keshi necklace at Bonhams

[claudenancy]

An interesting necklace design using black keshis--note the definition of keshi in description. Maybe confusing or even misleading for prospective buyers?


http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/publi...aleSectionNo=1

[Heidi]

Confusing at the very least - especially if you get into questions of value, as they are not naturals.

[claudenancy]

Yes indeed--maybe the Bonhams "experts" should be referred to PG!

[smetzler]

…"seedless" Keshi pearls arise spontaneously…

…Keshi pearls are, in fact, a type of natural pearl…

…identical in every way to a natural pearl…

…Keshis are created naturally in the soft tissue of most cultured pearl-bearing oysters and mussels. They are usually formed by the accidental intrusion of tiny natural organisms such as parasites, eggs, sand, fragments of shell, or small particles of mantle tissue…

Not spontaneous, not natural, not identical, not accidental.

The pearl police are already on the move, I have no doubt!

[knotty panda]

I can't see this link and I wish I could. Bonham's routinely calls keishis naturals.

[claudenancy]

Hi Knotty--I am not sure how to make the link work for you. However, if you go to the Bonham's website and search for keshi, it will pull up that necklace.

Good luck with that--it seems to work.