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update from ecurie update from ecurie Well, the beads and i have been all over the map! One jeweler thought they were south seas, one thought junk, one thought nice imitations, one guy said he had no clue, one woman said for a small fee i could trade them in on a new strand. So i'm just going...

you are exactly right. you can see the hole just by looking at the necklace. i was trying to get a grasp on what was beneath the hole. There was some serious smudge on that particular pearl, so we put the string next to it and cleaned it. when the smudge came off, that hole was there. i guess i...

update from ecurie/mary update from ecurie/mary i couldn't get to the jeweler yesterday, Closed for holiday. I borrowed our 10x loop from the shop.. auto mechanics, not very good glass so not too easy to see. I took some pictures through the loop and some through the loop over a flashlight...

they could be artificial they could be artificial The first strand could be artifiical!!! My mom and her sisters sang with the USO and they spent 6 mos in Japan during the 1940s. The strand was in the back of the drawer with pictures and articles from their tour with the USO. I'm taking it to...

thanks from mary/ecurie and another bit of information on the mystery pearls? thanks from mary/ecurie and another bit of information on the mystery pearls? You people are amazing! The things you know about pearls just by looking at my poor photos! I can't wait until i know 1/100th of what...

I'm so glad i found this forum. I've always been about pearls, even though what i know about them fits on the head of a pin. real, not real, pink, black, white, golden, i just feel good wearing them. I used to get teased about wearing pearls with my jeans and a t-shirt. but pearls go with...