Takahashi south sea pearl board!

MakingTheGrade · Mar 3, 2022

Kim N said:
What an amazing pearl you're getting, MakingTheGrade! Can't wait for you to get it. Could you share where you bought your net necklace from?

Ordered it through Takahashi as well who coordinated with a jeweler they use locally

MakingTheGrade · Mar 16, 2022

MakingTheGrade said:
Sigh
I said I wouldn’t
I shouldn’t
But a PEPCA certified Super pearl is so so rare. Like .01% of the harvest or something to that affect.
And this one happens to be on the smaller end of sizes for WSS (I prefer under 14mm for wearability since I’m kinda short and round myself).
And I don’t have ANY WSS
And who knows how many more years I’d have to wait to have a chance of another one.
I’ll never own a D IF AGS0 diamond
But I am going to get this best of the best white south sea pearl.

Little birdie tells me there might be some photos coming soon… so excited!

MakingTheGrade · Mar 16, 2022

@yssie was kind enough to take pics for me. I’m too lazy to start a thread lol

MakingTheGrade · Mar 16, 2022

SparklieBug · Mar 17, 2022

ACK!!! Be still my heart! What a gorgeous pearl, @MakingTheGrade —and beeeautiful photos, @yssie! Thank you both so much for sharing all the gorgeous.

BrownGinger · Mar 17, 2022

@MakingTheGrade this is so exciting! It’s beautiful!

PinkAndBlueBling · Mar 17, 2022

Stunning!

Now I need to see photos of the net!!!!

MakingTheGrade · Mar 17, 2022

PinkAndBlueBling said:
Stunning! Now I need to see photos of the net!!!!

You and me both! Haha it’s still being made

This is the sample model but mine will be longer and in rose gold

AntiqueSparkle · Mar 17, 2022

This is glorious. Please don’t skimp on the pictures!!

MakingTheGrade · Mar 17, 2022

Haha

AntiqueSparkle said:
This is glorious. Please don’t skimp on the pictures!!

I didn’t take the pictures so it’s up to @yssie

yssie · Mar 18, 2022

Hey folks!! So @MakingTheGrade and I will figure out which pics we're gonna share once she's got her pearl. I feel super weird posting photos I took in public before she hes seen her own pearl eve though she's told me she's cool with it - so this is my hangup here!!

And most of the photos - even of just my own - have hers in them so... Hold onto your hats, y'all, they're coming

yssie · Mar 18, 2022

Ugh. Autocorrect fails abound.

MakingTheGrade · Mar 19, 2022

Just go it! It is STuNning.
Makes my other pearls look bad by comparison. Oof.

I got a “temp setting” for now so I can wear it.

MakingTheGrade · Mar 20, 2022

Ugh. Now that I have the pearl, I’m impatient for the net necklace to be done and shipped!

CMN · Mar 20, 2022

Gorgeous!

MakingTheGrade · Mar 20, 2022

I actually think I like it better in gold. Which bodes well cause I ordered the net necklace in 18 rose gold.

MakingTheGrade · Mar 20, 2022

canuk-gal · Mar 20, 2022

MakingTheGrade said:
@yssie was kind enough to take pics for me. I’m too lazy to start a thread lol

I have NO idea how @yssie had your pearl MTG---but I'm glad she did. Gorgeous pearl photos!!!!

MakingTheGrade · Mar 20, 2022

canuk-gal said:
I have NO idea how @yssie had your pearl MTG---but I'm glad she did. Gorgeous pearl photos!!!!

Haha well she really wanted to see what a certified Supearl looked like. Sort of how diamond collectors probably would wanna see a AGS0 D IF just to see what the certified “best” is supposedly. Lol. Happy to say she approves and also that her WSS from the special Papsely board also would have hands-down gotten the Supearl cert if it was a thing they did outside of Japan lol. Honestly I think they’re better since Australia and papsely have the best WSS in the world (given that they are growing there and my understanding is that papsely has dibs the vast majority of harvest). But I know how nice it is to confirm it with your own eyes and have it be “mind clean”. At least it would for me.