Pearl jewelry is considered by many to be something of a classic—so much so that at one time, a strand of pearls was the quintessential everyday piece of jewelry for many middle class American women.

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A fisherman from the Philippines discovered what might be the largest natural pearl ever - and he had been hiding it under his bed for more than 10 years. The pearl is nearly one foot wide and 27 ...

A man who stored a family heirloom, a pearl he said is the size of a cow’s head, in a safe deposit box for years recently learned it is worth nearly $90 million and believed to be one of the largest ...

It’s rare enough to find a pearl in a shell, so to happen upon an extraordinary orange pearl — worth more than $330,000 — was like winning the lottery for one Thai fisherman. Brothers Hatchai ...