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09-20-2008, 05:21 AM
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| Ah Mikeyy - never one to let the truth get in the way of a good story! As you can see, we all had a great week - I've escaped now to Shanghai for a bit of a rest, I think! The package tours we will put together for next year's show definitely will include a disclaimer....        |
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09-20-2008, 02:09 PM
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| Anyway... About the pearls and the show... There were two shows this year (as usual) with one near the airport at the AWE (Asia World Expo) and one on HK Island at the CSC. If you've never been to one of these, then you've never seen this many pearls in one place. This dwarfed the JCK in terms of pearls. Out of all the pavilions at the two shows, I spent all my time in just the pearl pavilions. There were tons of FW pearls, with sizes up to aroud 15mm. Even after searching for 4 days, I did not find a single strand of FW pearls over 12mm that were gem quality, and almost nothing even that one could consider AA quality above 13mm. Lots of Akoya, SS, and Tahitian as well, though there were more FW than all other types combined. |
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09-20-2008, 04:46 PM
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| People I know that are operating booths say sales are a little slower then last year. And it did seem a little less busy then last Sept. to me. When I was here in march there were far more chocolate pearls around. |
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09-20-2008, 05:01 PM
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| My feeling with dyed FW's was that olive green had overtaken chocolate as the fashion colour of the show. Lots of bead nukes around, but just to challenge our perceptions of what they look like, have a look at these (very dodgy, taken with my phone) pics.. This strand is natural (multi)colored, 14 to 16.8mm - with a price tag of $120 000 US probably more of a display item than anything else.. Similar sized strands with "just" off surface and shape were around $5K or so. AAh, photos won't load off my phone, will try again in the morning.. As you probably know, up to now I have been doing my FW shopping in China. There is totally no need - this show is the most unbelievable display of all pearls, with much of the rubbish that ends up in the Chinese markets simply just not here - the quality stuff is at these fairs in HK. This show is said to be the largest pearl fair in the world, and trust me, after several days of hardly getting out of the pearl pavilion to look at anything else, it certainly feels like it!! I am in Shanghai now to pick up a few bits and pieces, and comparing quality and prices to the HK fair , the value is also in HK. PS so Mikeyy, if there are so many photos of me in the bar - where are they again??? I do have a couple of you.... |
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09-20-2008, 06:34 PM
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| oh, we think/hope she would! |
Muah hah ha!
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09-20-2008, 07:10 PM
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| Publish - and be damned ? ps - nice to see you Octavia Last edited by pearlescence; 09-20-2008 at 07:12 PM. Reason: can't spell publish |
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09-21-2008, 03:07 AM
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Seriously, I will post some pearl pics, including the amazing nuke strand when I get home tomorrow. Thanks again to p-g, I had a fabulous time in Hong Kong - wouldn't have even thought to go without this forum! Definitely much more fun than my usual pearl buying trips... it was great to meet a few fellow pg ers! And definitely a same time next year thing for me. |
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09-21-2008, 10:14 AM
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| Thank you all PGers for the interesting reports. Hopefully some pics are coming as well. I am a bit surprised to hear that high quality FW pearls in sizes over 12 mm are scarse - because we on the other hand get to hear that the Chinese have become even more clever with the culturing of FW pearls...
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09-21-2008, 10:01 PM
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09-21-2008, 10:34 PM
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| How much fun. Hmmm, Hong Kong is not that far from Hawaii, relatively speaking.
__________________ Sheryl  http://www.maunakeamoonlight.com http://www.maunakeamoonlight.etsy.com “All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography” Frederico Fellini Momi means pearl in Hawaiian! |
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09-22-2008, 04:31 AM
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| It´s not that far away from Sweden either, relatively speaking. I wish I was there... Maybe some time.
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