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Agree 100% with waimeamomi and pearlescence. :) Dyed uniformity actually looks fake to my eyes. (And now that I think about it, as a corollary: I was looking at fake Tahitians in a store a few months ago and they in turn looked an awful lot like uniformly-dyed "real" ones.) And that...

>I think the pearl police has contacted the antique guy. I couldn't find any pearl necklaces today. No, unfortunately the antique guy is still selling the same strand of pearls that applecheek started this thread with. Here is his current auction, still running with over a day to go...

Oh man ... oh *man* ... look at this one: (from the second seller -- ie. the seller found by MKa4972, not the original seller applecheek was referring to) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190340260113 Wowwww, (sarcasm on) purple-blue akoya! Oh. My. God. And even further...

>It sounds as if this is a case of "previously worn" = "antique". Personally, I doubt that. I'd bet money this is a new item he's buying in bulk. For these really to have been previously worn (ie. 'estate'), he would have had to have found at least three *duplicate* necklaces, with the exact...

Uh, this seller has more problems than just type of pearls Uh, this seller has more problems than just type of pearls While I can't discern pearls as well as most of you, a look at this seller's past auctions also provides an interesting picture. He/she has sold two exact duplicates of this...

I should probably post these here in an effort for completeness, although most members have already seen these under the 'show your pearls' section. 8-9mm Kamoka keshis. I call them my "Killer Kamoka Keshis from Kojima." ;) (Pics from Sarah, God knows I couldn't take pics this nice. ;) )...

>And the clasps are practically invisible----Sarah did a wonderful job----------- I agree. She had them clasped together into a completely closed 24" loop when we pulled them out of the pouch, and I freely admit it did take me a few tries to actually find one of the clasps. ;)

Oh my God, I think it actually worked! They're *so* "wet looking", so very cool. Even daughter thought they were wet when we unpacked them. And I specifically wanted Kamoka because of what I've learned about Josh and his farming philosophy. :) As I said, I know the smaller part looks like a...

I've never uploaded pics here before, so let's see if I can even get this to work. ;) I recently had a Kamoka keshi necklace made by Sarah of Kojimapearl, and fortunately for me she took pictures of it. The necklace arrived today, but I'm going to post the pics that she took. (I freely...

jshepherd wrote: >It's funny you mention not being able to type in the antibiotic name in the same thread I mentioned the job of the moderators and how it has gotten easier! :) I was just surprised, that's all. I sat here trying to figure out how that antibiotic name could be misconstrued...

What I like about callire's threads is that even if they are technically about a sale somewhere, they do really get people talking --- from which tangents grow that are often just as interesting as the original topic. The tangents are often very educational just in themselves. (Like, for...

dkan wrote: >I believe she meant the jade offered itself for destruction to save me from a bad event, yes. I like that idea. :) I really, really like that. :) :) >Being an agnostic myself, I do believe there are greater forces at work. It is better respect such forces rather than to...

>When my mum heard I have lost the stone, she said something in the line of, the ring had saved me from a bad event etc Dkan, may I ask a question about that? It really intrigues me. Did she mean something metaphysical in the sense of "offering itself for destruction instead of you?" Or did...

>and the thing that Josh would have to do is to act locally: get friends, other farmers, talk to them, and convince them to start doing things differently. In the last few months that I've been reading (and reading and reading), certain little quirky factoids have become lodged in my brain...

Here's a sample of icomepack's peacock stone: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110372358684 That's the same kind we purchased, although we purchased larger disc-shaped beads. Some peacock stone has browns in it as well, but we went with green and black like in that auction...

They are actually one of the few (very few, actually) ebayers we've purchased from in the last five years or so. We did not purchase pearls however, ... we purchased green&black peacock stone and were extremely satisfied. Our daughter was born in the area of Guangdong where such stone is...

>Personally, I don't like using silver beads, spacers, clasps, etc. with pearls, especially for strands. I'd rather pay a small extra amount to PP to upgrade to 14K and knowing that my chain will last much longer (and no tedious cleaning ). It is available. Yes, I agree with that ... in that if...

It brings to mind a question I've actually been wondering about. How does one go about cleaning something like this? I mean with silver chain mixed in with the pearls like that? How do you clean the silver? Or is the chain treated so it just won't tarnish? In wandering the web, I've seen...

>Hence the dilemma as identified by Nerida. Put your money where your mouth is? Quite seriously, I think that's the best advice given by far. And while I admit to being a cynic (or even a pessimist) regarding many of life's subjects, on the issue of bargain hunting, I have a lot of faith that...

>I just feel a bit sorry that your worries keep you from buying something as lovely as freshwater pearls of good quality. Really, no need to feel sorry. Truly. :) I've made a couple Vietnamese akoya purchases in he last four/five months (both from vendors here), and am very happy with them...