| I did not accept the invitation. I realized the auction falls on Thanksgiving. That is not a day I am willing to travel on.
I created that grading page last week after going through the grading guide put out by GIE of Tahiti. Their's is very specific and quite good.
Gem really only matters if the pearl is undrilled. We rarely distinguish between the gem and the AAA because they are almost always drilled and set or strung into a necklace. If a flaw is drilled through it is no longer there, but the pearl was not actually gem. |