| Thanks for this info! Very interesting.
Almost 3 years ago, I bought a 15.1mm black tahitian pearl ring with pave diamonds (in white gold) for $1600. I bought the ring from a jewelry shop in Beijing which appeared quite reputable. I really had to negotiate for this price as they were having a hard time letting this ring go for this much. I also purchased a single black tahitian pearl (14.3mm) from them for a couple of hundred dollars (from memory!)..again lots of negotiating (a.k.a. begging and pushing my luck). Both pearls are exceptional in appearance and were graded AAA by the jeweler (please see photos). I guess I have a couple of questions:
1) Did I get a good deal on both items?
2) I have no idea what to do with the single pearl as it's so perfect I feel awful piercing or gluing it...but I am open to suggestions!! Normally, if there is a fault then it's easy to hide it in a ring mount, but I'm truly lost... Please help!!
Thanks all,
Val |