Hi Jeremy,
I assume that "Japanese akoya pink" a somewhat different color from "Chinese akoya pink." I wonder why we don't have "Tahitian peach" on eBay yet. The main problem appears to be the Mystique (only genuine with the capital M) value of PPBs. I am always amazed how many people believe marine PPBs to be superior to freshwater cultured pearls and just look for key words like "akoya" and "Tahitian."
Oops, I guess I have to take that back. The first Tahitian peach just popped up on eBay as I was writing the above:
http://cgi.ebay.com/TAHITIAN-6-7MM-P...QQcmdZViewItem
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