Recent content by alkhanson

Thank you so much for that tip! I'm thinking that -since we're all stuck inside now - there might be more time to take on a project lke that! :-)

Thank you for your reply! So - you're saying that it's worth having this necklace restrung? I have no idea how much something like that would cost ...

Thank you so much for your reply! I am not attached to these pearls and would prefer to 'send them off' somewhere vs putting any money into them. Would they be worth anything - as is - to try to sell them online? Or should I keep them - as with my other strand I asked about on this forum - in...

Sadly - not yet - but hopefully some day! :-) That's a good idea - maybe I should start a box of 'play' jewelry for a future grand-daughter!

oops - I took some more pictures, but there's an overhead light ...

Thank you! I'm going to take some more pictures - I didn't know they needed to be photographed on a white background. Duh! But I'm feel far less guilty about the idea of letting go of them!

Thank you! It's a grey day here today, but I'll do my best with capturing them in natural light and post again.

Hi. I inherited a strand of real pearls - very indirectly. They belonged to the mother of my husband's older friend. This friend was about 68 when he died (about 20 years ago) and his mother had been gone at least 15 years at that point. She likely had had these pearls for many years before...

Hi - I'm a 61-year-old woman and I inherited (maybe 25 years ago?) this strand of pearls from my great aunt. My great aunt was a wealthy woman and she gave me this strand - through my mother - several years before she died. This had once been part of a double strand of pearls and she took it...