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Don't give him pearls unless you know for sure he'll wear them. Why don't you ask him what he'd like? He may just like an experience, like a place you two go together.

Oh yes, I try to photograph in my bathroom on a sunny day, but in the shade, not in direct sunlight. My bathroom is all white, and I drape white towels on me, so I don't reflect in the pearls.

I take the photo and then upload it to my laptop, and use the photo app to crop the photo and adjust the colors so they look like they do to my eye. I could also use the iPhone camera app itself to make those adjustments, but I find it easier to do on my Mac. Don't get too close to the pearls...

OH, thank you for the photos! I'm so sorry to have missed it, again. I'm really going to try to make it next year. There was just too much going on this year for me. It looks like a wonderful time was had by all!

OOO JEG, thanks for posting all those PBTB Kojima pics. It's nice to see what many of those pieces look like modeled.

It always takes me three tries to restring each necklace.

My sister's back for a visit, and we're swapping some of Mom's jewelry back and forth again. This time my sister gave me the pearl earrings my mother wore every day back in the 1960s. Double pearl earrings were very popular back then. Very Mad Men. These are small akoyas and they're still...

BAS!!!!!! Welcome back! I'm so glad you're the one who got that glorious double strand of conch pearls. It's a treasure.

I'm hope I can zoom in on Pearls on the Bay tomorrow. Wearing white pearls today to my weaving guild meeting. Long Hanadama rope and golden South Sea tin-cup from PP. My first akoya rope from 1982. Snowman and Summer Rainbow pendants from Kojima on my own hoop earrings. Mom's vintage...

OH, I totally forgot about Miki grade A1. Yes, A1 is lower than A-. Grades A will have minor blemishes you can barely see. Grades AA will have minor, minor blemishes you can barely see with amazing luster. Grades AAA will be perfect and the luster is off the charts. Miki grades pearls...

The clasp looks legit, but I'm not sure about the pearls. The knotting does look a bit wonky, and the strand is missing the "M" dangle, although older strands did not have the "M" dangle. Mikimoto pearls have the "A" quality being the LOWEST quality. They go from A-, A, A+, AA-, AA, AA+...

OOOOO, lovely!

I agree. We're only going by what they look like in the photos. You need to take these to a certified gem lab. When cultured freshwater pearls from China started hitting, they were sometimes unscrupulously sold as naturals, because they looked so much like them. So when we say your pearls...

I doubt the clasp is diamonds. Probably CZs, because the pearls are inexpensive freshwater pearls from China. The pearls probably cost between $10-$20 (I'm totally guessing but wanted to give you a feel for the cost since you asked). Enjoy the wearing the bracelet and don't worry about it.

I was also thinking the pearls look like cultured freshwater pearls from China.

I've never bought from Pearl Source. I've bought a lot from Pearl Paradise. They treat you right.

OOOO, Pearlgully, your SoC necklace is a treasure. I'm jealous.

Mikimoto has different qualities of pearls. "A" is their LOWEST quality. Miki's quality range goes -A, A, A+, -AA, AA, AA+, -AAA, AAA, AAA+. While Miki's are good quality, you can get a Hamadama or Tenyo strand from Pearl Paradise for much less money than Mikimoto sells a comparable strand...

Syrie, gorgeous necklaces!!! JEG: So cute!

Yes! Pharrell was also wearing a jacket encrusted with 15,000 pearls. https://www.gq.com/story/pharrells-met-gala-2025-jacket-is-covered-with-15000-pearls