Yellowing means aged, dried nacre — not rarity — so yellowed pearls usually keep modest market value. How to tell aged white pearls from naturally golden ones, what they’re honestly worth, and how to care for them.
One ten-second tooth test catches most imitation pearls; four quick checks confirm it. A pearl farmer’s sixty-second routine for screening any pearl — Akoya, South Sea, Tahitian or a flea-market mystery.
A cultured pearl necklace is a strand of real, farm-grown pearls. What "cultured" means, how Akoya, South Sea, Tahitian and freshwater strands differ, and how to choose your length.
The simple dos and don'ts that keep Tahitian pearls glowing for generations — when to wipe, what to avoid, how to store and restring, from people who handle thousands a year.