Gorgeous Tahitian Pearls

[Bodecia]

Hi all,

Just had to share these with you all. These are so unusual and stunning. I love them but I have done my dash recently with Tahitians and all spending. I just can't buy more at the moment. But oh I love them and wish I could.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310358994489 have a look - green is my favourite colour too. I can just imagine a necklace and a pair of earrings made from this strand.

Some photos attached for all to drool over.

Dawn - Bodecia
http://stores.ebay.com/Dawns-Designer-Collections
Natural pearl collector and all round pearl lover

[Jeweljunke]

Dawn - I love those pearls. I gravitate toward green in tahitians also. And I agree with you, I am familiar with that ebay seller, Rainbowislandpearls. Very honest.

[Nora]

I also bought from Inger (RainbowIslandPearls) a number of times and she was always honest, helpful and nice.

[Caitlin]

I have no doubt they are Tahitians. That color I have never seen in freshwaters and have seen in Tahitians. I love that color. If they were freshwaters, which I doubt, I would try to find a bunch of them. Green is not usual in freshwaters, unless dyed. I can't think of any body color as green in freshies, only green overtones.

I think the question is legitimate, but it is the color I have never seen in freshies, but have seen in Tahitians.I have long noted on this forum that freshies can pretend to be anything else, but these are the first tahitians pretending to be freshies= except for that color!!!!

so let's have a challenge. Anyone ever see freshies in these shades of green? Those are not dyed. Anyone have a photo of pearls like these? What do you think about the pearls, not the sharp edges?

[la_corsetiere]

Note to lilfuzzysocks - my strand is also very uniform in color, and it is not dyed.

Sheri

[Adeline Leigh]

I really don't know if these are 'gorgeous' enough for this thread but now that I've eyeballed this twice, I've decided it's a little too ghoulish for me.

What do you think?

Article extracted from:
http://www.jckonline.com/blogs/style...der#node-26939

For a full slideshow, access it here:
http://www.jckonline.com/slideshows/...rdan-alexander

================

Sliced Pearl Jewelry From Theresa Bruno of Jordan Alexander

By Jennifer Heebner, Senior Editor

Posted on December 13, 2011

Theresa Bruno of Jordan Alexander has only been designing jewelry for a year and a half, she’s managed to develop a concept so fresh that even the most seasoned manufacturer will need take a closer look.

The Slice Collection of pearl jewelry in silver comprises 38 SKUs of Chinese and Tahitian freshwaters that have been sliced in half to reveal beaded centers. Bruno says the idea resulted from her own curiosity; “I just wanted to see one sliced,” she tells JCK in a phone interview last week.

She started out in August this year by slicing navy pearls, but discovered that they weren’t that pretty on the inside. Then, she and her jeweler sliced into a white one with much better results. “It was amazing. The interior looked like caramel dripping through it,” Bruno explains. “You have to slice a lot of them to get perfect that interior.”

Bruno also sliced some Tahitians, but with their inherently higher prices and more subdued look—“still very pretty,” she maintains—she’s unsure whether she’ll keep them in the mix. Surrounding all sliced pearls are a display of G-H color diamonds. “The prices are really driven by the diamonds,” says Bruno. Suggested retails start at $3,333.

Though the collection debuted to editors a month ago at Bruno’s New York City showroom, Fragments, few stores (just Marissa Collections in Naples, Fla., Reinhold’s in Puerto Rico, and a high-end store in the city) have seen it (though Marissa Collections made some preorders). Styles are available with navy, peacock, or champagne-colored sliced pearls, and are shipping now.

Cuff in silver features a large white baroque sliced pearl surrounded by 5 cts. t.w. diamonds; $4,400

[lilliefuzzysocks]

I have no skin in this game but have a question. Pistacio is rare isn't it? What is the likelyhood one would find this many identical colored pistacio pearls, all the same general size and shape? It seems to me one would have a range of colors of pistacio, not clones if these were naturally this color.

[la_corsetiere]

Oooh, sigh, let's all just take a step back into our happy place, shall we? I, too, have purchased before from this seller, and have been very happy with the transactions. Sometimes there is a steep mark-up, just like with Druzy, influenced no doubt by the astronomical price of precious metals these days. However, if you find what you want at the right price, I think you can be comfortable that the item has been honestly and accurately represented.

I have heard these pearls described as "pistachios" or "pastels", and own a strand myself purchased from a local California vendor. The color is rather uncommon, and apparently not considered as valuable as some of the darker tones by some vendors. Of course, it is all a matter of personal opinion, and how the color compliments your skin tone. The pinks in the flesh tones do tend to enhance the greenish cast by contrast; in other lights, the pearls can appear more taupe.

I have seen some small freshwater pearls dyed a light green, but less subtle than the tones depicted in the photo. Again, I think the greenish cast is somewhat emphasized in comparison to the ruddy flesh tones of the hand.

Sheri

[Caitlin]

I think the color is the reason for the price. It IS a great matching job. If the same pearls were silver, they would cost at the bottom. If I were selling that strand, the only one like that I have seen, I would overprice it a bit.

[Bodecia]

lilliefuzzysocks,

Look into the blemishes of these pearls, look into the pearl drill holes and you will see that they are naturally coloured. No gathering of a darker colour which would be obvious if they were dyed. These are naturally coloured Tahitians. Obviously a lot of time has been spent collecting fairly matching pearls. Hence the price, which for what they are is cheap. You are not likely to see there like often if ever.

I once took 3 or 4 years collecting the best and matching in colour and size ruby beads to make a necklace. In the end I doubt I made a penny on it but I loved the end result. These days I would have marked them up to make a decent profit of at least 100% but then I was new to eBay and thought that I could not ask anymore than I had laid out.

I think many sellers have the extreme patience to match colours and sizes. It is part of being a seller and wanting to do one's best.


Dawn - Bodecia
http://stores.ebay.com/Dawns-Designer-Collections
Natural pearl collector and all round pearl lover

[Bodecia]

la_corsetiere

Oooh, sigh, let's all just take a step back into our happy place, shall we? I, too, have purchased before from this seller, and have been very happy with the transactions. Sometimes there is a steep mark-up, just like with Druzy, influenced no doubt by the astronomical price of precious metals these days. However, if you find what you want at the right price, I think you can be comfortable that the item has been honestly and accurately represented.

Good to know you were happy with transactions with rainbowisland pearls but steep mark up I truly doubt and as she works 3 jobs including eBay she rarely has a chance to make jewellery up. I think you do have her mixed up with druzydesigns ... Inger very rarely makes jewelery herself, no time. You make up your own jewellery so I should think it would be rare for you to buy gold from another seller, maybe druzy, not me, but yes if we use gold as I do the mark up has to be there. I sure you would allow for the gold used in your creations.

But you are right that any buyer can be comfortable in knowing that descriptions are honest and accurate from Inger.

Colour as in "pistachios" are naturally a matter of what colours we like or do not like. Obviously you do not like the green tones. I happen to love them as many do. The pistachios in a Tahitian necklace are often used as a selling point in a necklace with one or two because they are so highly prized and valuable. Any pearl necklace that has a pistachio pearl in it is often priced up because of it and yet here we have a whole strand of them and instead of the praise they deserve they are critisized by those that are not those that love the colour.

When I don't like something that a seller puts up as designs or pieces they have made obviously wanting praise I don't feel, I hold my tongue and prefer to say nothing. Sometimes this is the best way.

Dawn - Bodecia
http://stores.ebay.com/Dawns-Designer-Collections
Natural pearl collector and all round pearl lover

[Adeline Leigh]

Reading this thread doesnt seem to go very well with my morning coffee, lol!

What an ingenious way to deal with imperfect tahitians, ringed and crowned with diamonds. Wonder if it will sell.

[Nora]

Wonder if it will sell.

They will!
They look interesting, made by famous designer and are coverd with diamonds.......

[Adeline Leigh]

They will!
They look interesting, made by famous designer and are coverd with diamonds.......

(Guffaws) Well not to me; they won't! As if they were in my budget, lol.

These are what I call "subversive pearls".

[pattye]

Yes, I was looking at these photos earlier today also, and feel certain they are Tahitians. I, too, have purchased from Inger and feel she is a very honest seller. She takes many photos of each item and cares about being accurate with her descriptions.

Douglas and Josh have both mentioned it often takes multiple harvests, even years, to create a strand or lot of the more unusual colors.

Earlier this month Narcissa (Elizabeth) and I searched the Portland Gem Faire for dyed green cfwp that looked similar to Tahitians; none were found.