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Just out of curiousity...between a strand of deep golden circled pearls and light golden round pearls (and all other factors being equal), which would you choose?

There are efforts, however indirect, as The Philippines and Vietnam try valiantly to keep China out of their territorial waters. It's a political issue and an environmental one, with Chinese fishing boats poaching Tridacna giga, sea turtles, and other endangered marine life with impunity. If...

Is it for you, or your daughter? How sure are you she will let you keep them? ;)

I've seen some members post xrays taken by their dentists, so I suppose you can, too. It would be great if your mom kept records of provenance, like a personal note, the box from the Royal Family, etc. However, if it was bought from Mikimoto, your pearls are surely cultured, because that's...

Thanks, Jeremy. Having never seen good quality golden akoyas IRL, I was prepared to compromise on the depth of the color. Not to mention the durability of akoyas in a long necklace. Your reassurance has certainly made me feel better about my original choice. But in the end, you're right; it...

Welcome! I don't usually participate in evaluations (still building my confidence in this expertise) but it looks like a combo of off-round and semi-baroque South Sea pearls. Luster seems to be decent, despite the moderately blemished surface. To determine the market price, you can search in...

I'm shopping online for my beading project, an opera necklace of different pearl types (FW keshi, Tahitian, Akoya) and colors. Initially, I planned on buying loose drilled golden akoya pearls, but I came across golden south sea pearls in the same size range (7-10mm). Normally, one buys SSPs...

Do you attend every HK show? It seems like you were just here in March. Will you come for the big one in September, too?

Pearls are timeless, but they're also slaves to our fickle moods and taste in fashion. What we like and how we wear them can change over the years (and sometimes, over a few months). I remember my first pearl necklace: a tiny graduated strand from Majorica. It was 1997, and I wasn't completely...

I was doing late spring cleaning and found one of my first pieces of pearl jewelry. Back in the early 2000's, a dear friend artfully wrapped her stash of keshis and stick pearls in silver wire and gave this to me for my 30th birthday. Here it is next to 12mm FWPs, so you can see the scale...

I picked up three pieces from the Mother's Day sales. (I really should stay offline on the month of May.) The first is a lavender fireball, although lavender is just one of the many hues in this color-shifting pearl. When I saw it, I knew I had to have it. It's now my favorite pendant...