Estate finds Please help

[Furmosa]

This is an awesome site! I have several pieces from an estate sale. Any help with ID and value if any . Thanks.

The bracelet has a symbol next to JAPAN and the pearls have drilled holes in them. I don't know why.
gray? ring inner band is Si Japan or Sl Japan
white ring has Pt inner band and very small diamonds
I know they need cleaning and restringing. Thanks for your help

 

[amti]

One thing you can do is hold a magnet up to the metal parts to see if they stick. If they do, they aren't gold or silver. I don't consider myself knowledgeable enough to comment on pearl type, although the photos are a bit dark and you might be asked to reshoot in natural light with more light available to see colors better. Looks like a very interesting find!

 

[JerseyPearl]

The marking Pt can mean platinum...it can appear as Pt or Plat or Platinum

 

[Furmosa]

Hi. Thank you for your help. I will edit and take better pictures. I brought the rings by a local jewelry store and was told that the one ring is definitely a salt water.Big and round with great luster. She said it was in a platimun setting and it would sell for about 1,500. The other looked like Tahitian in a sterling setting and values about 200. I was in a hurry and didn't get much more info but a good start on my finds.

 

[Marianne]

The grey strand looks like some decent akoyas. Great finds!

 

[amti]

I really like the grey strand with the small gold (?) beads, but wonder about the clasp. Is the clasp marked at all? Does it pass the magnet test, and how about the beads?

 

[Furmosa]

Hi. Thank you. The clasp does pull to a magnet and the beads do not. I think better pictures. The white pearl ring measures 10 mm. Silver 11mm. Silver strand about 9 mm. White strand 6 mm. Please look. Thanks

 

[pattye]

Furmosa,

Great estate finds and much improved photos, thank you! The holes found in the bracelet pearls are because they were originally drilled for a necklace. If they match the gray necklace pearls in size, they might be from the same lot. The white pearls are probably cultured akoya also. Do the white pearls have any blemishes?

I've come to realize that the monitor on this laptop doesn't show the detail as clearly as others see on their computers.

You might want to check Ruby Lane for similar items.

 

[Furmosa]

Thanks. Are all of these pearls cultured akoyas? The rings also? I thought the jeweler told me it was a natural. The white strand has little indentations and bumps on some areas I just got my 30x loop so I am seeing a whole new world now lol. I am so new to the pearl world but wish to learn how to identify them. the cultured vs natural thing is confusing. To answer the question about the beads between the grey akoyas they tested +silver

 

[ckrickett]

I have noticed that some jewelers will say a pearl is "natural" to say it is real, and not a faux pearl. Not that it is Natural versus cultured.

 

[pattye]

Sorry for any confusion, Furmosa; I was referring only to the bracelet and 2 necklaces as cultured akoya. As the rings were already identified, I didn't comment on them. But if the rings are South Sea and Tahitian, they would also be cultured pearls. Natural pearls grow in the wild without man's intervention; they are very rare and seldom round. Cultured pearls like yours have a bead nucleus inside and have been grown at a pearl farm.

Ckrickett is correct about the terminology being confusing.

 

[Tucs]

I have noticed that some jewelers will say a pearl is "natural" to say it is real, and not a faux pearl. Not that it is Natural versus cultured.

I agree with ckrickett, I have also heard "natural" as in contrast to dyed or colour treated.

 

[Tucs]

And by the way your pearls look lovely, I really like them; and once you have the strands restrung they will look even nicer.

 

[Furmosa]

Thank you so much everyone! So much to learn.The bracelet tests + for silver. Sooo I went back to the jewelers and decided to get the rings cleaned and appraised because I have decided to sell them and may sell everything in the lot. Anyway. A lady identified them and gave me a verbal value. The gentleman that was to do the appraisal said he couldn't do it because he didn't know what kind of metal it was. He said they appear to be real pearls but can't sign his name to anything He's not sure of and he said "Unless they are old school" he doesn't know. So frustated I have become lol. I hate to list them without knowing something. Amazing how I can get more information from people online than than people who own jewelry stores.

 

[Furmosa]

Also. I don't know whether to trust the first opinion of the ID on the rings from the lady.

 

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

I have also heard "natural" as in contrast to dyed or colour treated.

Good point.

In cultured pearls, color (among other things) is a factor used in the selection criteria of donor candidates. Therefore by subjectivity and human intervention in scientific terms, it's artificial.

I'll refer to the 6:55 section of this video.

 

[Furmosa]

Wow. Thanks for the info and the video

 

[Marianne]

Thank you for posting the video, Dave! Not sure how I missed this before. Awesome work, Jeremy!!!

 

[Chroman]

Agreed! What a wonderful behind-the-scenes look at all the hard work that goes into these beauties.