here are some more photos of some of the others in my collection, I will be getting a photographer to get some better shots to show there true colours as my camera is unable to do this
most of them were collected on fishing boats were large amounts of abalone gut was used for bait.
I have spent a fair bit of time pairing them off into different formations, there would be some great jewellery to be made from these
my collection of natural abalone pearls
my collection of natural abalone pearls
here is my collection of natural abalone pearls, which have been gathered over many years from the Chatham Islands
Hi iv finaly recieved the information iv required to put a price on my collection, im still waiting for the new scales iv ordered to get a more accurate weight, I can say there is over 150 crts of gem quailty pearls and over 90 crts of horns in total plus more that i havnt weighed if you are a...
hopefully so, what do you mean by meat trade pearls, alot of them came from working on a blue cod fishing boat in which large amounts of abalone gut was used as bait, I found 2 of the horns in 1 day which made up for the lack of fish lol
I will separate and take photos later today as well as getting some scales to weigh them, could you tell me what the current price per gram or carat is, thanks for your comments I would be happy to document
I need advice on how to liquidate my personal collection of natural abalone pearls including 3 good horns and some large gem grade pearls. I would prefer to keep them all together but im prepared to break it up into individual pearls or assortments of pearls at whatever quantity is required...