Pearl jewelry is considered by many to be something of a classic—so much so that at one time, a strand of pearls was the quintessential everyday piece of jewelry for many middle class American women.

Marie Antoinette's pearl was part of a diamond-studded pendant, and it has important historical significance, which increased its value. But there are several other factors that determine the ...

The price-value anomaly is obvious to consumers ... though their centuries-old Buddhas are not true pearls but shell mabes. The first cultured freshwater pearls originated in Japan.

Throughout much of recorded history, a natural pearl necklace comprised of matched spheres was a treasure of almost incomparable value, in fact the most expensive jewelry in the world. Now we see ...

With the spread of pearl farming in the 1930s, other countries began to flood the market, and the value of pearls dropped. The number of pearl boats in the Gulf shrunk from 3,000 down to just 530 ...

(Some are also grown in Japanese and Australian pearl farms.) “The value of the golden South Sea Pearl depends primarily on its color, with the deepest golden pearls being the most valuable ...