mikimoto necklace

[Beachkid23]

I have heard of these pearls before and I see online they can go for a good amount of money. I'm wondering if anybody has any experience of having them when they don't have a clasp on them. The owner said she got them directly from Japan when she was there her husband. He bought them for her and she never wore them. They have the original box. I'm assuming they're from the 1960s like everything else in her house seem to be. Where would you price something like this? it looks like most of them have 18k or 14 K clasp. This is yet to have one added.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

How to Research for Treasure Hunting and Metal Detecting From Lead Generation to Vetting - Grab it through Amazon!

[vpnavy]

..: NICE BUY Beachkid :..
Thanks for sharing!

..: Moved from Garage Sale Finds! over to What's It Worth? for more exposure :..​

 

[tamrock]

It's a graduated set, meaning each pearl from the largest one to the smallest are specifically selected. Also the color and orient are specifically selected in order to obtain a perfect match of pearls in the set. I've got book on pearls that explains what to look for in valuable pearls. All I can say it's worth much more then the average string of pearls one finds out there. What is the diameter of the largest pearl? It'll be that one that also that determines the value also. I'd look up Mikimoto Akoya Pearls for sale and you should get good idea what they're worth. I gave my wife a string of fine perfectly matched graduated set of Akoya pearls that are from the 1950s or so. The largest pearl in that set is 7.5mm. I traded a 14k Glycine wristwatch for it at a estate jewelry dealer in Grand Junction, Co.

 

[Molewacker]

I would write Mikimoto with the photos of the pearls, box and Price tag?? and a estimate of purchase year - just in case they were purchased w/o clasp for final fitting.

Your tag and stamp may be the exception to the rule below -

Otherwise, no way to say if they are Mikimotos - from respected pearl guide website


X-raying would not tell you whether a pearl was Mikimoto brand; it would only show you whether there is a bead nucleus inside the pearl.
Mikimoto themselves say they cannot appraise a strand as being Mikimoto brand without the clasp.
On that FAQ page on Mikimoto site it says:

"As the clasp is the only place in a strand or bracelet where the Mikimoto trademark is engraved, it is not possible to appraise a strand or a bracelet as genuine Mikimoto without it."

They are very lovely!

 

[Molewacker]

I posted photos to the experts at Pearl guide - I'll pass on reply's -

Also sent to Mikimoto America -

 

[Molewacker]

A completed eBay auction sans clasp/ with seal - of course length / pearl size / box changes value


MIKIMOTO-7-00-4-00-MM-NEW-GRADUATED-PEARL-NECKLACE-ORIGINAL-WAX-SEAL-AND-BOX

And from Pearl Guide -

Gosh never seen one with a label right out before the clasp. Miki really won't auth wo clasp but this one appears to have the original miki tags attached & you might get that one by them or else it was a fake way back but not likely at that time with the box.

These days a box or a clasp is not even 100% id as they can be switched & faked.

Interesting!

 

[Beachkid23]

Thank you all for the help. I did not realize it was moved over to this section or I would have replied back sooner. Thank you all for the posts though I haven't had any time to mess with them yet but hopefully when my kids go back to school it will give me some free time to do some investigating.

The owner said her husband picked them out for her when they were younger and she was much skinnier. Lol. And never did anything with them. She thought back in the 60's.