressing for clean, round, metallic...

Dave - yes, I am sure a first edition thing, but the prices will remain comparable (I think) to SS production in the long run. Wendy's light has always been pretty bright! No bushels required...