Pearl Luster: The Quality Factor Behind a $1.5 Million Price Tag with Pearl Paradise

Straight out of YouTube with Jordan and her channel "Jewels of the Trade":

This is the mother of all pearl videos, and you won't want to miss a minute of it. In this video, YOU will not only get to examine an ultra-fine strand of pearls with the guidance of one of the industry's leading experts on pearls, but you'll also get to see REAL examples of:-Fine Vs. Ultra-Fine Pearl Quality Comparisons-South Sea vs Akoya and Freshwater Pearls-
The rare phenomenon, "Orient," in South Sea pearls-Natural Pearls including Conch and Melo Melo-Hanadama Akoya Pearls-Fine Baroque Freshwater Pearls and-Fine Souffle Pearls

*LEARN MORE*Take CPAA's Pearls As One course for FREE! Visit https://www.pearlsasone.org/ and use the discount code JOTT

*ABOUT JEREMY*Jeremy is the owner of Pearl Paradise, founder of Pearl-Guide.com and co-author of CPAA's Pearls As One online course.

https://www.pearlparadise.com/
IG: pearlparadise_official
YT: @PearlparadiseLA

 

Great video! Thank you Jeremy.

 

Straight out of YouTube with Jordan and her channel "Jewels of the Trade":

This is the mother of all pearl videos, and you won't want to miss a minute of it. In this video, YOU will not only get to examine an ultra-fine strand of pearls with the guidance of one of the industry's leading experts on pearls, but you'll also get to see REAL examples of:-Fine Vs. Ultra-Fine Pearl Quality Comparisons-South Sea vs Akoya and Freshwater Pearls-
The rare phenomenon, "Orient," in South Sea pearls-Natural Pearls including Conch and Melo Melo-Hanadama Akoya Pearls-Fine Baroque Freshwater Pearls and-Fine Souffle Pearls

*LEARN MORE*Take CPAA's Pearls As One course for FREE! Visit https://www.pearlsasone.org/ and use the discount code JOTT

*ABOUT JEREMY*Jeremy is the owner of Pearl Paradise, founder of Pearl-Guide.com and co-author of CPAA's Pearls As One online course.

https://www.pearlparadise.com/
IG: pearlparadise_official
YT: @PearlparadiseLA

Bravo! educational at multiple levels and inspiring.

 

There's just not words. I love these videos! It allows me to see strands I would never in 1000 years be able to see in person!

 

I laughed when Jordan fell over. It's educational to see all the strands side by side, so helpful.
I am now motivated to pick up a lottery ticket before the next drawing. In the mean time, how much for the artwork behind Jeremy? That might be in my budget.

 

So entertaining and educational! Loved the video!

 

Thank you so much for the video. Where else would I ever be able to see a million dollar strand?!

 

Awesome video, Jeremy!!!

 

Oooh this is wonderful Jeremy! Incredibly educational to see all those strands in such a concise comparison ... and $1.5 Million thrown in as the ultimate benchmark!!!

 

Wonderful and fascinating! Thank you!

 

Really excellent presentation! Luster is so important when selecting pearls. The Pearls as One course really does a wonderful job of presenting the luster profiles for each type of pearl. If you haven't taken the course, you should! Thanks Jeremy and Jordan for your in depth explanations.

 

I laughed when Jordan fell over. It's educational to see all the strands side by side, so helpful.
I am now motivated to pick up a lottery ticket before the next drawing. In the mean time, how much for the artwork behind Jeremy? That might be in my budget.

She is so adorable!

 

Wonderful video. Very educational

 

Straight out of YouTube with Jordan and her channel "Jewels of the Trade":

This is the mother of all pearl videos, and you won't want to miss a minute of it. In this video, YOU will not only get to examine an ultra-fine strand of pearls with the guidance of one of the industry's leading experts on pearls, but you'll also get to see REAL examples of:-Fine Vs. Ultra-Fine Pearl Quality Comparisons-South Sea vs Akoya and Freshwater Pearls-
The rare phenomenon, "Orient," in South Sea pearls-Natural Pearls including Conch and Melo Melo-Hanadama Akoya Pearls-Fine Baroque Freshwater Pearls and-Fine Souffle Pearls

*LEARN MORE*Take CPAA's Pearls As One course for FREE! Visit https://www.pearlsasone.org/ and use the discount code JOTT

*ABOUT JEREMY*Jeremy is the owner of Pearl Paradise, founder of Pearl-Guide.com and co-author of CPAA's Pearls As One online course.

https://www.pearlparadise.com/
IG: pearlparadise_official
YT: @PearlparadiseLA

Awesome video! Really loved seeing those expensive strands!

 

Love it all!!! Such a fun post & I learned so much!

 

Straight out of YouTube with Jordan and her channel "Jewels of the Trade":

This is the mother of all pearl videos, and you won't want to miss a minute of it. In this video, YOU will not only get to examine an ultra-fine strand of pearls with the guidance of one of the industry's leading experts on pearls, but you'll also get to see REAL examples of:-Fine Vs. Ultra-Fine Pearl Quality Comparisons-South Sea vs Akoya and Freshwater Pearls-
The rare phenomenon, "Orient," in South Sea pearls-Natural Pearls including Conch and Melo Melo-Hanadama Akoya Pearls-Fine Baroque Freshwater Pearls and-Fine Souffle Pearls

*LEARN MORE*Take CPAA's Pearls As One course for FREE! Visit https://www.pearlsasone.org/ and use the discount code JOTT

*ABOUT JEREMY*Jeremy is the owner of Pearl Paradise, founder of Pearl-Guide.com and co-author of CPAA's Pearls As One online course.

https://www.pearlparadise.com/
IG: pearlparadise_official
YT: @PearlparadiseLA

I was a Pearl restringer for retail jewelry stores for 25 years. Good cultured pearls are almost always knotted and fake pearls are not. I appreciate your video and I learned a lot from it.
Donna Collins

 

Actually, all my fake pearls are knotted, including the high end ones I collect (Majorica.)
And many cultured Japanese strands aren't knotted other than the end few pearls.

Whether or not a pearl strand is knotted is not a reliable indicator of the pearls being real vs. fake.

 

I was a Pearl restringer for retail jewelry stores for 25 years. Good cultured pearls are almost always knotted and fake pearls are not. I appreciate your video and I learned a lot from it.
Donna Collins

I'm sorry, but my experience has been different. All my fake pearls were knotted, and many vintage cultured pearls and pearls from Japan were not knotted. You can't judge by the knots. But I am often swayed by the quality of the findings and clasps, but I've also seen sterling silver clasps on fake pearls, and CZ clasps on Hanadamas. Always examine the pearls themselves.

 

Laughing.... I have all sorts of variations for a variety or reasons..some historic reasons, some current reasons. The price of gold, the price of pearls, historic tariffs, current tariffs, jewelers skills, location of pearls and clasps. I understand why people look to hand knotted as higher end and gold clasps as higher end, but there are so many reasons that actually looking at the pearls is really the only way to tell. I was reminding my husband why Mikimoto used silver clasps early on. Japanese had incredible silversmiths who made brooches that imitated grasshoppers, including the jumping! That is some serious skill!! So when it came time to make clasps for valuable pearls, of course they would turn to silver. They did not view silver as lesser metal as much as "what we know very well." Looking at pearls is the way to tell. But sometimes people use google lens to tell real from faux..not helpful.

 

I was a Pearl restringer for retail jewelry stores for 25 years. Good cultured pearls are almost always knotted and fake pearls are not. I appreciate your video and I learned a lot from it.
Donna Collins

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