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Once you've seen the best, it is hard to go back! Your pearls are absolutely amazing, enjoy them. How fun to be able to pick the exact ones you wanted.

Amen to that!!!

I've also been working on a whimsical necklace for a friend who LOVES dragonflies. I found these sterling silver connector beads and had them rhodium dipped so they wouldn't tarnish. I definitely don't like trying to clean silver when it is next to Akoya pearls. I found the pearls on an estate...

Finally got the 14K bead covers on the crimp beads. They give it a much more polished look. (y):D

Thank you so much for this encouragement. I appreciate your interest. Working on pearl or or other kinds of jewelry projects is ever so much more fun when you have people to share it with.

This is good to know. That actually isn't too much for restringing, except for the shipping and insurance. The appraisals are so pricy! Consistent with my call to them to authenticate a strand.

Well, it took a little digging, as Mikimoto doesn't "advertise" this information. It was nice to find a post about it from someone who had actually done the research. Thankful for the internet!!!

I have not noticed any scratching on my Mikimoto strand, but I do store it in a pearl folder where the charm is dangling freely from the pearls as pictured above. I do not store pearls in pouches where they can rub against each other.

Mikimoto officially started in 1893, so in 1993 they created an "1893" clasp to celebrate 100 years. This is the anniversary clasp. It has Mikimoto 1893 stamped around the ball, and has a diamond push button open. These strands also have the "M" charm. The one shown is from an EBay strand of...

For the "full story" from purseblog, see this link: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/calling-all-mikimoto-pearl-experts-help.821555/

My anniversary 1893 Mikimoto round clasp with a diamond push button, DOES have the "M" charm. Here is what it says on the Mikimoto website: You can always identify Mikimoto jewelry by our trademark, which is either the outline of an oyster or the Mikimoto name engraved on every piece. This...

The beads are 3.5mm and less. They came threaded in the shown hombre order, but there were 2 strands that were much shorter and 1 strand really long, so I had to unstring and shift some beads around to get all 5 strands closer to the same length. As you stated, YES they are all different widths...

I purchased the pearls for the necklace 3 years ago and they are still the same color...but I also have a stand-alone purple pearl (in the net pendant) and the earrings. Both the pendant pearl and the earrings have faded a bit. So I don't know the answer to the fading dilemma.

Still a work in progress, I'm waiting for my 14KYG bead covers, but here is the Sapphire Hombre strands I mounted to the pearl clasp. I had to re-adjust EVERY strand several times to get them approximately the same length. It was worth the effort though. This necklace will be so nice with solid...

Sometimes you just get lucky...I did when I found this multi-color Tahitian 11.1-13.4mm Strand of pearls with a 18KWG Diamond circle clasp on EBay at a pawn shop. My bid was finally high enough but only a fraction of what these beauties are worth. Near round, markings on the pearls, definitely...

Thank you!

I've never looked at Rubylane.com. I took a look today after your recommendation and they are pricy! I guess that is a good place to list things that may be worth more. There was a Mikimoto necklace EXACTLY the same as one I saw on EBay and the EBay necklace was $9,800 and the Rubylane necklace...

You could waste countless dollars on appraisals and restringing at Mikimoto. In 2022 I called Mikimoto and got a quote to have my 1893 Anniversary (1983 purchase) strand evaluated and they quoted me $250 just for an evaluation; this was to make sure that the pearls and clasp were authentic. This...

@pearldreams you always have such good knowledge and advice. Thanks for always taking such time and effort to help people with their questions.

OK, so I guess the pearls were either damaged or repurposed without this original clasp. Makes sense now, people trying to perhaps recover some money for a damaged strand that is not sellable. Thanks for this information.