Hello everyone! I've been a silent follower on PS for some time now. I've never been hugely into pearls until now, recently my husband surprised me with a visit to Mikimoto for our first anniversary. I own a pearl necklace from my college days so now that I know that the sky is the limit for pearls $_$.... I'm really curious to see what my old ones are? If you can tell me the ball park type (freshwater or not)/quality or even how much they may be valued at, I'd love to know. My house was robbed in 2020, so I'm thinking about insuring some of the jewelry, but if these studs and the necklace aren't worth the $$ I don't want to send it in for an appraisal/insurance, if that makes sense. Thanks in advance and I'm excited to become a "pearl girl"!
The studs are supposed to be akoya with pink tone, I think they are around 5mm but I could be wrong. I bought them on a whim to match a necklace i had but lost the necklace form the robbery. I think I paid around $110 for the studs. The rest of the pictures are the necklace. In case it's not obvious, in person these pearls are obviously not perfectly round, I can see a lot of growth marks and pitting, as well as some scratches (I wore them pretty hard some years ago). The clasp says 14KP, I believe it's just 14k gold plated.
The studs are supposed to be akoya with pink tone, I think they are around 5mm but I could be wrong. I bought them on a whim to match a necklace i had but lost the necklace form the robbery. I think I paid around $110 for the studs. The rest of the pictures are the necklace. In case it's not obvious, in person these pearls are obviously not perfectly round, I can see a lot of growth marks and pitting, as well as some scratches (I wore them pretty hard some years ago). The clasp says 14KP, I believe it's just 14k gold plated.