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oooooh...... the devil in you does love her pearls that would be some necklace !!

here are some more picis of Douglas?s little stars, taken against a begonia the pearls are from the 2010 harvest

How beautiful Red all those stunning greens what a perfect match for the pearl your pieces are exquisite !

read this a couple of times.... and then Pattye's comments made it fall into place is this the '50th' 2015 necklace from the previous thread - or a/an other ?

eek - just seen the SSP necklace !! (and the bug - which bless it's little cotton socks, didn't get sold after all :) ) will follow the new thread !!

Hi Daniel - 17.53...... that is a big pearl .... :eek: 1,100 is that GBP or USD ? would love to see any picis you may have of the Cook Island pearls

if you are in th UK - then you need to factor in VAT at 20% on US purchases (did I say 20%..... ouch, but that's what it is now....) just figure out what you want, where it is, and do the maths! if you want to buy in UK, Wendy would be a good bet !!

wow - that would be some present!! - but maybe 20mm is setting the bar a bit high....:cool: play around with the drop down boxes here, and you will find a single undrilled AAA 14-15mm Tahitian for $1,095 (copper is out of stock, but peacock is there)...

lovely Mother of Pearl (and such a great name) don't see them much now :( hope you enjoy them :)

what a lovely necklace Neyzio and at Miki AA ! raises the old Miki AAA versus Hanadama dilemma.... lots here on P-G about that one ! I think you have some good advice above re-selling on second-hand pearls, as it's not always easy to do :eek:

oh sorry - thought I'd put it in - but I didn't...... A natural pearl necklace, circa 1920

I quite like this - it's kind of unusual as the colours are not uiniform and the pearls at the front are quite large it sold at Bonhams in April for GBP 36K - I wonder if that was a bargain - well, maybe a bargain in that world, if you know what I mean.... pearls are 4.2mm-8.5mm, single-cut...

and again, 2 days later Christine Lagarde and Olli Rehn with Eurozone Finance Ministers in Luxembourg on June 21 Photo Getty

well, I suppose not just any working day...... Christine Lagarde at the G20 in Los Cabos on June 19 Photo Reuters

yes, I saw those too - wonderful she addressed both Houses of Parliament here which is a rare honour

What a beautiful ring well done Daniel and thanks for sharing it

How lovely !! thanks for sharing Amrita

yes, absolutely Caitlin - first of all I thought it was a hoax - but then I saw the provenance...... and from another age, with the roll-over showing all those marvelous imperfections, from before the time of cultured pearls ? that is some necklace :rolleyes: Thanks also, Dkan

"Topping the sale in some style were the Cowdray Pearls, a necklace featuring 38 graduated natural grey pearls formerly owned by the Viscountess Cowdray, Lady Pearson (1860-1932). Estimated at ?280,000-350,000, the necklace rapidly surpassed this valuation on its way to a stunning new world...

is that an enormous diamond at the clasp end ?