Known for their fun and funky pearl pins, Emiko Pearl debuted its newest assortment?a wide range of looks starting at retail prices of $10,000?in the AGTA Pavilion during GemFair Tucson last week. At press time, at least two (the elephant and the camel) of the 18k gold, diamond, and South Seas pearl jeweled pins were being considered for purchase.
Full Article: http://www.jckonline.com/blogs/style-360/2011/02/07/animal-farm-menagerie-wild-inspired-pearl-pins
Actually if look at Emiko's website they have some very cool designs that use some HUGE pearls: http://www.emikopearls.com/showcase.htm although I couldn't get some of the links to work.