Reputable retail sellers for loose GSS/WSS keshi pearls?

[LorenLL]

Hi everyone, I plan on commissioning a custom pearl jewellery that would use golden South Sea and white South Sea keshi pearls, but the jeweller doesn't have any, so I have to bring my own pearls.

Could you please suggest some reputable pearl sellers that also sell loose, undrilled GSS and/or WSS keshi pearls (preferably selling both, if not then GSS is the top priority)? I only need a few pearls, a strand would be too expensive.

Edit: I live in Hong Kong. I would be grateful if you could suggest local sellers (both online and brick-and-mortar) or online sellers that ships to HK.

 

[CortezPearls]

I would definitively recommend a few, but you haven't told us your country so I will assume the USA:
Pearl Paradise, Kojima Pearl Co, King's Ransom.
UK: Pearlescense.

I am sure other members can add to the list.

 

[LorenLL]

Oh no, I forgot to mention where I live!
I live in Hong Kong.

While HK has a lot of shops selling pearl jewellery, mainly big brand name chain stores, there are far fewer shops that sell loose pearls to retail customers, let alone special types of pearls like keshi.

 

[pearlescence]

Any seller will need a more detailed specification - size, shape, budget for starters

 

[LorenLL]

Any seller will need a more detailed specification - size, shape, budget for starters

Thankyou for your advice, I thought it would be difficult enough to find sellers that sell only a few loose keshis to retail customers, so I didn't add more specifications in my original post.

I am looking for small to mid-size (4mm - 12mm) GSS and WSS keshi semi-rounds and droplets; ideally, the smaller semi-rounds would be GSS, while the mid-size droplets would be the WSS. 4 pearls would be enough, maybe 6 to 10 if the store only sells by lots and the price is acceptable. The expected budget would be USD $100 to $200, shipping excluded (on the flip side, could anyone offer some insights on the pricing of keshi pearls? How much should I expect to pay for 4 average to above-average quality, small to mid-size keshis?).

Thanks again for everyone's suggestions and advices.

 

[KarinK]

Adding Cees to the list (you can find him on Instagram)

 

[CortezPearls]

Adding Cees to the list (you can find him on Instagram)

Good option too!

 

[LorenLL]

Adding Cees to the list (you can find him on Instagram)

Thanks for your suggestion, but for some reason the Instagram search result didn't come up with any account related to pearl. Could you please provide the Instagram account name?

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Cees Van Oije

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I got my GSS necklace and stud earring pearls from Cees.

 

[Pearl Dreams]

You might also check out ROLAY (on Etsy) which is the same shop as pearl_society on eBay. He's in HK.
I bought some GSS from him.
And also druzydesign on eBay (druzydesign1 on etsy). That is Carolyn and Nick Ehret.
(Edited for spelling)

 

[LorenLL]

You might also check out ROLAY (on Etsy) which is the same shop as pearl_society on eBay. He's in HK.
I bought some GSS from him.
And also duzydesign on eBay (drusydesign1 on etsy). That is Carolyn and Nick Ehret.

Thankyou! I just checked ROLAY's and Cees' profiles, their pearls are certainly gorgeous.

 

[KarinK]

With pretty much all of these people you can contact them and describe what you are looking for and find out what is possible within your price range.