hi everybody we're here in downtown
Largo Florida at our brick-and-mortar
store we're here to answer some
questions Who am I I am Chris R Burton I
am a part owner of a family business
that has been in operation since 1972
I've worked here full-time since I was
18 years old I am 52 so I have quite a
bit of experience of buying selling and
appraising I have a lot of people that
ask a lot of questions so I've decided
to make these videos to answer questions
so let's get to it let's get right to
answering questions right now a question
I get all the time I almost have a daily
basis as are my pearls worth anything
it's a very interesting question because
historically pearls have been quite
valuable
however the reason for that is that
Japan has been the main cultivator of
pearls depends a very small Geographic
country very small landmass surrounded
by saltwater and saltwater pearls are
got out of saltwater oysters that grow
at a very slow rate which is kind of
kept the Pearl market in the stability
for all those years however the Chinese
yes the Chinese have once again entered
a market and have flooded the market of
pearls they have decimated the market
and the way that they did this is they
took a freshwater pearl that grows at a
much faster rate and grows in fresh
water such as a river bed or lake and
they are growing freshwater pearls at an
alarming rate basically it has destroyed
the market so are some pearls worth
something yes if you have Mikimoto
pearls from the 1970s below or even I
guess from the 90s or below as long as
they're marked Mikimoto
it's a brand name if you have that brand
name yes those are valuable send a text
send a picture we'll get a valuation out
to you do you have pearls that are ten
millimeters or larger because that's the
break off point when your pearl gets to
ten millimeters in diameter it becomes
more valuable because it's a rare size
to cultivate also if you have any kind
of odd color large pearl those can be
quite valuable there's abalone pearls
there's different pearls that are out
there again any pearl like that you'd
have to send someone a picture so that
they could verify it for you
and remember if you do have a strand of
pearls and it has a nice heavy gold
clasp or diamonds in the class that can
make it worth as much as well as also so
again feel free to text call we'll be
glad to help you out thanks for
listening thank you everybody for
watching today it's we went through
quite a bit of information so if you do
have any additional questions about what
you saw feel free to call text or email
and also if you have a special item that
you're trying to determine the value or
possibly liquidate that's what we're
here for
send me a picture send me dimensions and
I'll do the best I can to help you
determine a value if I can't buy it I'll
try to put you in the right direction so
again thank you very much for tuning in
today have a great day