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Thanks for the welcome, @CortezPearls. I'm an avid jewelry collector, though my expertise (such as it is!) is in vintage and antique jewelry. Pearls are a whole new world! Looking forward to hanging out here and learning more.

Thank you so much for your help, I really appreciate your insight. And oh my gosh, your pearls are drop dead gorgeous. :love: It's funny how something that's technically a flaw can be so beautiful, isn't it? It reminds me of the wonderful Dalmatian I used to have who had one solid black ear...

Thanks for your response, that's great to know! I hoped they were Akoya, but honestly had no idea whether they might be freshwater or not. If they're really from Ming's (and it sounds like they might be) then I'm guessing from the clasp that they date from the 80s or 90s. Ming's closed in 1999...

Hi everyone, my husband recently gave me a matinee length double strand of 7mm pearls which he bought from an antiques seller in Texas. The clasp is marked 14k and says 'Ming's', and they came in a Ming's box. The seller just advertised them as light grey cultured pearls. They're beautiful and I...