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Shiny_Rock
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This thread is long overdue. I have bought this necklace in the January 2020 and never had the chance to physically see it in person - until now! Now looking at the pearl prices I am so glad I bit the bullet on them because I probably would not have another chance now lol.
Basically, my mother's long time trusted jadeite vendor (back when jadeite was not so ridiculously priced) invited a pearl vendor to their show, where the vendor was doing a live stream on Taobao. At the time, the vendor was mainly selling freshwater pearls, but put out a strand of GrandPearl necklace for comparison. My mother was telling me about how pretty the strand was, without much knowledge about pearls, and upon hearing this I immediately jumped up and said "Hold on, did you say GrandPearl? Is it for sale?"
After some negotiation with that vendor we got it shipped to China and bought it from her. Then cue the lockdown where I was physically unable to go back to retrieve it until this year. 4 years is a long wait, but it's finally here.
I only have some pictures of it in indoor light, but I will try to grab some pics in natural light as well. It's so hard to photograph them in indoor lighting, they don't look nearly as good since my light is so warm . I also got a new phone recently and i feel like the camera settings need to be played with more to capture it.
The color on the pearls does not match to an identical extent, but it doesn't really bother me honestly.
Basically, my mother's long time trusted jadeite vendor (back when jadeite was not so ridiculously priced) invited a pearl vendor to their show, where the vendor was doing a live stream on Taobao. At the time, the vendor was mainly selling freshwater pearls, but put out a strand of GrandPearl necklace for comparison. My mother was telling me about how pretty the strand was, without much knowledge about pearls, and upon hearing this I immediately jumped up and said "Hold on, did you say GrandPearl? Is it for sale?"
After some negotiation with that vendor we got it shipped to China and bought it from her. Then cue the lockdown where I was physically unable to go back to retrieve it until this year. 4 years is a long wait, but it's finally here.
I only have some pictures of it in indoor light, but I will try to grab some pics in natural light as well. It's so hard to photograph them in indoor lighting, they don't look nearly as good since my light is so warm . I also got a new phone recently and i feel like the camera settings need to be played with more to capture it.
The color on the pearls does not match to an identical extent, but it doesn't really bother me honestly.
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