| 'Doubt there is any logic in the price difference; after all, any seller can ask any price (and get it).
Much as I know, traditional tin cups (i.e. not two meter long ones with unmatched pearls and a couple' dozen types of chain - tho are 'in') get less nice pearls in and are priced for the 'style' (i.e. at random) despite being not-so-in-style.
Taking it coldly, the pearls can be way cheaper or allot more expensive then the cost of other materials and labour in a tin-cup strand. Depends on those pearls...
That's about all I know.
As for liking...
I like pearl chains - i.e. tiny pearls interspersed with more or less chain length inviting a pendant; and when the pearls are large and stand on their own, it seems that a bit of space between them (smaller spacers, chain lings, whatever) exposes each pear in a way traditional strands do not. Definitely fun for a necklace of mixed colors. |