I am a Certified Pearl Specialist, pearl historian and pearl jewelry designer. I've designed jewelry for Britney, Debra Messing, Kate Flannery, Victoria's Secret models, national news personalities and for many of you! But what I love best about pearls is teaching people about them so that they can fall in love like I have, so that they can feel confident in participating in pearl fashion and so they can make smart buying decisions. I LOVE to interact with my subscribers, so please ask questions in the comments and I will respond to everyone! I'm grateful that you are here!
I found what apearse to be a pear. Passed the test you mentioned. It’s like a composition of many flakes. If I put a flash light to it, you can see it’s made of many disks of different tones & sizes. But I think it might be fake cause its diameter is about the size of a quarter.
I'm enjoying your videos. My brother gave me 3 pearl necklaces and I am trying to learn more about them. One was sold to him as Tahitian pearls, but the strand looks exactly like a strand you show in one of your videos as blue Akoya. They are light blue with a slight grey tone. In some lighting they take on a slight light green hue. Mostly they look blue. They have a 14k white gold clasp. TFS
My brother gave me 3 pearl necklaces that belonged to his wife who passed away. He thinks they are all real. I'm trying to determine if they're real. The first is Tahitian pearls that are a grey bluish color. I think are real. They have 14K gold clasp, knots between each pearl and each pearl is a little different. The 2nd is a 3 string necklace with hefty gold clasp, but no knots. The 3rd is a long single string of smaller pearls with no clasp and each pearl is different, but no knots. All 3 necklaces are rather heavy. I am puzzled. The two clasps say 14kZ . Any idea what is the "Z" mark? I likely should take to a professional jeweler for evaluation.
I found a set of genuine white round pearls necklace and pearls stud earrings with sterling silver at the thrift store in Aspen, Colorado. The pearls are very lustrous, size is maybe around 6-7 mm. I paid $21 for the set.🎉
Great tips, Matt. I've been knotting pearls for about 20 years and I personally prefer baroque shapes and Keishis. I tried selling Tahitian, but they are so expensive wholesale that I stick to fresh water, which are beautiful, too. Thanks again.
My Mum told me to make sure I never got makeup on the pearls she gave me, as it would damage them. Also that perfume and hairspray was no good for them either. However she said that the more you wear them the better they look, something to do with the oil from your skin.
I had my mother's graduated Mikimoto to pearl necklace and earrings set in sterling silver. They were gifted to my mother in Japan (during the occupation after WWII) by Mr. Mikimoto, nephew of the original Mikimoto who perfected the method of culturing pearls. He also once presented her a bowl of pearls and asked her to pick three. She picked one large (not the largest) and three others. He said the large one was the most valuable in the bowl. My brother's widow has it. She had it made into a drop, without piercing or glueing it. Their dsughter-in-law will I Heritage it. I have my mothers strand to my daughter. I have Akoya pearl necklace from Japan from the 1980s and thru are pretty but not as beautiful as my mom's, which had a pinkish glow when worn next to the skin.
I just discovered your channel. I inherited a lot of pearls from my Mom and other family members and I plan on doing the tooth test on them. Thank you for educating all of us.❤️❤️
So glad I found this channel. I am a pearl fanatic. I even named my cat Pearl. I have about 20 different strands. Love the pink tones. My grandson wanted to wear pearls but my daughter told him ' pearls are for girls'. I love your single black pearl. Getting one for him now. Thank you
I have a variety of real pearls, but some are Antique natural and some are cultured pearls... these have vastly different values. I have no problem spotting imitation pearls by eye, though some are beautiful, they just are different looking.
There's also so much natural stone jewellery around featuring an actual chrysotile asbestos stone, usually labelled "zebra jasper". It's not benign at all, because if you're wearing it whilst making dinner, you splash a bit of vinegar on the stone and the upper layer becomes compromised immediately and starts to release the fibres into the air. Even rubbing with your other jewellery is going to damage the integrity of the stone. But many sellers of jewellery have no idea what they're selling as most opaque stones are just given the name of "jasper", so you've got to be careful and it's best to google what the "zebra jasper" looks like and avoid anything similar.
I hope you didn't rob that lady that brought the 3,000 dollar fake pearl necklace to your store. I know you gotta make money but hopefully you treated her fair and gave her a fair price
Great video! Come to find out my pearls are real. Thank you so much. How do you care for real pearls? I’ve heard wearing them regularly helps preserve them. But I don’t know much about pearls.
I have a antique three strand pearl necklace with a baguette cut or art, deco style closure, diamonds, and be difficult to clean. I haven’t seen any videos on this. I have to try to clean it without soaking the strings on the side, right?🎉❤
2 Questions: #1 - When you say "real or fake", what are your definitions? Naturally occurring salt and freshwater pearls are undoubtedly real. Cultured (the human intervention of seeding the molluscs) or "farmed" salt and freshwater pearls are also REAL, but often called fake. #2 - Do you know (or have a video of) what natural v cultured and real v fake look like under uv black light?
Thank You For This Amazing Video. I would like a strand of freshwater black pearls between the size of a BB and a pea about 22 inches long. What would I be looking at paying for this type of order? Please? I would like it for daily wear.
I saw a video from an asian girl pick pearls from mussels in an Asia river and one of the mussels got metallic magenta color pearls! Are they possibly real? Unusual natural color of pearls?
in 2020 my dad gave me 3 boxes of jewellery that my step mother didn’t want, i said thankyou but couldn’t use it because they were earings and my ears aren’t pierced. i only gained awareness on life just this year sooo when i finally paid attention to the beautiful jewellery that had been sat on my shelf for years i opened the box and said “WOW” , there is this beautiful necklace, silver chain with a pearl at the end probably from thailand , i showed my mother and asked her to tell me if it was a real pearl , she didn’t know so i looked this up and turns out it is real 😀😀😀 tooth test is great! thankyou matt
Please tell me you haven't discarded the earrings in any way. Don't give them away, throw them out or sell them, please. You can buy earring converters! That is, they have a clip on our screw style backing which can be worn by anyone even without piercing. These have a small hole or cylinder (depending on the type you choose) which the pierced post/hook attaches to. You'll then be able to wear them whenever you like and it keeps them in your possession for future generations.
new subscriber. Would you please give advice on whom to trust to restring pearls? I adore pearls and have several strands that need to be restrung. Thank you for any advice or help. Cheers!
