A great irony of pearl history is that the least expensive cultured pearl product in the market today rivals the quality of the most expensive natural pearls ever found. The price-value anomaly is ...

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Before the creation of cultured pearls in the early 1900s ... today's working women might take for granted, a 16-inch strand of perhaps 50 pearls, often costs between $500 and $5,000.

Natural versus cultured. Natural pearls are hard to find. They're rare, and this makes them worth more money. But let's rewind for a second. What is a natural pearl, and how are they formed?

His strand has since been retired to the Cooperstown ... After Mikimoto founder Kokichi Mikimoto invented cultured pearl technology, it made pearls accessible to the masses. Mikimoto’s goal ...

The larger size makes South Sea pearls and black pearls more valued. This strand of South Sea cultured pearls is selling for $32,000. The shape and surface of the pearl also impacts its value.

Pearl jewelry is considered by many to be something of a classic—so much so that at one time, a strand of pearls was ...