Customer Reviews

Pearls (Fred Ward Gem Book)

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I don't know what impressed me more, the spectacular photography or the effortless and fascinating way Fred Ward helped me understand pearls. He takes the mystery out of buying pearls. I will not buy pearls again without reviewing this book.

This book with 62 pages explains everything you need to know about Pearls. In addition to the knowledge of pearl for a consumer, this book also goes into great details in the trade of pearls. It covers the geographic sources of pearls, the competitive producers, and logical prediction of future market.
I enjoyed it a great deal.

It's a small book yet it covers an amazing amount of information on the history of pearls, the environment under which they are cultivated, the buying and caring of the different qualities, and other fascinating topics. If someone is "into" pearls, then this is the book to have.

This book is like eye candy, at least for the lay person. I devour all of Fred Wards books. Wonderful combos of photos, history, quality info, etc.

great pictures and interesting information. I enjoyed this book. It packs a lot of interesting information in a small, easy to read, book.

I was dissapointed in this book after reading it. I was looking more for a reference book on pearls and not a rambling history lesson. The history is important but not as much as the reference part I was looking for.