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truly! There are some good collectible ones out there too. Vintage French couture house faux pearls being one category but I know there are some super rare simulations out there, like original Lalique. I don't know if he made strands, but I think he made pearls for his jewelry sometimes...

I saved the best for last. Here's a VERY old faux pearl.

I saw a broken one it's just pearl material all the way through. It's a shame they're not perfectly spherical lol

Haha. They would look cool that way! There are a few here with nice sides that would look great bezel set.

Thanks for responding! Is that the same technique used to produce Keshi pearls? So these would be non nucleated is that correct?

Then I have this triple strand of creamy white simulation pearls. 7mm with a gold tone faux mauve pearl clasp similar to mikimoto in the 80s but not signed. The knotting accuracy and overall quality is nearly perfection. This is an extremely well built vintage simulation piece. Also probably...

These are 13mm, white with a nice blue orient that doesn't come through in photos as clearly as they are in real life. A few are a little beat up. I'm not sure of their origin, the next closest match I've seen is Swarovski simulation pearls.

These are 15-20mm, they fluoresce slightly bright green with streaks of blue (I think that means guanine) I don't know who made them. They were in my mother's collection. I know she loved to collect French couture anything, so there's a pretty solid chance they are French but that's the only...

No I did not and it's looking more like vintage Biwas. Someone I know played a joke on me. 🤣

They're very beautiful, but I just can't find a good masculine looking setting for more than a few of these guys. I've been wearing pearls lately, I like the look but these are a bit too much. I'm 90% sure they're Biwas from the 70's or 80's, are they worth more than modern examples in this...

Turns out they are antique Qing dynasty freshwater Chinese river pearls!

I have looked around online but never came across intrinsic trading. I use google to search for suppliers and TBH it seems like google is terrible for searching for anything relating to natural gemstones. Thanks for the tip, cheers.

Antique and vintage costume jewelry can be extremely valuable. Look for signatures or makers marks. If you can't find a signature of the maker be careful because a lot of valuable unsigned costume jewelry will have subtle characteristics that will allow people to identify who made it and when...

Hopefully I can help out here. If I remember correctly the traditional gift sequence is as follows: 1st Anniversary: Paper & Clocks. 5th Anniversary: Wood & Silverware. 10th Anniversary: Tin & Diamond. 12th Anniversary: 6.5 to 6.96mm Hanadamas

Thanks for the clarification. Wow yeah natural pearls must be super rare in that case. So, it's a crime to sell antiques without provenance, is it illegal to sell pearls marketed as natural without documented proof thereof?

They all look great. I'd be interested to see how oxidized silver pieces will look. great stuff. Cheers

Sorry I meant natural as in not being composed mainly of glass or plastic. I'm learning as I go and I see now that natural implies non cultured, or at least first harvest. First harvest is still natural right?

I don't know what I'm going to make yet, but I want to participate by say that I am looking forward rto using these cobalt blue old bad mamma jammas right here.

Those tourmaline beads are super cool. Where did you get them?!

Heirloom jewelry is cool in its own unique way. I have some Sarawak heirloom strands that have late Roman/islamic era Chinese glass beads. The heirloom status meant the beads received a lot less wear and alkali leeching/glass disease relative to similar beads of the same age that were traded or...