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Oh bummer- I sooooo wanted to go this year. But that is my MIL's 90th birthday party weekend- boohoo.... The venue looks awesome!!!!!!!! I know you all will have a wonderful time!!

Happy Anniversary!!! Lovely ring and the diamonds really set off the beautiful pearl. Enjoy!!

I want!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, just wow- someday I am going to own some of his pearls- I am obsessed!!

You will enjoy your SS pearls!! As for the quality- I was at Saks yesterday and glanced at some South Sea pearls that they had in their fine jewelry area. I was amazed at the significant blemishes in some of the pearls- and they were asking several thousands of dollars. They did, however, have...

ok- let me try again

mm ruler picture of my pearls eta- wrong photo. This manage attachments on this forum confuses me-lol

thanks, GemGeek. I'm also a very skeptical person, so I have to decide if my curiosity is enough to sacrifice a pearl and pay for an analysis. Is this something GIA can do now? Or would the pearl need to be sent somewhere else?

Pattye, that is just terrible about your pearl ring! I would certainly hope that Nordstrom's is more careful now. I did see that thread,too. I thought the pearls looked lovely and very similar in style to mine- although mine are larger. I took a picture next to a mm ruler which I'll upload.

they are very pretty!!! Yours look to be smoother and less wrinkled than my strand.

Are the genuine Lake Biwa pearls worth a lot? If not, I'm not sure it would be worth the expense to destroy one and have it analyzed. I'm actually not sure I'd do it anyway as I'm not interested in selling the pearls- it would be more for interest than anything else.

thanks, Karin- that's a great idea!

thanks, Pattye!! That would be great if they're actually the "real deal"!! I used to wear them a lot way back when and was very fond of them. I'll have them restrung and post pictures after. Hopefully, I'll get the color and luster to show up a bit better. I was in a rush when I took the...

I don't have the original box and for the life of me I can't remember where I got them. At the time I owned a little high end ladies boutique and we did go to the JCK show in New York to bring in some jewelry,too I always bought a few things for myself at the show( big smile) and I'm pretty...

Sometime in the 1970s or early 1980s I got these pearls. I remember at the time I was told they were Biwa pearls as if it was supposed to be a big deal. The strand broke after a few years (yes, my bad for not re stringing) and I put it away. Ball clasp is 14kt gold. I ran across it a few months...

Lucky person who got that strand!

Oh, yes- a strand would be amazing!!!!!! This way, though, each can be a focal point. The blue strand you linked in the earlier post is gorgeous. Have you been able to get more of those? thanks for the course suggestion- I will look into it,too! eta- ah, I see Strack is a book.

thanks for the quick reply, Jeremy. I do have some of your silvery blues- but these Vietnamese colors are just so unusual I wondered if they were done differently. I hope the farmer's daughters do talk him into trying some more as they really are special- but then I like the more unusual...

On one of your recent PP blogs, Hisano showed a picture of some gorgeous Vietnamese baroque akoyas. I am wondering how the farmer got such vibrant and unusual colors in akoya pearls. They are so different from any akoyas I've ever seen and I didn't know akoyas could even come in these vivid...