Andrew M
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Hi Pearl Guide friends.
I hope this special image that I have here will be of use to some folks here -- Here, in this photo originally from Mikimoto, I have 4 strands of 7.5mm-8mm Akoya pearls from Mikimoto, side-by-side in the four offered grades: A, A+, AA, AAA. Since I was genuinely inquiring to Mikimoto, I've blurred the tags so as to not reveal the grading or price.
Here's the catch though -- none of these grades are in order.![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I pride myself on having quite the sharp eye, but even I have a really, really tough time -- almost impossible -- differentiating between the grades in the original photo.
So, take a guess at the grades for each photo -- 1, 2, 3, & 4 -- and after some time I'll reveal the answer! Also, hope this sparks some really great discussion on pearl grading. Again, your options from lowest to highest grades are A, A+, AA, AAA
Tried to make the image as high quality as possible so people can zoom in a little bit and check things out.
But, without further ado, have at it! --
![ComparisonMMgrades.jpg ComparisonMMgrades.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/51/51626-8c2990701e9289f39e346bcc9167dbca.jpg)
And here they are separately so you can see a little more closely:
![MM1.jpg MM1.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/51/51627-f2375cda31fac2c84801ca2928c4fc2d.jpg)
![MM2.jpg MM2.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/51/51628-7061e9ab5b921b36b5f134a07032feee.jpg)
![MM3.jpg MM3.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/51/51630-7c260bacf7363b4cea4031f9310309fb.jpg)
![MM4.jpg MM4.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/51/51632-b6768e9f50154fd2fdd5788d4bfbe3df.jpg)
- Andrew
I hope this special image that I have here will be of use to some folks here -- Here, in this photo originally from Mikimoto, I have 4 strands of 7.5mm-8mm Akoya pearls from Mikimoto, side-by-side in the four offered grades: A, A+, AA, AAA. Since I was genuinely inquiring to Mikimoto, I've blurred the tags so as to not reveal the grading or price.
Here's the catch though -- none of these grades are in order.
I pride myself on having quite the sharp eye, but even I have a really, really tough time -- almost impossible -- differentiating between the grades in the original photo.
So, take a guess at the grades for each photo -- 1, 2, 3, & 4 -- and after some time I'll reveal the answer! Also, hope this sparks some really great discussion on pearl grading. Again, your options from lowest to highest grades are A, A+, AA, AAA
Tried to make the image as high quality as possible so people can zoom in a little bit and check things out.
But, without further ado, have at it! --
![ComparisonMMgrades.jpg ComparisonMMgrades.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/51/51626-8c2990701e9289f39e346bcc9167dbca.jpg)
And here they are separately so you can see a little more closely:
![MM1.jpg MM1.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/51/51627-f2375cda31fac2c84801ca2928c4fc2d.jpg)
![MM2.jpg MM2.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/51/51628-7061e9ab5b921b36b5f134a07032feee.jpg)
![MM3.jpg MM3.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/51/51630-7c260bacf7363b4cea4031f9310309fb.jpg)
![MM4.jpg MM4.jpg](https://www.pearl-guide.com/data/attachments/51/51632-b6768e9f50154fd2fdd5788d4bfbe3df.jpg)
- Andrew