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 ...

Society’s love for exquisite, rare, and luminous pearls and gemstones has persisted since the beginning of civilization. Whether referencing diamonds, pearls, sapphires, or emeralds, humans have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Diamonds may be forever, but pearls are just as rare — look no further than these stunning sea stones, which are worth millions.

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 ...

A natural pearl in an oyster is one of nature’s most remarkable and rare achievements. In the turbulent waters of the brand world, an ideal agency partnership can be similarly hard to find—but very ...

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 ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Rapaport Group is excited to announce the expansion of its natural pearl market, continuing its partnership with the Bahrain government’s Institute for Pearls and ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Rapaport Group is creating a new market for natural pearls. Working in partnership with the Bahrain government’s Institute for Pearls and Gemstones (DANAT), Rapaport ...

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 ...

The enduring lustre of Bahraini pearls has re-emerged with renewed prominence, reaffirming their position among the region’s ...

Faten Mattar is one of the first women to work in the family business, one of the oldest pearl shops in Bahrain - Copyright AFP Mazen Mahdi Faten Mattar is one of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the founder of La Patiala, the luxury encyclopedia. While June officially has three birthstones — alexandrite, pearl and ...