I bought this for my wife thinking it would be as pictured. Sadly it wasn't. The pearls were in okay condition and i don't know that i would rate them as a "AA" quality. A maybe A+ but not AA. They have noticeable defects on them and do not warrant the ~175.00 that the seller was asking for them. I feel like i was fair at 25.00, Christmas 2011 sale price.

The packing was cheap and felt cheap. Not to mention there were no packing peanuts or air bubbles to protect the goods. Just shrink wrapped to a piece of cardboard laying in a box.

I was going to give this to my wife for Christmas but ended up giving it to her "just because". The quality didn't feel right for me to give them to her for Christmas. I almost felt that it would be an insult, giving someone of such low quality on such a big deal.

in closing the reason i bought this is because they had it marked for 175.00 but on sale for about 25. I expected more. But when i opened the package it came with a piece of paper that said "valued at 89.00". Why were you charging double what you have them valued at. And i dropped by a local jeweler and asked them for the pearls expert and asked what they felt that bracelet was worth. their exact reply was "well they are real pearls, poor quality, and i would say about 30-45 dollars" at most. So the deal was semi-there. But way under self valved.

Buyer beware with this item.