Q: I am a designer in Central Pennsylvania. I have been starting to work with tahitian pearls in my work and am looking for a source of appropriate tahitian pearls. I have seen Jeremy's posts on the pearl-guide and he made reference to importing and resale. Do you sell small lots of loose pearls? If so, how to do start the process of getting information about that? (I do have appropriate EIN number and state tax ID of course.)
A: We do indeed sell lots of Tahitian pearls. Our main focus is on rounds in A/B lots which are no-spot to 2-3 or 10% spot. These are the lots we typically bid for at auction. From these lots we separate the top gem which is no-spot to single spot which of course becomes top gem when the pearl is pierced. These are the pearls we use for single, pair, and triple sets in earrings and pendants.
We also do buy large lots of circle pearls, although we typically process most of these into strands immediately as they are a bit more difficult to sell.
Keshi pearls are another genre of Tahitian we have recently entered, and we currently have approximately 100 lots of 50 mixed keshi each.
What types of pearls are you looking to use in your pieces, and what size lots are you interested in?
Our current inventory of round is somewhat low at the moment, but we still have several hundred pieces in most sizes up to 13 mm. We plan to replenish at the Poe Rava Nui auction in Hong Kong at the end of February and again at GIE Tahiti pearl auction in Papeete in March.
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