Recent content by microshnik

There's a nice-looking 11.5mm on eBay right now, but it's sure not going for 87 bucks even for just the one! ;) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140284705264 I'm SURE they couldn't get such perfectly matched pairs in any kind of quantity. More likely wampum "pearls". Gotta...

Actually, if you look really closely, you can see that all those pictures are of the same pearl. :) I did come across another guy on eBay that had a bunch of them, but he was (foolishly) trying to sell his *entire* found-pearl collection together, starting at almost $900! :eek: His also...

Is it just me, or is it a little absurd to think that someone would try to culture a pearl in a clam and not keep track of it? Silly people. :rolleyes: And then there's the fact that many of those "down-payment" pearls are sitting around un-bought. They're not "worth" a given price if no one...

I would LOVE to own that pearl, especially if the shell shown is the shell it came in and it would be included. I might even go for the high end of GemGeek's estimate if I didn't have to fight other eBay-ers for it. :)

Sitting next to that dime, it looks to be more like 5mm. Did you have it measured? Do you have a carat weight for it? -Mandy

I see that advertising is not allowed here, but is asking if anyone is willing to sell? (If not, I suppose no one is likely to see this. :o ) I am a Rhode Island native and resident. In all the years my parents dove for quahogs to make their own clam chowder, they never found a pearl, so I...