Since we run our own pearl farms, we can offer excellent value for money when buying pearls from SelecTraders.

Akoya Pearl farm

Tahitian Pearl farm

The pearls you see here, embedded in the oyster, grace one of our customers already

This picture shows, how an oyster is implanted with a nucleus and the corresponding mantle tissue.

Quality control is effected on location. For the European market, only hand-picked pearls will be accepted.

Here an example of precious golden South Sea Pearls, showing a size of 13mm, which are extremely rare and valuable.

These selected green Tahitians were assorted by size and colour. They will be necklaces soon.
Our staff will send them directly to us at SelecTraders.

This is our warehouse for Akoya and Freshwater pearls. Intermediate trade? Not here.

Forget about:
- Pearl farmer to pearl trader
- Pearl trader to wholesaler
- wholesaler to retailer/jeweller

One of our colleagues on location, checking the quality of strands. Several criteria will be assessed:
colour matching of pearls and accuracy of knots for example. Always eager to save our customer’s money, we are preparing a great deal of our jewellery on location. Special orders can be considered.

skilled staff applying utmost accuracy when working on the drill.

All these pearls showing a variety of overtones – careful matching is important.

Here’s the progress, matching pearls on a strand, starting from the clasp.

After assorting the pearls by size and colour, we can start selecting pairs for earrings.

A treasure of strands

assorted Tahitian pearls – we keep a wide selection, enabling us to consider our customer’s special demands as well.