5-12,
5-12, WE
5-12, WE SENT THIS OUT, WE HAD IT APPRAISED, THE
NECKLACE, THE LOWEST
APPRAISED PRICE WAS
$225, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA
WHERE YOU COULD GET
THIS, YOU COULDN'T FIND
IT ANYWHERE ELSE.
WE ARE DOING IT FOR
$21.99, BLUE OPAL,
UNENHANCED.
UNENHANCED. I WILL SHOW EVERYONE THE
ROUGH, THIS IS THE COLOR
IT COMES OUT OF THE
GROUND.>> Guest: THERE
IS NOTHING DONE TO THAT,
THAT IS WHAT OF THE --
ONE OF THE OPAL SEEMS.
THAT IS A FAIRLY BIG
SEAM.
SEAM.
SEAM. ALL
SEAM. ALL I'VE DONE IS TAKEN
THE NATURAL OPAL AND I
JUST LEFT IT UP, I TOOK
A REALLY FINE PAD AND
BUFFED IT.
BUFFED IT. WE HAVE NOT DONE
ANYTHING TO IT.
LOOK AT THE QUALITY.>>>
THIS IS HOW RARE THE
COLOR IS, IN 43 YEARS,
ABOUT 26 OR 27 YEARS AGO,
I STARTED DOING PERUVIAN
BLUE OPAL, IT WAS
AMAZING, IT WAS A FAD.>>
Host: IT WAS
EXPENSIVE.>> Guest:
EXPENSIVE.>> Guest: CRAZY EXPENSIVE.
CRAZY EXPENSIVE. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN
THE GREEN ROOM, WE HAD
LIKE 1000 STRANDS, IF
MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT,
WE SOLD THEM OUT,
LITERALLY AND NOT EVEN A
COUPLE OF MINUTES, IT
WAS GONE.
WAS GONE.
WAS GONE. AND NOW THEY'RE GOING
CRAZY, THEY SAID CAN YOU
GET MORE OF THAT, THE
ANSWER IS NO.
THE SAME THING WITH THIS,
THIS OPAL IS EXTREMELY
RARE, CONNIE AND I ABOUT
15 YEARS AGO, WE
LAUNCHED A BLUE OPAL OUT
OF IDAHO.>> Host: I
REMEMBER.>> Guest: I
REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN
THEY WERE MINING THAT, A
MOOSE IN -- AND HER
CALF, AT THE STREAM, I
CAN'T REMEMBER HOW
PEOPLE VEST ME, OUTLOOK,
CAN YOU GET ANYMORE
THAT, CAN YOU EVER BRING
IT BACK?
IT BACK?
IT BACK? THAT WAS A ONE-SHOT
DEAL, WE GOT EVERYTHING
THAT CAME OUT OF THAT.
THIS HAS TAKEN US
SEVERAL YEARS.
SEVERAL YEARS. I ORIGINALLY SAW THIS IN
TUCSON ABOUT FOUR YEARS
AGO, IT STARTED OUT AS
ONE SPECIMEN, WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON IT EVER
SINCE THEN, IT IS NOT
THAT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING
TO DO IT, THE BIG THING
IS ACQUIRING THE ROUGH.
BEING ABLE TO GET ENOUGH
QUANTITY, IT TAKES EACH
OF THESE NECKLACES, I
WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
THIS, EACH NECKLACE THAT
YOU ARE SEEING HERE
TODAY, TAKES THREE OR
FOUR POUNDS OF THE ROUGH
MATERIAL.>> Host: IT'S
NOT GOING TO WEIGH THAT?
>> Guest: IT'S NOT GOING
TO WEIGH THAT, BUT
ANYTIME YOU CUT
SOMETHING, YOU LOSE,
OVER 70% OF THE WEIGHT
OF THE MATERIAL, JUST IN
THE FIRST INITIAL CUTS
THAT YOU MAKE ON IT.
EVERY TIME YOU ARE
FASTING, POLISHING, --
FACETING, YOU LOSE
MATERIAL, THAT IS THE
WAY IT IS.>> Host: IF
YOU WANT TO WEAR YOUR
BIRTHSTONE, OCTOBER
BIRTHSTONE, OCTOBER LADIES, IN A COMPLETELY
EXOTIC RARE FORM, THIS
IS THE PERFECT WAY TO DO
IT.
IT.
IT. WHEN
IT. WHEN THEY LOOK AT THIS,
THEY SAY IT IS SO
BEAUTIFUL, HOW COULD IT
BE NATURAL, ABOUT 95% OF
THE GEMSTONES ARE
ENHANCED, THIS IS
UNENHANCED.
UNENHANCED. >> --
>> --
>> -- >>
>> -- >> Guest: THIS IS THE
WAY IT COMES OUT, WE
JUST POLISH IT UP.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS,
THE MATERIAL, THINK
ABOUT THIS, YOU HAVE
SOMETHING THAT NOBODY
ELSE HAS, SOMETHING
UNIQUE, DIFFERENT, YOU
ARE NOT GOING TO SEE
EVERY PLACE YOU GO THAT
SOMEBODY IS GOING TO
HAVE IT, JUST THE
UNIQUENESS OF THE OPAL,
THEY COME IN A VARIETY
OF COLORS, I WILL TELL
YOU, THE TWO LOVES OF MY
LIFE, WELL THERE ARE
THREE OF THEM, THE FIRST
IS MY WIFE, MY WIFE IS
BACK FROM ENGLAND, AND
SHE IS WATCHING.
THAT IS MY FIRST LOVE.
WAS POINTED OUT.
MY SECOND LOVE OF COURSE
IS TURQUOISE, I'VE BEEN
MARRIED LONG ENOUGH.
I'M PRETTY GOOD AT THAT.
MY SECOND LOVE IS
TURQUOISE, AND THE THIRD
LOVE IS OPAL.
YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
EVERY SINGLE TRIP THAT I
EVER START OUT ON, IS
GOING TO A BRAND-NEW
TURQUOISE MINE, OR THE
ONES I ALREADY KNOW
ABOUT, ON A PURCHASE,
EVERYTHING ELSE SPREADS
OUT FROM THAT, THE ONLY
OTHER TRIP THAT I START,
IT STARTS WITH A SINGLE
MATERIAL, IS OPAL, WE
ARE KNOWN FOR TURQUOISE
AND OPAL, KIND OF LIKE
THE CORNERSTONES OF OUR
BUSINESS, I LITERALLY
TRAVEL THE WORLD IN
SEARCH OF TURQUOISE AND
OPAL, WHAT IS CRAZY, YOU
JUST DON'T FIND THEM,
YOU WOULD THINK THAT YOU
WOULD FIND THEM
EVERYWHERE, ALL OVER THE
WORLD, THAT IS WHAT SO
WAS -- WHAT WAS SO CRAZY.
DON'T GET ME WRONG,
INDIA IS GREAT, AMAZING
CRAFTSPEOPLE, A LOT OF
PEOPLE, EVEN SIOBHAN,
SHE GREW UP, AND HER
FAMILY, HER WHOLE FAMILY
ARE INDIAN GYM DEALERS,
SO THERE'S A LOT OF
GEMSTONES THAT TRAVEL
THROUGH INDIA, BUT YOU
DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT
IT AS A MONEY PLACE.>>
Host: IT IS THE
EPICENTER OF CUTTING.
IN THE CASUAL DENIM,
OBVIOUSLY, WORD FOR MORE
THAN -- MORE OF AN
EVENING LOOK, WHERE TO
THE OFFICE, WERE EVENING
-- EVEN WHEN YOU ARE
DRESSED IN YOUR SUNDAY
BEST, WHERE THIS WITH
EVERYTHING, BECAUSE OF
THE SIZE OF THE, TOO,
ANYWHERE FROM 18 DOWN TO
20.5 INCHES AND THE
LENGTH, YOU CAN ADJUST
IT ON YOUR -- BASED ON
YOUR NECKLINE, YOU CAN
SEE THE WHOLE LOOK, IF
YOU'D LIKE TO ORDER
THAT, BUT BOTTOM LINE,
IF YOU LOVE THE
COLLECTIBILITY, OF THEM,
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING,
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO RUN
INTO AT THE RETAIL
STORE, PROBABLY NO ONE
ELSE YOU KNOW'S GOING TO
HAVE IT, IT IS BLUE OPAL,
INDIAN BLUE OPAL, IN 43
YEARS, HE HAS NEVER
OFFERED YOU THAT, ONLY
TWICE HAS HE OFFERED
IT..
IT..
IT.. >>
IT.. >> AND THEY LOOK
DIFFERENT THAN THIS
OPAL, THEY ARE ALL
DIFFERENT IN THEIR OWN
RIGHT, AND I WILL TELL
EVERYONE THIS, YOU'RE
REALLY BUYING A ONE-OF-A-
KIND DESIGN, AND THESE
NECKLACES, ARE THEY CUT
OUT OF THE EXACT SAME
MATERIAL?
MATERIAL?
MATERIAL? THE EXACT SAME ROOF, BUT
WILL HAVE THE SAME
CHARACTERISTIC,
CHARACTERISTIC, ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE TO
MAKE THEM IDENTICAL, AND
THAT BEING SAID, MOTHER
NATURE DOESN'T MAKE
EVERYTHING DOES ANYTHING
TOTALLY IDENTICAL, SO
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT
IT, KIND OF LIKE YOUR
ONE-OF-A-KIND DESIGN.
ONE-OF-A-KIND DESIGN. >> Host: IS THAT A EXTRA
PROCESS, AND MORE LABOR-
INTENSIVE?
INTENSIVE? >> EVERYTHING THEY DO,
IT STARTS OUT, KIND OF
SHOWING YOU THE WHOLE
PROCESS, IT STARTS OUT
LIKE THIS, YOU GET THE
MATERIAL IN, THEN YOU
GRADED BY COLOR AND SIZE,
THE FIRST THING YOU DO,
AND RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN
SEE, ALL OF THESE BEADS,
WHEN I TELL YOU THERE
HAND CUT IN HAND FACETED,
THEY ARE LITERALLY HAND
CUT, HAND FACETED, RIGHT
FROM THE ROUGH MATERIAL,
AND THE STRINGERS, IF
YOU NOTICE, THEY HAVE TO
GO THROUGH, AND THEY
HAVE TO DUST EACH
NECKLACE, THE DIFFERENT
SIZES OF BEADS, THE HAVE
TO BE LAID OUT, IF THEY
GET THEM, AND STRING
THEM, AND PUT THEM UP,
AND THEY DON'T PERFECTLY
FORM, THEY HAVE TO
DISASSEMBLE IT AND START
OVER AGAIN.>> Host: DAYS
TO MAKE ONE NECKLACE,
$21 AND CHANGE ON YOUR
CHARGE CARD, AND
EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN
BUY FOR FIVE DOLLARS
SHIPPING, IF YOU CAN
ORDER THE MATCHING
EARRINGS, ONCE YOU HIT
FIVE DOLLARS SHIPPING,
IT'S LIKE FREE SHIPPING,
ORDERING 20 ITEMS, IT'S
ONLY FIVE DOLLARS TO
SHIP IT, WE ARE GOING TO
RUN BACK TO THE PHONE
LINES, WILL COME TO
AGENTS THEN BARBARA.
>> Caller: THANK YOU
I'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG
TIME TO TALK TO JAY.
I AM DOING GREAT, I GOT
THE NECKLACE, EVERY TIME
YOU COME ON, I TRY TO GET
AN OPAL, OF WHATEVER YOU
HAVE.
HAVE.
HAVE. >>
HAVE. >> Guest: SO YOU COLLECT
THE DIFFERENT OPALS?
>> Caller: I DO.
>> Guest: THAT'S
TERRIFIC.
TERRIFIC.
TERRIFIC. >> Caller: I WORE ONE OF
THE TURQUOISE ONES THIS
WEEKEND, AND GOT SO MANY
COMPLIMENTS ON THAT
NECKLACE.
NECKLACE.
NECKLACE. >> Host: WHAT DID YOU
LOVE ABOUT THE BLUE OPAL?
>> Caller: IT IS SO
DIFFERENT, I AM ANXIOUS
TO SEE IT IN PERSON.
>> Guest: ONE OF THE
THINGS I GET FROM THE
VIEWERS, IS GREAT, WHEN
THEY GET HOME, THEY OPEN
THE BOX, BELIEVE ME, MY
WIFE IS ONE OF MY
SHOPPERS, MUCH TO MY
DISMAY SOMETIMES,
DISMAY SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES, I HAVE TO
TELL YOU, BECAUSE I SEE
IT, I KNOW, SHE SAW IT
ON AIR, BUT WHEN SHE GOT
HOME, SHE WENT, IT
ACTUALLY EVEN LOOKS
BETTER.
BETTER.
BETTER. AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE THAT IN THIS
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. >>
CASE. >> -->> Host: ESPECIALLY
THE WAY THE LIGHT PLAYS
WITH THE OPALS, ENJOY A.
>> Caller: KEEP THEM
COMING.
COMING.
COMING. >> Guest: I LOVE
COLLECTING OPAL.
COLLECTING OPAL. >> Host: A LOT OF PEOPLE
COLLECT STAMPS, BOTTLES,
DIFFERENT THINGS, WHY
NOT CLICK BEAUTIFUL
JEWELRY?
JEWELRY?
JEWELRY? IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE
SOMETHING THAT IS PRETTY,
TO HAVE THE RARITY OF
THE STONE, LOOK UP
INFORMATION ABOUT, LOOK
UP INFORMATION ABOUT
WERE CAME FROM, IT IS
AMAZING, SO YOU
LITERALLY OWN A PIECE OF
INDIA, YOU OWN A
GEMSTONE FROM INDIA,
SOMETHING THAT IS
HANDCRAFTED, AND THERE
IS NOTHING LIKE HAVING A
HANDCRAFTED PEAS, THERE
IS A DIFFERENCE OF THE
FEEL OF IT.
>> Guest: I THINK THE
DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE
DO, EVERYTHING IS OLD-
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. ALL OF OUR SILVER WORK.
-- A HANDCRAFTED PIECE.
>> Guest: CUSTOM-MADE
-- A HANDCRAFTED PIECE. >> Guest: CUSTOM-MADErFOR U
SILVERSMITHS, EVERYTHING
SILVERSMITHS, EVERYTHING IS DONE BY HAND, OLD
SCHOOL, WHEN I SAY OLD-
SCHOOL, THE ONLY THING
THAT WE HAVE REALLY
ADDED TO THE PROCESS,
PROBABLY IN THE LAST 200
YEARS, IS WE HAVE
ELECTRIC MOTORS.
ELECTRIC MOTORS. ELECTRIC MOTORS, AND
PROBABLY HAVE DIFFERENT
WHEELS, AND BUFFING
COMPOUNDS, THINGS LIKE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. BUT
THAT. BUT BASICALLY IF YOU
WENT BACK TWO OR 300
YEARS AGO, TO HOW THEY
ORIGINALLY STARTED
ORIGINALLY STARTED CUTTING STONE, AND
ORIGINALLY STARTED DOING
IT, THERE IS REALLY NOT
MUCH THAT HAS CHANGED IN
THE TOTAL PROCESS OF HOW
WE MANUFACTURED.
WE MANUFACTURED. >> Host: I'M SURE SOME
PEOPLE WONDER, IT IS
OPAL, HOW DO WE CARE FOR,
IS THERE ANYTHING WE
SHOULD DO IN TERMS OF
CLEANING IT?>> Guest: ON
THESE, TO TELL YOU THE
TRUTH, THERE IS NOTHING
YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO,
WE HAVE A POLISHING
CLOTH THAT WE PUT, AND
DOES NOT FOR THE OPAL AS
MUCH AS FOUR STERLING
SILVER, WHICH IS GOING
TO OXIDIZE EVENTUALLY.
WE DON'T PLATE ANYTHING,
YOU CAN LITERALLY JUST
WIPE THESE DOWN.
I WILL SAY THIS WITH
OPALS, THEY ARE WHAT WE
CALL A HYDRATED STONE,
SAME THING WITH
TURQUOISE, ESPECIALLY IF
YOU LIVE IN A DRY
CLIMATE, LIKE ARIZONA OR
SOMEPLACE LIKE THAT,
WHERE IT IS VERY DRY,
THERE IS NO HUMIDITY,
THEY LIVE MOISTURE, YOU
MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER
WHEN YOU STORE, MAYBE
KEEP IT IN A COOL PLACE,
WRAP IT UP, WHEN YOU'RE
NOT WEARING IT, YOU CAN
DISPLAY, BUT YOU WOULD
WANT TO LEAVE IT ON THE
WINDOWSILL OR IN THE SUN
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
WHERE YOU TRY IT OUT.>>
Host: THIS WOULD BE
BEAUTIFUL LAYERED BACK,
WITH THE AQUA NECKLACE,
IT WOULD BE GORGEOUS,
WHERE THE SPEC WITH THE
KURT -- THE TURQUOISE,
WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO
PUT IT WITH, BUT
SOMETIMES, I THINK I
LOVE SHOPPING HERE, FOR
JEWELRY, BUT SOMETIMES I
THINK WE GET A LITTLE
JADED, BECAUSE WE THINK
OH, IT'S A GREAT PRICE.
IT REALLY IS A GREAT
PRICE.
PRICE.
PRICE. BECAUSE YOU ARE GETTING
SOMETHING THAT YOU
LITERALLY CAN'T FIND
ANYWHERE ELSE, GETTING
SOMETHING THAT THE
LOWEST APPRAISED PRICE
WAS $225, AND GETTING IT
FOR $109.95, YOU GET TO
BREAK UP THE PAYMENTS,
IN HONOR OF HIS 23rd
ANNIVERSARY, ON FIVE
FLEXIBLE PAYMENTS, IF
YOU'RE USING YOUR CHARGE
CARD, YOU CAN GO 6 FLEX
PAYS, AND FIVE DOLLARS,
MULTIPLE PIECES, FIVE
DOLLARS TO SHIP IT, IF
YOU DON'T HAVE THE
CHARGE COME ON IN, YOU
CAN GET THE CHARGE CARD,
AND YOU CAN TAKE ANOTHER
-- IS A $20 OFF?
NO I'M SAYING IF YOU GET
THE CARD, IF YOU GET THAT
CHARGE CARD, ANOTHER $20
OFF THE PRICE, TAKING IT
DOWN TO $89, AND YOU GET
THE EXTRA FLEX PLAY --
FLEX PAY AS WELL.
WE HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE
TO SHOP, THE WORLD
LAUNCH.
LAUNCH.
LAUNCH. >> Guest: I JUST GOT OFF
A TRIP THAT WAS CLOSE TO
SEVEN WEEKS, AND I WAS IN
OVER 20 COUNTRIES, 20,
DURING THAT TIME.
AND GETTING A LOT OF
THEM, I DID NOT SPEND A
LOT OF TIME IN, BUT I
WENT TO 20 COUNTRIES,
AND YOU KNOW, WE WENT OUT
AND WHAT YOU DO, I
ALWAYS GO LOOK AT WHAT
IS IN THE JEWELRY STORE,
SEE WHAT EVERYBODY HAS,
OR MAYBE SOMETHING THAT
IS DIFFERENT, HOW MUCH
BLUE OPAL TWO I SAW
DURING THE WHOLE TRIP?>>
Host: ZERO.
Host: ZERO. >> THAT'S HOW RARE THIS
IS.
IS.
IS. OVER
IS. OVER 43 YEARS OF DOING
THIS, OF GOING ON THE
GLOBE, I'VE ONLY
EXPERIENCED IT THREE
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. ONCE IN PERU, ONCE IN
IDAHO, IN AMERICA, AND
ALL OF THOSE I'M TELLING
ABOUT RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T
EVEN GET ANYMORE.
IF YOU CAN GET IT, VERY
SMALL QUANTITIES, I
GUARANTEE, I CAN SELL IT
IN SECONDS, LITERALLY IN
SECONDS, EVEN SELL THE
ROUGH.
ROUGH.
ROUGH. >>
ROUGH. >> Host: WE'VE ALWAYS
SOLD FOR MORE, THAT'S
WHAT MADE IT SO UNIQUE
AND DIFFERENT, JUST THE
DIFFERENT COLORS, YOU'VE
GOT EVERYTHING FROM THE
SKY BLUES, LIGHT BLUES,
UP TO A ROYAL BLUE.>>
AND I GOT TO SAY, IF
THIS WAS, SYDNEY,
LOOKOUT, IT WOULD BE SIX
OR SEVEN TIMES THE
AMOUNT, BLUE OPAL,
COLLECTIBLE, IT'S RARE,
I DARE YOU TO TRY TO
FIND IT.
FIND IT.
FIND IT. WE