Garduated pearl necklace with G.I.A. report estimated value.

[Baronvonbadke]

First time on this forum so hello everyone.
I have a natural graduated pearl necklace that I am interested in selling.
I have been told by other gemologists that that $80,000.00 to $100,000.00 is not unreasonable.
Below is the link to the G.I.A. report.
https://www.gia.edu/report-check?reportno=1182075815
Does anyone know of a pricing guide online for natural pearls?

Thanks
Roland

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Hi Roland and welcome to Pearl-Guide.

If you have reason to believe they are that valuable I would think you'd want to sell through a good auction house. (Just FYI, Pearl-Guide is not a selling venue; this is purely an informational site.)

You may also want to look at prices of natural pearls being sold by Kari Pearls (http://www.karipearls.com) and The Pearl Collector (http://www.thepearlcollector.com).

We'd love to see photos of your necklace.

 

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

First time on this forum so hello everyone.
I have a natural graduated pearl necklace that I am interested in selling.
I have been told by other gemologists that that $80,000.00 to $100,000.00 is not unreasonable.
Below is the link to the G.I.A. report.
https://www.gia.edu/report-check?reportno=1182075815
Does anyone know of a pricing guide online for natural pearls?

Thanks
Roland

Pearl Dreams is correct. P-G is for pearl education, not direct marketing.

Quoting other gemologists without citation of their credentials doesn't add credence to the claims. No less "not unreasonable" when you're not certain yourself.

GIA reports and links are acceptable and appreciated. Thank you for including those.

That said, there's nothing else to be said without images of the piece and associated provenance. Please understand it's not my intention to be harsh, but speaking from experience we tend to take claims with a grain of salt until all of the facts issues have been rigorously reviewed.

There are no pricing guides per se, because of the wide variety and quality of natural pearl pieces. However, following a cursory review of images, I'll often respond with a differential scientific report of condition, quality, onset and origin. I will not appraise value, but may suggest whether the declared value is reasonable or not.

Perhaps you might revisit your post (the selling part) using the edit feature and upload a few photographs.

 

[jshepherd]

A true strand of naturals is a rare find. The gemologist you spoke too is way off unfortunately by around a factor of 10. The size of the strand is not atypical for a natural, and I can see from the image in the certificate that the center pearl is notably larger than the pearls on either side so most pearls in the 7 mm and smaller range. Given the number of pearls in the strand, it seems the average size is in the 4 mm range.

I purchased a natural strand for my wife that is also graduated from the 3 to 8 mm range, is a double strand of double length. In other words, it is four total strands combined to make one long double. If we did decided to sell it, we would expect somewhere between $25,000 and $50,000.

 

[Pearl Dreams]

I see the image now that I've downloaded the PDF. Do you have a story of their provenance that you would like to share?