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Thanks... I understand more now. Thanks again!

Just up the road near Tacoma after traveling the country with my sweet man. Loved taking my Grandmother to WS Nordstroms and window shopping...she went to the fashion..as she wanted more bling. She bought some rice pearls in the late 80's, but only because they were 12 stand.

Well that is one take on pearl tariffs. I normally participate in another sector of the economy that has current tariff issues and was surprised at pearl tariffs. Bet the case could be made for nacre.

TheTanfieldKid I was in a jewelry forum & a jeweler's heir was discussing her brother's addiction & stealing metal stamps to sell fakes for $. Her father had to replace them & it lead to a very interesting discussion on marks & metal stamps & accuracy. Followed by lots of stories of fakes...some...

I had the same issues with 2 estates too. What I find so funny is thrift stores/estate sales/church sales.... I have seem so many marked (Marvella, etc) faux pearls that were priced high ($30-50), while older genuine pearls tossed in the $5 bin because they did not have a hang tag or weren't...

@Shani I have seen tin cups of silver, gold, gold filled, base metal, fine silk (rope like) thread and "fish line". Others have given you ideas. The Silk hangs really nicely, but gets dirty. The "fishing line" is really horrible...kinking & bending.... was an "illusion" craze...I doubt you...

Do I need to google this or how do you do it?

SteveM... I can understand the FW tariffs as we do make FW pearls in the US.... but do we in the US make any saltwater pearls? Or do I just misunderstand tariffs?

When were you at Nordstroms and was that downtown PDX? For a couple of years I and my Architecture classmates took (25 cent) coffee breaks in downtown Nordstroms.... I made sure to walk by the jewelry on my way up to coffee! I certainly didn't know anything about pearls then.

Oh...Yeah I think you are in Canada.. that's tense right now. EBay & Etsy both have sellers in Canada for new findings or reuse pearl clasps. I would really check feedback on both for any seller. There is even a couple thrift stores that sell on eBay in Canada. I have even seen a couple of...

Shani 2 thoughts: Bella Findings has a fairly good selections for reasonable price (there are others). Findings are usually tied to the price of gold or silver, so with gold high the clasps are expensive. Wait to buy? The other option is since restringing is fairly easy: look & see if you can...

Look at Pattye's store...other countries often will have similar.

Wow! those are amazing! The attachment to each pearl looks handmade. The current way to make those the pin is poured with the "bail" part...not a separate part.....The "spring ring" is old, not the 1950's spring ring or even the earlier one from the 1920's ....$$$ in the making so those pearls...

Could be your mother's mother or your mother. I will bet the 1990's with the wire... it was coming into popularity. But people do get great grandma new necklaces. People even get grandma new necklaces or bracelets. There was even a "learn to make your own jewelry" thing in the 1990's and...

I have 1 similar...I am guessing in the 60- early 70's. There was the graduated akoyas sold to military (and others) but they tended to be round...it seems that someone landed on the idea that baroque akoyas sold in long strands with fancy clasps. This was before the rice pearls were...

I love it!!! But you would want to make sure that the string is in good shape... take photos....

Some of the value in the dark ones is the double strand clasp... see if there is a mark on the clasp. For some reason double strands are more popular & the clasps more expensive (Value of gold).

BrendaKY.... I was recently looking at pearl necklaces on-line......very pretty $2000, freshwater near round....but Designer...the pearl cost is small the designer cost is $$$$. In any store you will have pearl cost & designer cost & findings.... any one may be higher than the other. Matt...

I am sorry to say, that is usually a mixture of cigarette & other stains. You can try cleaning, but often the coating of the fake pearls comes off. The clasp can be used on a strand of real pearls though.

Are you needing this for insurance or for dividing the estate? I have dealt with the later.... if so, take the middle # and finish the estate. Pearl fashion come & go, for insurance, appraisals need to be recent, because values will go up & down. (Crazy, but true.)