Could this be a glimmer of hope for the rebound of the industry? Is it simply a lucky break for one farmer of Pinctada margaritifera? It is likely too early to tell, but the tremendous results of JHunter’s Pearls Fiji auction in Japan are a promising sign to this industry observer.“I can’t really tell you why this happened,” Justin told me. “But my thoughts are along these lines. 1) Pearls are very unique color wise and size. 2) People like knowing exactly from who and where these pearls are from.”
“Unfortunately South Sea Pearls and Tahitian Black pearls have become all too common. Our buyers like having the point of difference that our pearls present, and are willing to support us to keep it this way.”
All 23,000 pearls on auction were sold with proceeds totaling more than $550,000 US, far beyond the pre-auction estimate of $350,000. Europeans were the strongest bidders, lead by two German buyers and one Italian. These results are simply outstanding, considering circle lots and “the works” were a part of the average.
Justin is understandably thrilled with the blinding results. Most P. marg. producers in FP would bite your arm off for those numbers just in rounds these days. “I cannot even begin to tell you how happy I am,” Justin said. “This was a shot in the arm for me.”
Sometimes it pays dividends to be different and focus on quality over quantity.
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Prof., I don't mean to be nitpiky, but shouldn't your text read "producers would bite their own arm for those numbers" and not "would bite your arm off for those numbers". What's the point of them biting their buyers arm? What kind of sacrifice on their part would that be?
From pictures I have seen the color of his pearls are outstanding. Apparently, the oysters he uses at his farm in Fiji contain a larger percentage of orange mantle tissue than in French Polynesia. It seems that this leads to the larger variation in exotic colors.
THANK GOD WE HAVE MOVED ON FROM THE PASPALEY BASHING.
Nick is that you?
Don't you people griping about how Paspaley is being bashed have anything to contribute on why they should be praised. Is all you have to say stuff like--get a life, and--what's your problem. What a giant SNORE you are.
Re PASPALEY BASHING,In Australia we have something we call the tall Cannabis Syndrome,If someone gets higher than the others we knock their heads off and "smoke em".JK was a master at the game.You probably know it as the tall poppy syndrome.
Hi All:
Nick Paspaley here! I appreciate all the "kind" words and "thoughtful" encouragement. I look forward to all of your advice as you all must be smarter and better business captains than I. I can see by all of your anonymous posts that you are all proud of your accomplishments.
Much thanks again!
Nick ;)
Yawn.
If you are going to troll as Nick Paspaley at least make it worth reading or funny. There's nothing I hate worse than a dumb troll that has nothing much to say except the usual boring shit(double yawn). To all the other trolls--you keep me in stitches LOL. Good work!
Greetings, Nikolas, My not-so-humble minion. (I know it is really Anonymous Genius Troll writing in, but let us pretend it is Nickyboy just for a moment. As if I, Lucifer, cannot hack everyone's ip address, ye graduate of morology! I also know about the computer grapholagnia. )
My servants "par excellence" sit in big showy offices, motor in flashy expensive sports cars, sail the seas on pompous designer decorated yachts AND WEAR PRADA SHOES. They are the "smarter and better" business captains, most of whom are but ambitious and greedy apostates. Yet so long as their success is accompanied by pretension and style, everyone thinks they are hot stuff. Especially Me.
The buyers of the J Hunter goods obviously thought that the high quality pieces made the parcel worth it . Quality always pulls through.
Does anyone know how the auction last month in Hong Kong or MaMacau went for blue seas pearls and other producers .
Don't get too excited just yet about the price of pearls. If J Hunters pearls were unique and created a lot of interest, it really doesn't do much for South Sea prices does it? Hunters pearls sold for A$ 24 a piece, and as a guess, if they were 0.6 momme average, that comes to Y 3,000 a mom. At that price, Indo farmers might squeak by, but Aussie farmers would be deep in the poo bucket
>>>>>>>>>Nick Paspaley said...
Hi All:
........... I can see by all of your anonymous posts that you are all proud of your accomplishments.
Much thanks again!
Nick ;)
Yeah...sure, that is why you, unlike us, are using your real name to post and not staying anonymous. What a wanker you are...
So does anyone know what say the average price of south sea pearls is going for these days for the good the bad and the ugly talking about white goods ( Y per Momme) either at auctions or whole sale lots?
I can only assume that unless Australian south seas farms are value adding or selling strands then survival would be difficult.
Pearl Professor,
Do you have any updates on how the rest of the south sea pearl industry is going? Is business picking up for the other producers or has everyone sold their souls to the devil and linked arms with paspaley?
How stupid of "Anonymous of July 6, 6:52" to ask at what price SSP's are "going" these days... hey, ever heard of various qualities, sizes, colors, shapes, etc.? Farming prices, wholesale prices, retail prices??? ... could as well ask the stupid question at what prices bicycles, brandy glasses or therapeutical massages are "going" these days.. This business is not made for a mickey mouse like you, stay away from this blog, I recommend you do some gardening, breed mice, collect scrap or start a butterfly collection!
Thanks obserbver . Yes I should have been more specific about asking if anyone knew what the average price for white goods has been at auctions We can't all be experts like you . let me be more specific . Shove it up your oversize exit valve
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... or has everyone sold their souls to the devil and linked arms with paspaley?
What is it with you people? How many times must I tell ye catatonic baboons that *Me* buying anybody's soul is just a stupid LEGEND. All right, perhaps I did buy a few souls at the very beginning right after I fell out of the sky (Isaiah). Times were tough back then; people really valued their soul! I was feared and had to work damned hard filling God's inferno with the paltry few who were up for an eternity of pain and torture. In these modern times, I don't really need more souls. Even my storage facility is maxed out. I just sit on my ass all day and watch them coming. No one needs prodding from Me anymore and it gets fucking BORING at times. You people are INTERESTING, though.
Lou, shit....and I was sooooo-ul counting on that one last bargaining chip in getting my broke-ass out of bankruptcy. I am a jeweler who sells pearls, you see....
We've got an big overflow of broke-ass jewellers' souls at the moment. You're not worth a dime combined. Same story for broke-ass lawyer and politicians' souls.
Forgot all the broke-ass financial managers' souls. You know the ones--managing revenues for the best advantage of the manager.
THANK GOD WE HAVE MOVED ON FROM THE PASPALEY BASHING.
July 4, 2009 12:48 AM
Given the opportunity, we have lots of ammo for a Mikimoto bashing too. This is not the right time.
Let's pierce the Paspaley Mystique and see the little men in big boats pulling the ropes behind the facade!
I have my popcorn. I'm ready to watch.
Anonymous said...
Given the opportunity, we have lots of ammo for a Mikimoto bashing too. This is not the right time.
ooooooo......can't wait for that
"Pearl Poker said...
Let's pierce the Paspaley Mystique and see the little men in big boats pulling the ropes behind the facade!
I have my popcorn. I'm ready to watch."
I got my popcorn too. Can someone get the movie going. Has Nick paid the outstanding property taxes on his residence in Sydney yet.
that logo of Mr. Hunter's...the pearl at the top looks eerily like the illuminati's "all seeing eye"(eye of Horus) on the back of the US dollar bill. the whole J. Hunter logo is pyramid shaped too. is he a Freemason? is he an arm of the New World Order ?? his success is guaranteed then.
First Mr. Hunter, now HRH Tom Stern!!! What the f*#% is HRH's logo suppose to be? What's up with the blatant pyramid and EYE? 1947? Aleister Crowley's death day? Was HRH a new member of the CIA when it came about in 1947? oh I see, let us add "Illuminatus Freemason" to his long list of titles......
wait...forgot one...maybe HRH was responsible for the famine in the Ukraine in 1947.
Maybe Doc Jr. has been hitting the bong(there's some real good strong shit in Cali). The Doc needs to put some kind of security device on the computer cause junior making believe the Doc and he are illuminati is bad form. The illuminati have an affiliation to Satanic cults and have always vowed to destroy the vatican. puff puff ppppppufffffff fffffffff.
Yes, I Lucifer, agree that you can get some good shit in California, but if you come on down to see Me, ye pothead heathen dude, I've got a stash of DAMNED better shit. See you soon.
You people and your stupid "eye of providence" crap! That's MY symbol!!!!! I am Lucifer! I am the LIGHT! Get it, ye nebulous oafs? What do you think the name Lucifer really stands for? You think they named Me after a cat in a Walt Disney movie?
As for the mysterious "1947". That was the year the United Nations claimed international status for Jerusalem under Resolution 181(II), which was passed by the General Assembly following the return of the Jewish people to their ancient homeland after WWII.
1947 is the year lithium citrate was taken out of the recipe for the soft drink called 7-Up. North America became a very sad place indeed after that.
man,this blog, besides making me hit the hard stuff is now making me forego dilutants.
jr. could have been under the influence of a caffeine rush as more than ten cups of coffee per day can really mess with your mind and make you say and do crazy stuff and i can just imagine what it would do to someone with an unlimited supply of pencil and paper to play with especially at the age where they are barely out of there teenage years and caffeine can give them bad mental delusions where they think they are a member of some secret illuminati society with a pyramid and an eye for symbols that is going to take over the world and enslave us and then rocketship us to Planet X or Nibiru for those in the know that has a wide elliptical orbit that brings it into our solar system and close to earth every few thousand years or so and would be closest on december 2012 where one of its small moons will impact the earth and a huge three kilometer tidal wave will wipe out most of the eastern seacoast so it would be wise to move to australia or russia in IMHO
One of Arthur Edward Waite's books contains four pages of instructions on how to conjure up Lucifer. I tried them all and none worked. Little did I know *He* could easily be found hanging around the comment section of a blog about pearl industry news. No wonder the professor's articles are so illuminating. He's got a direct connection.
Every time I answer my cell phone I have the feeling that I am being illuminati/government monitored and controlled…...but the worst is being monitored and controlled by my girlfriend and her telling me to come home. My grandmother is bad too. How many times is calling me to buy her more toilet paper considered grandson abuse?
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