I am puzzled about the description: what color are the pearls (white with violet overtone sounds unusual) ? And the description of the shape does not relate to a precise image.
At least, what gemological laboratory is that?
20 inch strand of natural pearls in that size could be way more. But again, everything comes down to what those pearls look like.
Probably someone more knowledgeable (i.e. lots of people!) could deduce what this is all about from description alone. I cannot.
If you do have a reserve on the pearls... maybe a link to the seller's site would not hurt any of the parties concerned ?
