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Most pearl farms around the world sell complete harvests (usually by auction). They aren't set up for people turning up to negotiate over each pearl. The person who could make a deal with you won't probably even be at the farm more than once every few months. Even the farms which sell some...

Here is one outstanding highlight of the whole show. I was lucky to meet and balance on my hand a Tahitian single pearl of great beauty. Perfect round, perfect colour and flawless. 20cm. (yes, my phone case is pink)

I suddenly realised the biggest difference this show....wholesalers seem to have all simultaneously ditched those silly tassels on high end strands. I don't remember seeing one of the pesky things.

glue the thread

Being there was huge fun. exhausting but huge fun.

A neater way to do it would be to finish the thread inside a pearl around two from each end and attach the final couple of pearls with a headpin - so pearl 3 has half silk and half pin attaching, if you follow. Small silver ball going to loot neater than a gluey knot?

Shocked at the videos coming out of Hong Kong of the torrential rain and massive flooding.

Right!

I plan to do insta videos - any requests? pearls and Hong Kong sights?

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. See you both there!

You should be able to get a copy from the institution which awarded the master's. Their library should hold a copy. I don't know if you have access to an inter-library system in Mexico or USA (depending on where you got your master's,) but here in the UK we have access to such materials for a...

Maybe ten or so years ago akoya wholesalers in the Hong Kong show just sold white white white. One or two had maybe a couple of blue strands and a gold sort of apologetically in a dusty corner and they were soooooo cheap. Then akoya folk noticed that people wanted natural colour freshwaters and...

Completely without any taste or style. very unfashionable or unsophisticated The clue is in the Mr T, unless you think kilos of gold chain are the last word in elegance and finesse

Consider that a Mikimoto clasp does not guarantee Miki pearls. Nor, without a system of independent assay, that it is 21ct. A quick pass at google shows that there is no such assay system so it could even be plated. https://saudiscoop.com/lifestyle/saudi-gold-and-its-authenticity/

Man jewellery should look a bit as though the man was out hunting and just saw this interesting thing. So wood, pearls, uncut stones, that sort of stuff is great. Mr T style gold chains..naff. Very naff.

I've been wearing a single big edison floating pearl continuously for months. 24/7. It's still perfectly happy. I remember Caitlin wearing a bracelet similarly for many months as an experiment.

I'll make something up for you Douglas!

A responsible seller will set a price which is fair for his or her stock, not different prices for different markets. Set your prices and see if people buy. Are you a retailer or a wholesaler? Do you supply strands or finished pieces? Is this a way to very subtly market these pearls?

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I agree Douglas. South Sea.