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Superglue - especially gel superglue - every time. Epoxy is just not reliable enough and does not have a dissolver. Superglue needs moisture to set btw

The pearl is not natural.It is a low quality freshwater pearl, inappropriately set. The silver is below commercial sterling 925 standard and not sellable at all in Europe as it contains nickel.

How do you know it is 'very old' and Turkish?

Not sure that the Tahitian pearl actress thing is 100%. Most of the pearls stuck in customs, people are in prison and it all went totally nacred. Did anyone hear anything from the OP?

Any seller will need a more detailed specification - size, shape, budget for starters

I'd welcome one red 11mm round, finally to complete Charlotta's rainbow necklace. Just one.

It was quiet with fewer sellers and fewer buyers. In the week before I was sometimes the only person in a wholesaler's office whereas a few years ago there would be a crush - getting the pick of the pearls before they ever travel to the show itself. Prices were up, but some sellers' outdated...

Lots of strands of silver akoya in Hong Kong. Which indeed looked like ball bearings

I'm back from a great hong kong trip. Hope those of you who looked enjoyed my insta posts. Here's one pearl I found. It will be jewellery or some form of wearable stabbie self defence

As a seller I really want my customers to dance the first time they see their pearls, and do the same dance the thousandth time. Even if a website has stock photos there should be no problem with staff looking through inventory to find what you want within the range. ( though admittedly this is...

It should go back. If this strand is newly strung then the sooner you return it the better. Start to muddle with it and the stringer can claim you have caused the problem. I always put a dab of glue on the end as it feeds through the third pearl. I found that sometimes pesky thread will 'walk'...

Thanks Katbran. I'll switch my brain on next time.

What does the clasp stamp 4585 mean?

I've got a bit of a thing for tiny pearls at the moment so I will prowl the aisles. I'll certainly be going to Grace anyway even though their new office doesn't have the fabulous harbour view any more. Grace/ Edison was producing some really lustrous white round bead nuked 8mm pearls - the...

I'm off to Hong Kong next week, and am going to attempt some instagram live video (@PearlescencePearls). No specific timetable, just plan to go when I encounter someone or something of a pearl interest. If there is anything you want to see let me know and I will try.

Might you buy in ready grafted shells, at least to begin with? When starting something from scratch good planning is to master one stage at a time (so, for example, with a new airplane you put old and tried engines into a new airframe and the new design engines into an old tried and tested...

Double wow, wow and wowzers!

:)

I suspect what you want are some pearls which have some 'pond slime', from your photo. Would have been easy to find a few years ago. Now not so much. Size?

I'm still looking for one 11mm round red pearl for a special request. (no lop nors)