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Kinda cool......I like the collar and a ppendant/drop in yellow...be real nice with natural pearls. Norm

HI I have had a few of these and every once in awhile some thing is made out of one of them. We sold few of these in silver so I thought 14ky might work. In spite of all we are at office every day. Ten miles from home in country so no buses/subways/trains. Did that in my younger days. Norm

Hi 7mm pearls are going to be too big for that clasp. Your going to need a jump ring to attach the strands to and you won't be able to attach and not make it look crunched. I would suggest stringing a 5-61/2 mm at the ends then string.. We have done this for years and it works. The clasp...

Dating pearl strands is not an absolute art. In this case not much care was taken to match them so in my 50 year experience its was put together to use up old material. Especially since they are graduated and not matched well.. Added a fancy clasp bought off the street and tried to sell. If...

This has been on of my all time favorites. the blue turquoise and shiny FWCP Keshi make a contrast that catches attention. Norm

7mm Natural Color Japanese Akoya semi baroque. Center strand was redone 14kw clasp, I like the greys.

45 years of collecting yielded one good one and lots of odd shapes Thats enough. Even in these vius times sitting and computing is ????? Norm

I'v e been doing research on the natural pearls found in the Upper Mississippi River basin . I have 100 original letters from pearl dealers from 1922 to 1930 +/-, In 1924 a Midwest dealer sold $64,000 of natural pearls, Slugs, nuggest, strawberry, wings, few round, etc. Mostly to Paris...

I don't think the ringed pearls are Japanese Akoya. Pearls of poor quality were not given export permits especially in the 60's and 70"s. In my 50 years of seeing pearls in the market I never saw ringed pearls until fresh water came on the market. Clasps on a strand don't mean anything. Old...

We have always kept our stock in a safe in trays with cotton on bottom and top. Every time we handle them some body oil transfers. We don't worry too much because we hope to sell them fast enough. I see estate necklaces bought during the late 50's and 60's that haven't been worn and usually...

I've imported and resold pearls since 1965. I was never much interested in the growing details beyond what my jeweler customers could easily understand in a sales presentation. I've had this question a few times and if I had the insight to present this information, if I had it, it would have...

Now I understand why we won the space race. In my 45-50 years of seling pearls I never would have given that a thought. Not useful in the selling situation but an amazing explanation. Certainly partially explains why natural pearls have .6mm hole to cultured whish is usually .8mm to 1.0m...

Not quite my first. Maybe a close 2nd. 1mm 12" and 1mm 10" sitting in a vault drawer from 1965 Norm

Clever I will lhave to try that on the American natural pearls I have. P-M

Size of the drill holes is a 80-90% reliable source of information. I think a thin coating of nacre might show a uniform xray picture, because the nacre might only be 1/2 mm in radius. As was common before Chinese FW and the alure of money made some Japanese growers harvest while the stove was...

Over the decades I have done a simple variation of that in jewelry stores to verify for my conclusion to identify cultured (Akoya), which bythe way years ago had more nacre, from natural. Especially if they were in the same strand, usually 2-4mm as was often done with add a pearls by the...

I like the multi color necklace. P-M

I don't take the time to chat here cause I am busy "on the road " with customers as I have done for 4 decades. I was contributor to an article in the Wisconsin History magazine in 2013 on the Pearl Rush of the late 1800's and early 1900's on the Upper Mississippi River basin. I have on...

golden South Sea needed golden South Sea needed [ATTACH]64556[ I don't know a better place to begin a search for a match to this 11.7x 16.2 golden pearl. My normal source only has pairs. I'd like to get as close as possible to this. We are making a hoop earring which can be worn with...

Tahitian Keshii blend Tahitian Keshii blend Same idea different strand.... Norm