Edison auction

[pearlescence]

The top price for one strand of Edisons was over £1/2m. Never be snotty about freshwater pearls again!
There are some pix (pearlnography)

[Alex]

'Pearldar' is tracking

and squeaking........

[Kevin Canning]

The top price for one strand of Edisons was over £1/2m

anymore details, sizes/pics?

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

The top price for one strand of Edisons was over £1/2m.

That's $785,000 US.

Would that be a first edition thing?

[pearlescence]

I've no more info and pix than that. I bought 35 loose undrilled Edison's in 2010 when they were just expensive bead nuked freshwaters. spent a happy three hours going slowly through a large box of them putting a strand together.
http://www.pearlescence.co.uk/produc...oducts_id/2764 They are certainly beautiful pearls, all natural colours.

[Alex]

Wendy

how magnificent - definitely something to write home about !!

Did they sell, or do you still have them ?

[pattye]

'Pearldar' is tracking

and squeaking........

Alex, You're so funny! Probably some sort of genetic mutation common to many of us here!

Check out Wendy's strand, and be sure to enlarge the picture!

[Alex]

Hey Pattye

yes, I think Wendy has been hiding her light under a bushel

not sure what a bushel is....., but there's definitely something super-glamorous under there.....

[Amanda]

Hey Pattye

yes, I think Wendy has been hiding her light under a bushel

not sure what a bushel is....., but there's definitely something super-glamorous under there.....

S'Biblical, innit? From a parable about hiding your light under a bowl.

[Adeline Leigh]

I've no more info and pix than that. I bought 35 loose undrilled Edison's in 2010 when they were just expensive bead nuked freshwaters. spent a happy three hours going slowly through a large box of them putting a strand together.
http://www.pearlescence.co.uk/produc...oducts_id/2764 They are certainly beautiful pearls, all natural colours.

aren't you a clever bird, wendy. i admire people like you, on trend yet ahead of the curve. hope this sells well for you and all the best to the little one's arrival (if i recollect correctly).

[pearlescence]

Thank you - I got them simply because they were and are very fabulous pearls
(two weeks to go!)

[Adeline Leigh]

i'm assuming someone's going to be very busy soon with precious pearls of another sort blessings...

[Nerida]

Dave - yes, I am sure a first edition thing, but the prices will remain comparable (I think) to SS production in the long run.

Wendy's light has always been pretty bright! No bushels required...

[pearlescence]

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[jshepherd]

It's going to be interesting to see what happens with the South Sea-esque pricing we are seeing on these. The prices we've been hearing about are incredibly high, but there is a caveat. The pearls were sold almost exclusively to pearl wholesalers in Hong Kong, but they weren't paid for. The lots and strands were sold on 6-month consignment.

It seems like a smart move in one sense. The onus os now on the fw industry as a whole to make a market for them, but if people aren't willing to bite, what then?

China isn't like Australia where the market is so tightly controlled by Paspaley. With prices like this, every producer in China must be trying to figure the new technology. It seems like a dangerous game.