Recent content by BWeaves

Not much value. A few dollars only. Fun for costumes.

I buy retail. I'm not a vendor. If you are a vendor and want to buy wholesale, you need to go to the jewelry shows in Hong Kong, Japan, China, etc.

I have fake and inexpensive pearls with solid gold or sterling silver clasps. I have really good pearls (Hanadama, Tahitians) with CZs or vermeil or plated clasps. You can't always judge the pearls by the clasp.

JEG, those pearls glow in that light. Feather pearls for me today, from Kojima. It's so hard to capture the luster, color, and iridescence of these earrings. The gemstones are white topaz, but they sparkle like diamonds. I went a little wild with my nails this time. Full glitter, cat's eye...

They look like dyed freshwater pearls to me.

That clasp should cost more than that. I wonder if you would even get the necklace in the photo.

Yeah, I was wondering about the smooth surface, too, but I've never seen artificial rice krispies because the real deal wasn't that expensive.

It's a baroque fireball shaped pearl. It's not rare. I'm not sure it's South Sea pearl. The color looks more like a Chinese freshwater pearl. But I could be wrong. Let's see what other people here think. It's pretty. Enjoy it. But you don't need an appraisal.

The diamond Miki clasp was usually used on their highest quality strands. AAA.

Chinese freshwater Rice Krispie pearls from the 1980s or 90s. 100% pearl nacre. They don't make this shape anymore. They were usually worn as several strands twisted together into a torsade style necklace.

I like them alternating.

SurfnSci, wowza, those Kasumis really glow. Mix and match pearls for me today. Kasumi pearl pendants on my Mom's earrings. Kasumi pearls are from the last freshwater pearl farm in Japan, and it's run by a single pearl farmer on Lake Kasumi-ga. Huge, rainbow colored, Chinese freshwater pearl...

Wow, they even splurged on a spring ring clasp. Classy.

The claps looks authentic to me, too. The little pearl really sticks up high, so if it broke off or caught in her hair, I could see a local jeweler just smoothing it over with a drop of gold, instead of replacing the missing pearl.

I'm still in a white pearl mood. Freshwater pearls. Coin pearl necklace from Karen Brown Jewelry with Mom's clasp. Feather pearl pendant from Kojima Pearl. Baroque drops from Pearls of Joy on my Mom's earrings. Akoya pearl ring from Mom. White pearls look great on black clothing, but are...