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It seems everyone is reading Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s controversial book, Lean In.  By the sheer number of people responding to it, both women and men alike, it seems destined to change the c...

Welcome to the world of the ONE-OF-A-KIND PEARLS—a display  of  the most beautiful pearls of desire where the only limitation is your imagination. In  this  series,  the  world’s  most  tr...

  PASPALEY  is  Australia’s national treasure. It is  the world’s leading Australian South Sea pearl company which grows the world’s finest pearls. Their pearls are so outstanding that t...

PROVENANCE. Of all known gemstones, royalty has always favored the pearl due to its rarity and beauty. Some are familiar to us from royal images and portraits, but unfortunately, the fate of most of t...

1. Rare Three-Strand Natural Pearl Necklace.  $ 1.4 million (sold by Christie’s in 2013) On April 16, 2013, this RARE NATURAL THREE-STRAND NECKLACE  was auctioned at Christie’s as part of Ne...

THE MAGNIFICENT YVEL

March 19, 2013

Above: YVEL, Largest Natural South Sea Baroque Pearl Necklace in the World 20 by 24 to 20 by 29 mm. multi-color natural baroque South Sea pearl necklace, combining 18K yellow gold clasp set with 21.69...

Angelina’s Pearls

February 16, 2013

For this Gemini, she takes on a luminous quality when she wears her birthstone. Unlike diamonds, pearls give the spotlight to her. They  make eyes travel to her, and not to them. Let us take a look a...

THE STAR’S PEARL

February 08, 2013

Depicted in art works over the centuries and coveted by kings and queens, the La Peregrina was given to Liz Taylor by actor husband Richard Burton in 1969. Suspended from a Cartier necklace, the 16th ...

Although pearls are worn by seductresses, a penchant for pearls remains synonymous with fine ladies. Below is the portrait of the beautiful socialite, Lady Helen Vincent, by her friend and the leading...

Pearls have been used throughout art history  to symbolize the sins and weaknesses traditionally ascribed to women: vanity, extravagance, and greed. For the master painters, the main attraction of de...

The New York Pearl Jeweler

September 11, 2012

The pearls used in the Ella Gafter collection come from undyed, untreated, and unbleached gifts of nature to inspire any woman with an eye for artistry in design and unabashed desire for glamour. This...

THE ICONS

August 07, 2012

An icon of the fashion universe is Coco Chanel who said, “A woman needs ropes and ropes of pearls.”  She epitomized the style of not only clothing but wearing layers of pearls in many different s...

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