17 carat Conch Pearl

I have a collection of conch pearls this is the largest it is 17 carats wondering what the best way to sell this and maximise its potential

**Caitlin** · 11-23-2012, 07:50 PM

I love the flame on that. Is it really that pink? Gorgeous! It looks like a rose or beet a tulip that is about to open.

Please post photos of all of them!

You can learn a lot about maximizing pearl potential from a lot of sellers here. I would check out Etsy and Ebay. Good pix and a lot of them for each pearl and a good description of them can get you noticed through Google Shopping and just plain Googling '17k conch pearl' if you use either of those sites, but let's see what others say...

**GemGeek** · 11-23-2012, 07:52 PM

Have you thought of using an auction house? Bonhams is a good one for things like this.

**Conch Pearl Man** · 11-23-2012, 08:16 PM

Thanks for the imput i was wondering if i should have it certified or not. It is real and untouched incredible flame

**Conch Pearl Man** · 11-23-2012, 08:23 PM

another shot

**Caitlin** · 11-23-2012, 08:41 PM

Bonhams or Christies do high end items.

I think most of those those are so clearly conch pearls they would not need to be certified. What is the button shaped brown one? It looks more like some other mollusk than conch, so I must need to be educated.

Maybe only get the unusual ones certified. But, it is expensive per pearl and natural pearl buyers who design and make jewelry don't need certification- they know their pearls.

**Conch Pearl Man** · 11-23-2012, 09:06 PM

The brown pear is an 8 carat conch pearl

**Pearl Dreams** · 11-24-2012, 12:02 AM

My husband was wondering what the dimensions are on that gorgeous 17 ct. one?

**Conch Pearl Man** · 11-24-2012, 12:42 AM

I have a scale but not a caliper it is close to 17 mm the size of a dime.

**Pearl Dreams** · 11-24-2012, 12:48 AM

Wow! (says husband looking over my shoulder, and I concur!)

**Lagoon Island Pearls** · 11-24-2012, 03:46 AM

Really nice collection and as Caitin already said, there's no need to certify these.

**GemGeek** · 11-24-2012, 06:43 AM

With colors like jelly beans, they are very enticing.

**dmj** · 11-25-2012, 04:09 PM

great collection !

do you have some more information as where are they are found ?

and the sizes of the other large ones ?

bonhams does quite well with larger ones everything above 10 mm sells well there i think