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The content of the box - the range of sizes and shapes, is quite intriguing. As if someone had bought all usable output from some pearling operation rather than choose.
Wonder how damaged those pearls really are - they look rather disheartening in the pictures. And how they might be restaured (pealing?) ...
On the bulletin board of MellFisher.com there is
THIS back of the envelope evaluation and a few more bits of info. Looks like the pearls will be up for grabs eventually
