Pandas and pearls

[Mikeyy]

These are not great pics. But I am going to post them anyway

 

[Nerida]

Very nice... now why didn't I stay at the fair the extra day to go shopping for more GSS?

 

[Pearly Shell]

Mike your pearls are beautiful! And the pandas look happy to be wearing them.

 

[Mikeyy]

Mike your pearls are beautiful! And the pandas look happy to be wearing them.

I thought Knotty Panda would appreciate the bears.

 

[Amrita]

Lovely pearls, Mikeyy! A bit big for pandas of that size, don't you think though?

 

[knotty panda]

Mikeyy IT'S GORGEOUS! I LOVE IT! What you don't know about me is, right behind pearls for me -- is JADE! Can't go near your house! I'd be arrested! I just love it! Thanks so much for the special treat!

 

[Hanaleimom]

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Mikeyy,
The bears are precious, but the pearls...well, I just want to reach out and touch them, especially the close-up picture.

 

[Mikeyy]

Mikeyy IT'S GORGEOUS! I LOVE IT! What you don't know about me is, right behind pearls for me -- is JADE! Can't go near your house! I'd be arrested! I just love it! Thanks so much for the special treat!

You are welcome. I fell in love with that piece of jade. I bought it years ago in Taiwan. Try sneaking something that heavy on in a carry on without looking like your about to fall over. Thought you'd like it. Oh yeah, And those pearls are too big for pandas. I guess I'll have to hang some Akoyas on it next time.

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Mike,

If you decide to eBay the shell "pearls" you referred to on the other thread, you could use this sculpture to show off the strands!

 

[pattye]

Mikeyy,

Did you open a B&M? Some lovely pearls there! And excuse me, Knotty P, I was loving jade long before you were born--------- Amazing carving on that piece, wonder how long it took????

 

[Mikeyy]

Mikeyy,

Did you open a B&M? Some lovely pearls there! And excuse me, Knotty P, I was loving jade long before you were born--------- Amazing carving on that piece, wonder how long it took????

Things like that carving will probably get harder to get as China and others grow in to middle class countries. Something like this takes much time and cheap labor. Unless carved by an "Artist" and charged for with that idea. Although beautiful this is and was made as a commercial product. But the person that did it probably made very little money after long hours of work.

 

[eric-anandia-pearls]

The pearls look great, Mike! I like the photograph concept with using jade statuettes to show off the pearls... we have a 150-year-old (or so I was told) carved wooden Kwan-Yin here at the store who never takes her pearls off!

 

[Mikeyy]

Thanks Eric, And thanks for all your work. Anandia does a good job. Very professional and helpful. Check them out if your in Newport Beach. And they have some beautiful pearls. Nicer then mine.

 

[Mikeyy]

Mikeyy,

Did you open a B&M? Some lovely pearls there! And excuse me, Knotty P, I was loving jade long before you were born--------- Amazing carving on that piece, wonder how long it took????

No I haven't. I am still learning from you all. And traveling. Sometime I'll come up with a plan for sales. My problem is I kind of like what I've been acquiring. Not anxious enough to sell them. Still buying.

 

[pearlescence]

Buying pearls is really easy. It is selling them which is tricky!

 

[Mikeyy]

Buying pearls is really easy. It is selling them which is tricky!

Can't speak to the second part. But buying is the fun part. It's not all that easy though. Maybe when I hit the saturation point you can explain how I do the second part.