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Date: 8/21/2009 12:22:10 AM
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Date: 7/29/2009 7:03:34 PM
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Jackie O''s pearls were not real either. They were made by Kenneth J Lane and are on display at the smithsonian. Same for Nancy Reagans and Barbara Bush''s.
Jackie O wore fake pearls????? Well, I''ll go to the foot of our stairs
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She, as well as Princess Diana, occassionally wore costume jewelry. I know Barbara Bush''s were fake as well.
 

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There''s a terrific book "People & Pearls" where you''ll find some amazing photographs. Everyone from Josephine Baker to Amelia Earhart in pearls. The book talks about Coco Chanel, who wore layers and layers of pearls, many of those strands were fake.

I don''t doubt that Miss Pelosi owns Majorcan pearls, but she does own a strand of real mixed south seas. A dear friend is part owner of a couple of pearl farms, one in Tahiti and one in Indonesia, and he sells his pearls to (among other places world wide) a jewelry store in the San Francisco area. That jeweler sold Miss Pelosi her mixed strand.

What a small pearl world this is!

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Really like these earrings Megan Fox wore recently.

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Just the earrings.

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The Baroda pearls

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Date: 10/25/2009 6:43:06 PM
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The Baroda pearls

Hmmmm... I think 6 extra strands was a thad much.
 

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This is a set from Lady Diana, Princess of Wales. i believe it is an aquarmine clasp on the pearl bracelet. I just love it!

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Date: 10/27/2009 10:48:16 PM
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Date: 10/25/2009 6:43:06 PM

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The Baroda pearls


Hmmmm... I think 6 extra strands was a thad much.

The extra strands? I thought it was originally a 7 strand necklace.
 

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Date: 10/28/2009 2:04:20 AM
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Date: 10/27/2009 10:48:16 PM
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Date: 10/25/2009 6:43:06 PM

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The Baroda pearls


Hmmmm... I think 6 extra strands was a thad much.

The extra strands? I thought it was originally a 7 strand necklace.
LOL...I have no idea. Can''t get use to all the pearls on men, I guess.
 

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Bhupindar Singh, the Maharaja of Patalia had a few pearls. Too much Mochi?

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Date: 10/29/2009 12:56:19 AM
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Bhupindar Singh, the Maharaja of Patalia had a few pearls. Too much Mochi?
WOW!
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Thats alot of pearls, jewelry in general.

Is it just me that western royalty (men) wears more jewels then the Europeans?
 

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Date: 10/29/2009 10:57:06 PM
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Date: 10/29/2009 12:56:19 AM

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Bhupindar Singh, the Maharaja of Patalia had a few pearls. Too much Mochi?

WOW!
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Thats alot of pearls, jewelry in general.


Is it just me that western royalty (men) wears more jewels then the Europeans?

Did you mean eastern royalty? Many of the Maharajas not only enjoyed wearing them but were avid collectors and connoisseurs. In 1928 Bupindar Singh famously turned up unannounced at Boucherons Paris, accompanied by his Sikh bodyguards who were carrying 6 iron trunks of gems which included rare grey pearls, rubies and over 7 and a half thousand diamonds and 1,432 large emeralds with a total weight of 7,800 carats. The Maharana of Dholpur was said to have the finest collection of pearls in India. The last Tsar of Russia is supposed to have offered Naharana Nihal Singh forty million rupees for one string. Mahraja''s Jewels by Prior and Adamson is a fascinating book.
 

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Date: 10/30/2009 1:43:52 AM
Author: klewis

Date: 10/29/2009 10:57:06 PM
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Date: 10/29/2009 12:56:19 AM

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Bhupindar Singh, the Maharaja of Patalia had a few pearls. Too much Mochi?

WOW!
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Thats alot of pearls, jewelry in general.


Is it just me that western royalty (men) wears more jewels then the Europeans?

Did you mean eastern royalty? Many of the Maharajas not only enjoyed wearing them but were avid collectors and connoisseurs. In 1928 Bupindar Singh famously turned up unannounced at Boucherons Paris, accompanied by his Sikh bodyguards who were carrying 6 iron trunks of gems which included rare grey pearls, rubies and over 7 and a half thousand diamonds and 1,432 large emeralds with a total weight of 7,800 carats. The Maharana of Dholpur was said to have the finest collection of pearls in India. The last Tsar of Russia is supposed to have offered Naharana Nihal Singh forty million rupees for one string. Mahraja''s Jewels by Prior and Adamson is a fascinating book.
Oh, goodness.... that''s probably what I meant . I find it interesting how different the men dressess and wears their jewelry. I would love to get a book on royal jewels. I just put the Mahraja''s Jewels book on my amazon wish list. Thanks, Klewis!!
 

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Date: 10/27/2009 10:48:16 PM
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Date: 10/25/2009 6:43:06 PM
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The Baroda pearls

Hmmmm... I think 6 extra strands was a thad much.
That because she is choking him with them
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Date: 11/2/2009 9:00:10 PM
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Date: 10/27/2009 10:48:16 PM

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Date: 10/25/2009 6:43:06 PM

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The Baroda pearls


Hmmmm... I think 6 extra strands was a thad much.
That because she is choking him with them
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Hey, it does look like that too!

This photo shows Sita Devi wearing a diamond necklace which features The Star of the South, a Brazilian diamond that had been bought in the 1860s.

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Date: 7/9/2009 10:20:59 PM
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Remember the Diana ''Elvis'' dress? It was studded with pearls.

Here''s a link to the picture and there''s also some other links to famous people and their pearls.

http://www.karipearls.com/princess-diana.html
I am the most unfashionable person ever. I look at that dress and wonder how uncomfortable it must be to sit in it - and if it might damage the pearls.
 

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"La Liz", Princess Diana and Jackie have/had some of the most beautiful pearl sets, imo
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Ahhhh, great thread.... all my faves, Ann Boelyn,, those Tudor women... Princess Di, Grace Kelly, Breakfast at Tiffany''s incomparable Audrey, the sublime, the great Jackie-O, what binds these magnificent ladies together, why pearls.
 

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oh goodness, how can I omit.. the greats.... Coco Chanel, Michelle Obama, and Liz---, style icons, pearl girls each and every one
 

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Elizabeth I and her pearls

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Date: 12/9/2009 10:34:18 PM
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Ahhhh, great thread.... all my faves, Ann Boelyn,, those Tudor women... Princess Di, Grace Kelly, Breakfast at Tiffany''s incomparable Audrey, the sublime, the great Jackie-O, what binds these magnificent ladies together, why pearls.

Well said!
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Girl with pearl earring. Vermeer
 

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top model or what?

Maria de Medici and pearls..

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