If you hanker after pearls, natural pearls are the ‘Rolls Royce’ of the pearl world… affordable to few, highly prized and extremely rare.  The Financial Times “How to spend it” feature last weekend focused on natural pearls.  Read the article here.

The Wiltshire woman who owned them put them up for auction at Woolley and Wallis in Salisbury.  The sale catalogue valued them at between £80k and £120k. Read more

Rare jewellery bought by Romanian king for his mistress was inherited by Briton and kept in desk drawer for 35 years. Read more

Continuing Sotheby’s long tradition of offering jewels with aristocratic provenance, Sotheby’s Geneva 6th annual sale of Noble Jewels will bring together gems of great historical significance having belonged to prestigious European families. Read more

Our recent buying trip to the Far East has produced worrying news for the pearl trade. Pearl farmers have in the recent past had large amounts of their oyster production destroyed by storms. Read more

The New York Times Style magazine tell us how to style our pearls this spring. Call us on 01460 281 496 to buy opera length necklaces from Raw Pearls this season from just £64 (7-7.5mm, 30 inches). Read more

Jacobs of Reading, Berkshire’s premier independent jewellers, once again sparkled at their annual Christmas jewellery and watch event, reports Berkshire Life. Read more

Rachael Taylor at Professional Jeweller has written an article looking back at 2011 and asking what lessons can be learned from the year to drive business forward in 2012. Read more