Buying pearl can be fun and enjoyable. You should make pearls you buy can be worth the money you pay for them. However, there are many factors to consider before buying a new piece of beautiful pearl jewelry on eBay for you or someone you love. We must consider the principles of simple pearl prices with areas that you, you are buying pearls as a process that should be fun.
These factors may affect the value of pearls:
* Pearl-type (South Sea, Tahiti, marine, freshwater, Akoya, natural, cultural, very, light bulbs, etc.)
* Size
* Color
* Form
* Glitter
* Surface
nacre thickness *
* Correspondent
Pearl type:
When buying pearls on eBay, if the first question you ask yourself or seller of such gems. This (cultured in the oceans, sea, golf course or bay) is one of the jewels of the sea or freshwater pearls (river, lake or pond)? Akoya pearls can be several times more expensive than freshwater pearls of similar quality and size. One reason is that you can in the shell for up to 40 freshwater pearls in one harvest. Oysters in the sea usually produces one or two sea pearls at a time. Tahitian pearls, South Sea pearls and Akoya pearls are characterized by sea pearls.
Today, as a result of freshwater cultured pearls are high quality and affordable price, it has a new fashion in freshwater pearls as an affordable alternative to costly saltwater pearls, like the sea to the south of Tahiti pearls and pearl is created. It is normal that some of the freshwater pearls of high quality can be more expensive than the price of medium quality pearls Akoya. Some high-end large round freshwater pearls and white roses, the retail price of about $ 5.000 to $ 10.000 is in jewelry.
In general, the balls are much more expensive than blister pearls and Mabe pearls
Size:
In general, the larger the pearl the more valuable it. Size can significantly affect the value, for example, an increase of 1 mm medium quality pearls can raise prices by 100% to 200%.
South Sea Pearl: As a rule, more than Akoya and freshwater pearls, the average diameter of Rule 9-19mm range.
Pearls of Tahiti: There is no doubt that the majority of the black pearl, the more expensive it is. Tahitian pearls usually range in size from 9-18 mm and the average size is usually between 9 and 12 mm.
Freshwater pearls: the size of freshwater pearls are more variable than sea pearls, which range from 2 to 3 mm 14-16mm or more, depending on the size of the inserted nucleus of the seam and the thickness of the nacre.
Akoya pearls: Akoya pearls are the size typically ranges from 5-10mm. Although the Japanese Akoya pearls beads are often called, Akoya pearls are cultured on common outside of eBay Japan. Due to pollution and strong competition from other Asian countries, China, Korea, Sri Lanka and others, farms declined Akoya much to lose. On the contrary, China is now the largest producer of pearls Akoya, less than 8 mm, most of Akoya pearls over 8 mm, grown in Japan, like pearls Mikimoto. If a strand of Akoya Pearl Necklace 7-7.5mm on eBay, it is likely the Chinese cultured pearls Akoya pearls.
Color:
Pearl color is a combination of body color and harmonic overlap in body color pearls. Colored beads and harmonic forms is desirable.
Category Housing Color:
light pink color and pink: The price range is greater. The natural color of pink pearls, usually in the body color, not pink or dark pink ping, more than die of pink pearls, the color of the body, it seems, the cost / darker than the natural color pink pink.
* The color white: equal or less than pearls with pale pink body.
* Color: light cream: usually less expensive than white.
* Colours Cream: usually cost less than cream.
* Dark cream and yellow: If more than 40% cheaper than white pearls Akoya.
Marine pearl white and pink usually sell more yellow. Golden color South Sea pearls from Indonesia and the Philippines are an exception and can be as much as white South Sea pearls for sale, provided that the golden color is natural and intense.
Pink pearl white accents, the most valuable is desirable. greenish or yellowish overtones tend to reduce the price of white pearls.
Shape:
In general, the more round and symmetrical the pearl, the more valuable the pearl. Some of the unique shape and asymmetrical pearls are desirable and is often used to create custom beaded jewelry. Cheaper forms of baroque pearls form, irregular and asymmetrical. In most cases, these bulbs have visible lines that grow pearls.
Gloss:
What is Pearl luster?
* The brightness and shimmer pearls.
* Strong reflections
reflection of the form *
* The contrast between light and dark areas of the Pearl
Larger and deeper shine, the more valuable the pearl. pearl high gloss shows strong and sharp reflection of light and good contrast between light and dark areas of the pearl. Low luster pearls milky, chalky and dull.
Area:
It is normal for pearls to make some mistakes. Less and error, the more valuable the pearl.
nacre thickness:
nacre thickness is crucial for cultured pearls. Cultured pearls are those who intentionally use a shell pearl shell in the nucleus is formed. If the rod does not remain long enough in the cochlea, a snail is not the time to cover them with layers of nacre enough to be a shining pearl.
The thicker the nacre pearls, the best and most precious jewel. One of the biggest selling points of freshwater cultured pearls is that they usually have a higher percentage of nacre than their saltwater counterparts.
Correspondents
The best combination of beads by color, shape, brightness, size and texture, the more valuable they are.
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