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Want to thank Lilpearl and all others for the trust and I am glad to see that the pearls and designs are liked in the creations. I am very flattered by all positive responses. Cees FB Cees van Oije Instagram cees_van_oije

Dear Vaiua, thank you for addressing me for golden pearls. Beauitful golden pearls come from the Philippines and I saw myself also very beautiful Golden pearls when I visited a pearlfarm in Northern Sulawesi on Pulau Talisei in the vincinity of Manado. Also amazing Golden from Myanmar. I get my...

There is only one farmer in Tahiti to grow the 5-6 and 6-7 pearls. He sold out almost his whole stock in 2 days. The first new harvest in these sizes are around September this year. The funny thing last year March is that I bought 2 strands on day 1 of the Hong Kong Fair. In the evening I...

2 more days to go, Hong Kong

I have seen a deterioration with Soufflee pearls I have seen in stock for 4 years now. Not all but many loose ones have lost a lot of their luster

I know they use Japanese grafters also in Fiji. It depends on the connections farms have with their wholesalers in Kobe. Much depends of those who are involved in farming or in auctions.

I have not seen a clear answer of the question 'what kind of pearls result in a peardrop shape'. I had discussions with the owner of the Pulau Talisei pearl farm in Sulawesi about shapes of pearls and he made a remark about 2 Japanese grafters in his team. One was good in letting grow round...

the best way is to buy the ear pins before u drill the pearls. It might become an never ending story when the drill holes are too big. Buy the ear pins first and measure the diameter. Much better and safer

Amazing strand Andrew I am busy creating new Fiji pearl strands right now

I had a quick look and found in 2015 that the March Paspaley auction generated US $ 8.54 million. 517 lots were offered and 359 lots were sold. The auction generated 9% sales growth.

Pearls are not popular in Europe as they were before. One reason is that consumers do not understand the huge price difference between fresh water pearls and oyster pearls. A Valued Added Tax of around 20 % everywhere in Europe make oyster pearls extra expensive.

It shows actually the state the pearl business is in, in Europe. Yesterday I visited a prominent Schoeffel dealer in 's- Hertogenbosch in The Netherlands and for a few years the sales of pearls is almost zero. Others however have become active but the total market is not as it was. I wonder...

Sarah, Kaku size 9 is 9 Rin = 9 x 3.03 = 2.727 mm. So on a 6 mm pearl 80 % is pearl and 20 % is kaku 70-80 % kaku area

Here you can see the bead and how nacre can grow in a same period of Vietnamese Akoya pearls

Are you sure it is not an Edison pearl?

These are Basra, total market value just under 2 million US $

Thank you very much for the fantastic evening with delicious food Jeremy and Hisano and I am afraid of posting photos of the guests due to the new privacy rules

Lilpearl, we had long discussions about Akoya pearls on instagram about perfect pearls. A perfect pearl is rare. An Akoya strand with perfect pearls is about 2.5 times more expensive than one with some minor blemishes. Your strand has so few that it was remarkable the strand was not more...

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I thought we had long forgotten about this fraudulent guy. I had a turquoise pearl from him where the nacra broke off.