PARIS — Did you know that in 1900 there were 300 natural pearl dealers here between numbers 1 and 100 Rue Lafayette? It was a passing mention of this in a scientific book that caught the attention of ...

When is a single pearl worth millions? First, it has to be natural. Natural pearls are the exceedingly rare and basically extinct species that yield prices in the millions at auction. In 2011 a ...

It was natural pearls that stole the show at Christie’s London Important Jewels auction held Wednesday. Seven of the 10 best selling lots involved natural pearls. The top lot was a three-row natural ...

So far this year it’s been a fairly quiet auction market for jewelry as it appears that the record-breaking prices commonplace during the past five years or so have leveled off. However, natural ...

Pearl buyer J.R. Sink went up and down the White and Black rivers in the 1920s and ’30s, swapping cash for fresh-water pearls. Those who visit Pearls Unique in Newport can buy some of those very ...

Following is a transcription of the video. Narrator: Pearls have been a symbol of elegance and class for centuries. The Maharajas of India and European queens adorned themselves with pearls, a symbol ...

It can be difficult, amid the headlines of LVMH’s $16 billion acquisition of it, to remember that Tiffany & Co. started as a small family company—one with treasure hunting in its DNA. Charles Lewis ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A natural pearl necklace that once belonged to a maharajah sold at an auction at Christie's on Wednesday for nearly $7.1 million, more than double the world record price for any ...

Pearls are the perfect example of modern jewelry reinvention. They’ve been a feminine go-to for centuries, and the traditional, mid-20th century “Jackie O” pearl strand is trending again — but now ...