| Hi Caitlin,
You know my answer to that: First you dig a pond and then you start culturing your own. Otherwise, it is just a gamble. As long as the current practice of the "faux standard" of pearl pricing prevails, though, we baroque lovers are in luck and have fairly good pickings at great prices from gem shows and even on eBay. Same goes for scenic opals that have not yet been discovered by the mainstram yet. Where you have real problems finding heart-stoppingly-gorgeous baroques is in retail world. I enjoy going there for breakfast, but that's about it.
Zeide |