Mikimoto?

[lmyracle]

I was gifted these but the clasp doesn’t look like Mikimoto’s I’ve seen. I was told they’re probably 40years old. Can anyone verify by looking at them? Curious as to value. They’re probably 6.5mm if I had to guess and maybe 20”.

 

[pearlsngems]

Is the tongue of the clasp marked BL and 585?

I found a similar necklace listed 3 years ago and the seller said BL stood for Blue Lagoon, one of Mikimoto's lesser brands.

My Grandmas Estate Vintage Mikimoto 14K 585 Gold 7mm Pearl Necklace Earrings SET

View more great items. This is a Vintage,

pearlgoldset.net

I hunted further and found a thread discussing a necklace like this, on the other pearl forum. BWeaves said she had a necklace just like this and that it is Blue Lagoon.

 

[lmyracle]

I will look as soon as I get back home!

 

[lmyracle]

That’s it! It says BL 585.

 

[lilmosun]

THANK YOU for posting this @lmyracle and the information @pearlsngems .

Back in the 1980s, I saw an 18" strand of "Mikimoto" pearls at Marshalls (the off-price department store). They were very inexpensive...around $300 (my now husband worked at the headquarters so got a discount). Recognizing the brand, but knowing nothing else (before the Internet ), I was excited at their affordability so he bought them for me as a total impulse buy.

I loved them so much that a couple of years later, when in Hong Kong on business, I bought a strand of loose matching akoyas that I had strung into varying length necklaces to have different lengths or layer. I wore them for years.

I go in phases with my jewelry and so they eventually sat in a box for decades. About 10 years ago, I took them back out and had them all restrung thinking they deserved some love. Realizing that true Mikimoto's wouldn't be sold at Marshalls, I looked at the markings. While I saw the clasp was 14kt, Mikimoto markings were missing on the original strand and while the pearls were nice, I realized they weren't the quality one expected of Mikimoto.

Until I saw this post, I assumed they were some knock off brand named to confuse or I imagined the whole Mikimoto thing .

Recognizing the clasp in the picture, I just looked amd sure enough, there is the BL marking next to 585! Mystery solved and while they are commoditized, I got my money's worth in enjoyment and feel better knowing my mind wasn't playing games

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

THANK YOU for posting this @lmyracle and the information @pearlsngems .

Back in the 1980s, I saw an 18" strand of "Mikimoto" pearls at Marshalls (the off-price department store). They were very inexpensive...around $300 (my now husband worked at the headquarters so got a discount). Recognizing the brand, but knowing nothing else (before the Internet ), I was excited at their affordability so he bought them for me as a total impulse buy.

I loved them so much that a couple of years later, when in Hong Kong on business, I bought a strand of loose matching akoyas that I had strung into varying length necklaces to have different lengths or layer. I wore them for years.

I go in phases with my jewelry and so they eventually sat in a box for decades. About 10 years ago, I took them back out and had them all restrung thinking they deserved some love. Realizing that true Mikimoto's wouldn't be sold at Marshalls, I looked at the markings. While I saw the clasp was 14kt, Mikimoto markings were missing on the original strand and while the pearls were nice, I realized they weren't the quality one expected of Mikimoto.

Until I saw this post, I assumed they were some knock off brand named to confuse or I imagined the whole Mikimoto thing .

Recognizing the clasp in the picture, I just looked amd sure enough, there is the BL marking next to 585! Mystery solved and while they are commoditized, I got my money's worth in enjoyment and feel better knowing my mind wasn't playing games

do we get a picture ???

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I was gifted these but the clasp doesn’t look like Mikimoto’s I’ve seen. I was told they’re probably 40years old. Can anyone verify by looking at them? Curious as to value. They’re probably 6.5mm if I had to guess and maybe 20”.

that's a really awsome gift
have you been wearing them ?

 

[lmyracle]

that's a really awsome gift
have you been wearing them ?

Not yet. I just got them but plan on wearing them.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Not yet. I just got them but plan on wearing them.

tonight !
even if you are just having dinner in front of the tv
pearls like to be worn

 

[lmyracle]

Haha! Yes but I’m wearing my new Hanadama strand this evening!