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#522815 - 10/14/09 01:40 PM Help me with buying a VG pair of pearl studs
melissa1977 Offline
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Registered: 10/24/05
Posts: 13
Loc: Central NY
Hi, since everybody here has always been helpful when I've asked questions before; I would like to ask for some help on pearl stud earrings.

I want to buy a pair for everyday use in the next week or so for myself; in the $100-200 range; cheaper would be great though. I am interested in the 7mm-8mm size,no bigger or they would look weird on my small lobes. I would prefer good quality Akoya pearls (to last me), but would also consider a pair of well matched VERY round high quality FW pearls (not dyed or bleached though).

I would like to get just a very well matched pair half drilled as I can get my own simple style gold mountings online and I have industrial strength jewelry glue to make them myself or if I find a pair of studs I really love,I would be fine buying them already set too. I've been keeping my eye on Ebay for used Mikimoto 18kt studs. There is 1 auction going right now for in the 7mm range 18ktyg and they look to be in top notch used condition, but I'm unsure how much they will end at. I was also considering Blue Nile, but that would put my at the top of my price if not over. I noticed somebody else in another post recommended TaDragon from Ebay. I looked them up and I saw a few pairs I really liked slightly under $100, but was unsure about ordering over sea's.
Does anybody else have any suggestions on where to go?

Oh also, for the cup and peg mounts if I am able to just buy the pearls,where would you recommend buying them online? I did find some from Firemountaingems, but was wondering what else is out there?


Thanks
Melissa

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#522818 - 10/14/09 01:43 PM Re: Help me with buying a VG pair of pearl studs [Re: melissa1977]
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Registered: 03/25/07
Posts: 15895
Loc: VA
i love love love http://www.pearlparadise.com for their freshadamas and thepearlout.com

i've got a pair of 8.5-9mm freshadamas and they're awesome! they rival my 9mm akoya pendant.

you can see pics of my freshadamas here:

http://betterthandiamond.com/discussion/...4709#Post474709
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#522819 - 10/14/09 01:45 PM Re: Help me with buying a VG pair of pearl studs [Re: Blingaholic]
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Registered: 03/25/07
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7.5mm - 8mm freshadamas studs are $54 + shipping! \:o

http://www.pearlparadise.com/70-80-mm-White-Freshadama-Freshwater-Pearl-Stud-Earrings771.aspx

if you do order, code PPD-08 should give you $10 off \:\)oops, sorry, it no longer works \:\(


Edited by Blingaholic (10/14/09 01:48 PM)
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#522824 - 10/14/09 01:56 PM Re: Help me with buying a VG pair of pearl studs [Re: Blingaholic]
melissa1977 Offline
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Registered: 10/24/05
Posts: 13
Loc: Central NY
Wow Bling, thanks for the super quick reply. I checked out your link and when I get home I will go over the whole site. Do you know how there other colors are in person? For those prices I just have to buy more than 1 pair \:\)
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#522825 - 10/14/09 01:59 PM Re: Help me with buying a VG pair of pearl studs [Re: melissa1977]
Blingaholic Offline
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\:D i haven't bought any other colors from them but i imagine they'd be gorgeous!

they have a 90 day return policy, so i guess if you don't like the colors, you can return them. not sure if they refund on shipping, though.
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#522897 - 10/14/09 06:46 PM Re: Help me with buying a VG pair of pearl studs [Re: Blingaholic]
melissa1977 Offline
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Registered: 10/24/05
Posts: 13
Loc: Central NY
Bling, I came across these on Ebay and loved the color. Not as big as I wanted, but just love the color. What do you think?

After looking at the link you posted for some time I'm not sure if they are right for me. I actually prefer a muted pearl surface that seems to glow from within. I don't really like the mirror like surface. It seemed by your photo's that your earrings had a very mirror like surface.

http://cgi.ebay.com/AAA-Ocean-Natural-BE...=item5acfd1256c

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#522912 - 10/14/09 07:12 PM Re: Help me with buying a VG pair of pearl studs [Re: melissa1977]
Blingaholic Offline
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Registered: 03/25/07
Posts: 15895
Loc: VA
i think the pearllunar earrings are gorgeous. <3 i've never bought from her, but i know MsT has and a few other ladies here have, too. her earrings are also very lustrous. i think my earrings are a rose overtone so they appear different. i had a pair that had ivory overtones, and they were more muted and did seem to glow from within. \:\)
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#522917 - 10/14/09 07:20 PM Re: Help me with buying a VG pair of pearl studs [Re: Blingaholic]
MsT Moderator Offline
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Registered: 02/04/04
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My first pair of Akoya studs were from PL and they were fantastic!!! I gave them to my mother because my friend who owns a pawn shop gave me a pair of similar studs as a gift. In any event, the PL studs were really high luster and perfectly matched. My only complaint was the earring back could have been larger. I paid 75.

I loved my Freshadama necklace (never had the earrings) and have always been impressed with Bling's earrings. Yum! I do prefer the softer luster of akoya to freshwater though. Found that out through trial and error.

I don't like the studs shown in the ebay link. The color isn't right. Go for something white with rose overtones. That is universally appealing.


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#523542 - 10/17/09 09:44 AM Re: Help me with buying a VG pair of pearl studs [Re: MsT]
sparklee Moderator Offline
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Registered: 03/27/03
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I've also bought quite a few items from Pearl Lunar and have been very happy with my purchases. I've also been more than thrilled with the Freshadama's from Pearl Paradise and have a 7.5mm pair that I wear as my everyday pearls. For going-out and more formal occasions I wear a set of Akoya's, which as MsT has pointed out, have a luster that is hard to beat.
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#523852 - 10/19/09 07:29 AM Re: Help me with buying a VG pair of pearl studs [Re: sparklee]
melissa1977 Offline
Curious


Registered: 10/24/05
Posts: 13
Loc: Central NY
Well, after buying my first pearl studs from MsT, Thank you very much by the way.

I think I have to buy a pearl cloth or cleaner, watching a few auctions from Pearlluna, LOL. What would everybody recommend for cleaning pearls?


Melissa

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