circa 1877...natural, right?

[Casey.R]

OMG those pieces are both amazing. Is that the bracelet your getting?

 

[Perle]

There seems to be a continuing (and growing) market for the old cuts:

http://www.professionaljeweler.com/archives/articles/2003/mar03/0303dn2.html

Beauty, romance, and uniqueness among some of the reasons cited for their popularity.

Button: Jeremy has some on his site:

http://www.pearlparadise.com/detail.aspx?ID=31

Perle

 

[Bogus]

OMG those pieces are both amazing. Is that the bracelet your getting?

It's the one I was thinking of bidding on, but I've decided not to.

Bogus

 

[Bogus]

Well, the auction is over. The bracelet went for close to the top of it's estimated value, the slide a wee bit more.

Here's a pic of another piece I was tempted by, but resisted: Edwardian longchain, plat and seed pearls, 74 inches. (Can you tell I like small pearls?

Bogus

 

[Bogus]

...but there was an item that tempted me...and I didn't resist: Freshwater pearl drops.

To my consternation, I won the auction!!

I've wanted something like these for a long time and investigated having one of the vendors here put a pair together for me. Decided this way would be easier.

Anyway...here's a pic of MY 'new' earrings!

 

[Perle]

Those are lovely! Congratulations!

Perle

 

[Joan A]

Very Nice! I love that shape.. Enjoy them.

 

[knotty panda]

Bogus! You got them! I window shopped the link and those are drop dead gorgeous. Pics please!

 

[Ingykiz]

Beautiful earrings! I love dangles, it is like art in motion. What is the size of those pearls?

 

[Valeria101]

...but there was an item that tempted me...and I didn't resist: Freshwater pearl drops.

Good for you! When I saw them listed, the first thing that came to mind was your thread about buying a pair of drop earrings, LOL!

A (seed) pearl chain shouldn't be impossible to find... although that one looked quite nice, and I'm not happy to have lost the chance either.