Anyone have loose change for this necklace?

[MistofCassiopeia]

From MIKIMOTO

This majestic necklace, 18? long, is comprised of 25 perfectly matched, perfectly round South Sea White cultured pearls ranging in size from 17.0 mm to 19.6 mm.

But it?s the luster that is truly heart-stopping ? a faint silvery pink orient with a mirror-like reflection on pearls of this size? so unprecedented that it took over a decade to assemble this necklace.

The magnificent, custom-designed clasp, totaling almost 7.0 carats, is defined by pear-shaped diamonds radiating from a marquise-cut center stone, all mounted in platinum. The Goddess necklace is priced at $1,600,000 and it is available for a limited time at the MIKIMOTO flagship boutique at 730 Fifth Avenue, New York.

http://www.mikimotoamerica.com/newsletter/Dec08/Goddess.jpg

 

[Slraep]

The Pearl Professor wrote an article about it.

http://www.pearl-professor.com/2008_08_01_archive.html

 

[Caitlin]

[] While you are visiting the Professor, take note of the post by bafoon:

Rearranging the Deck Chairs
Sumbitted by Bafoon

Several items have come in conjunction of late which have pixilated me.

One is the World Pearl Forum scheduled for mid-February in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This ill-timed convocation is assembling the likes of Nick Paspaley and Robert Wan et Cie to tell adoring sycophants how the cow ate the cabbage (for the umpteenth time) under the guise “to create a lustrous new future for pearls.”

What lustrous future? The pearl industry is in the tank. And shall continue to be so, and for quite some period to come.

for more, see LINK