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    Greenhills Tour

    difficult in Greenhills
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    Philippines South Sea Pearl farms

    Thank you Jacques Christophe for the photo's. Still on my wish list to go to Palawan. Golden pearls are my favourite Treated pearls can be bought from a number of wholesalers on the Hong Kong Fair. Most of them are honest to reveal if they are or not. From a number of wholesalers I would...
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    Borneo Pearls from Sabah,Malaysia

    MSC please Google Edward Kong Kuala Lumpur to get a better impression
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    How do I revive these?

    Think these pearls were over-processed from the beginning, before they came on the market.
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    Borneo Pearls from Sabah,Malaysia

    Edward Kong has for many years a South Sea pearl farm in Sabah and the harvest is sold in his shop in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia
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    Enormous Keshi Strand

    Red, keshi are lighter than pearl with a bead
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    Enormous Keshi Strand

    There are enough bluish pearls also in keshi. White is a lot more rare
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    Enormous Keshi Strand

    Hi Eric, the weight is in momme.
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    Enormous Keshi Strand

    Came across this South Sea Keshi pearl strand with pearls from 17 - 23.7 mm Australian Keshi. Most beautiful strand I have ever seen
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    Buying duty-free pearl on airplane - what quality is this pearl?

    All pearls I have seen in airline shopping magazines were shell pearls
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    Abalone pearl

    It is for sale so the new owner can decisde what to make out of this rare pearl
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    Abalone pearl

    I got this 91.40 carat Abalone natural pearl, what do you think?
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    Visiting Indonesia and would like to get pearls!

    Asurazzy, no, all the pearls go to auctions. Cogent auctions also Paspaley pearls and their own golden pearls in Hong Kong. Orient Pearl autions in Tokyo mostly.
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    Visiting Indonesia and would like to get pearls!

    Asurazy, you want me to comment? On Aru there is a pearl farm from an Indonesian family, not sure but it might be Concord pearls. These islands lie on the Australian plat, there is a big difference between the Banda and Kei islands and Aru. The sea between the island is very deep and on Aru you...
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    Buying loose pearls for a pearl necklace?!

    A customer inspired strand design can be made but it is always more expensive and costs time
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    Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

    before 2008 many Tahitian pearls were treated to a brown colour. The fashion stopped in 2008 and I still see some wholesales at the Fairs in Hong Kong carrying them. When I asked them if these sell again they say No. Brown is occarionally shown in Tahitian pearls but more in Fiji.
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    Green Hills Pearl Market in San Juan, Philippines (jim wiley)

    Dear jwiley, I have been many times at the Greenhills pearlmarket in Manila. The nonsense they talk that the South Sea pearls are coming from Mindanao is total absurd. Even the Golden South Sea pearls are bought on the Hong Kong Fair. The prices they ask for mostly substandard quality is very...
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    Jewelmer Price Points

    There are strands made by Jewelmer and strands with Jewelmer pearls. That is a possibility of a big difference in price. Jewelmer has an office in Hong Kong which supllies wholesalers with Jewelmer pearls.
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    Hong Kong Jewelry Show September 2017 and Facebook LIVE!

    Thanks for all the reporting Jeremy and Brady, this was in the past unthinkable that there was an inside overview in the pearl industry.
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    Hong Kong Jewelry Show September 2017 and Facebook LIVE!

    Mikkey, the first time I was in Hong Kong was in 1972. Kowloon was cozy and many not too big hotels. And shopping was also much more fun then.
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