[raj]

Well, it wasn't even close - the conch pearl earrings (lot 44) went for $37K...and the natural pearl earrings (lot 432) sold for $169K!!!

[knotty panda]

Unfriggin' real.

[Valeria101]

Shudder... but they deserve it! (the pearls).

The large drop should be a floor smasher

[Valeria101]

Update: at least the drop didn't go over the high estimate - it went for 280k, not including buyer's premium.

It still makes those earrings look like a 'bargain', LOL!

[Beadmama]

Originally Posted by Caitlin Williams

Nice.

That unmounted pearl is really something.......

Thanks for the info on the Times. It used to be free, then they made some content paid. Now it is free again...........

I have been reading your posts and I do want to check out the NYTimes again because the last time I could not get any info except for the first paragraph. Would like to know about the Catherine the Great Pearls purchased by Horace E. Dodge for his wife Anna, in about 1919 for close to a million bucks. Does anyone know of these ?