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I will! I've never photographed my whole collection, so this will be a good opportunity. Now I just need to figure out how to take decent pictures!

I fear you are right! My intention when I began this journey was just to buy one nice stand of white pearls, and now I know I want a strand of golden SSPs and Tahitian pearls in ALL the colors! And yeah, I thought I could be happy with freshwater pearls, but now I feel like I need akoyas- and...

They're 9mm, and someone described them as "satiny" and that seems like an apt description. The more I'm learning about pearl types now I'm imagining how fantastic golden south sea pearls would be in them instead of akoyas. Or green tahitian pearls! So many colors to choose from!

Oh jeg, sigh, those colors! I had no idea pearls could look like, and now I need all the colors. This could be a very dangerous hobby...

Very good idea, thank you!

Well, I do have some experience with the buying frenzy that tends to begin most collections, ha ha. I've been collecting fine antique jewellery since I was 22 and got my first "serious" job! And I freely admit, in the beginning I bought a bunch of junk that is no longer in my jewelry box...

Oooo, now golden SSP are the ones I really like! I'd have been looking for golden edison pearls, but there don't seem to be any.

Who is Cees, if you don't mind me asking? I've seen that name float around, but I didn't know where they sold pearls. I'll definitely look into baroque south sea pearls. I'm still intrigued by these large bead nucleated freshwater pearls, but they seem so hard to find- at least by reputable...

Oh, those are very beautiful! I was very gung ho about the edison pearls yesterday, but after sleeping on it I think I've changed my mind. I've bought "fashion" jewelry before, and ultimately they sit in my jewelry box unused. I'm better off saving for quality instead of buying a bunch of cheap...

Thank you for the information! There's so much more complexity to pearls than I realized! I think I've talked myself off the ledge with these. I know myself, and I always want the absolute best I can afford, and if I'm willing to be patient and sacrifice a little size, I think I'll end up with a...

ETA: I think this may have So, I'm brand new to pearls and still learning, but as soon as I learned of them my eye was caught by huge Edison pearls. I'd LOVE a strand of large South sea pearls, but, uh... not in this lifetime will that be feasible, lol! Anyway, I found the seller BeadHouseCo on...

I'm sold! ;) I let PP know I wanted the silvery ones. I can't wait, and what lucky timing that they have a sale going on right now!

Lol! My "Boo" is my brother, Chesley. Here does have a great smile though and I can confirm he's just as good natured as the grin suggests. We were at a Rufus Wainwright concert, one of the last really fun things we did before lockdown! Now I'm seeing how much my neck needed some pearls...

I think I'm leaning towards them. I think the pink ones might be a bit too close to my skintone. And I was so sure I wanted pink, too, until I saw them together!

Oh, I wish! But it's a custom stand, so it can't be returned. I'm a teeny bit nervous about that, but almost everyone seems really, really happy with their freshadama pearls, and since 99% of the pearls I've ever owned were low quality freshwater pearls, I'm bound to be impressed!

Oh okay, that makes sense! Thank you for keeping the forum safe, and thank you for the advice! I'm leaning towards the silvery one too. I can feel myself falling down the pearl rabbit hole, and I imagine eventually I'll end up with plenty of fancy colored pearls, and pink seems a very common...

Help me choose Help me choose I could not for the life of me figure out how to create my own post, but hopefully people will see this. I need help choosing between two pearl necklaces! I'm getting a strand of freshadama pearls and I have the choice between a rose overtone and a silver...