The other thing about those pearls is that the 'baroque' style (which is how they're known in Australia) are more expensive because they take longer to produce. However, you can buy a pair of 10mm white baroque pearls on a gold post here for $A60, which is about $US45, so I'm thinking if we add another couple of mm to bring them up to the same size, & make some more allowances for the exchange rate, you'd still be better off looking elsewhere. That said, you also have to take into some factors into account: lustre, shape, matching, nacre & blemishes. If you can get all that info from the seller & you're still happy with the price, buy 'em. Hell, you can always give them to your friend with the necklace if you don't like 'em!
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Date: 2008-02-23 11:17 pm (UTC)The other thing about those pearls is that the 'baroque' style (which is how they're known in Australia) are more expensive because they take longer to produce. However, you can buy a pair of 10mm white baroque pearls on a gold post here for $A60, which is about $US45, so I'm thinking if we add another couple of mm to bring them up to the same size, & make some more allowances for the exchange rate, you'd still be better off looking elsewhere. That said, you also have to take into some factors into account: lustre, shape, matching, nacre & blemishes. If you can get all that info from the seller & you're still happy with the price, buy 'em. Hell, you can always give them to your friend with the necklace if you don't like 'em!