Recent content by ricepearl

Follow up - sadly the forum admin didn't approve my original post within 24hr, so went to market without your good advice. ;) I'll detail experience: Was looking for SS, baroque, largish pearl strand to wear as bracelet. About 100 stalls in total (20 stalls per row - 5 rows. About half of them...

Bought my first strand of South Sea Pearls from American Pearl in NYC about 20 years ago. I just wandered in off the street one day after work - and the owner (very humble) took me upstairs and showed me the different kinds of pearls etc. I wasn't a fan of perfect Mikimoto. So I ended up with a...