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Demystify Pearl pricing for a newb, please!

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I’m contemplating my first pearl strand purchase - likely a multicolour strand of south seas and Tahitians; but could also do the classic mono-colour strand.

I would like a graduated strand with a largish centre - 12-14mm maybe; and I don’t need absolutely top quality, i could do AA or A+ (I think?) as long as they’re relatively round with good lustre. I’m less picky about visible blemishes as long as they aren’t egregious.

I’m out of money for a while so this is a project that I’m unlikely to put into action before next year. But I wanted to get an idea of how much it’ll cost me so I can save up for it! I have zero idea of what pearls should cost.

Questions:

1) ballpark what should I expect a strand like this to cost? Even the most rough estimate will do. Are we talking $2k or $20k? Is there a price that is so suspiciously low I definitely shouldn’t consider it?

2) what would be cheaper - a multicoloured strand or a mono coloured strand?

3) are south seas the same price as Tahitians? Are the prices between both colours of south seas the same?

Thank you so much for the help!!
 
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