The Abernethy Pearl is expected to fetch between £40,000 and £60,000 when it goes under the hammer on Wednesday August 21. ... before the pearl fishing ban was introduced in Scotland in 1998.

The Scottish freshwater pearl was found in 1967 by celebrated pearl fisherman William Abernethy who never revealed where he'd found it. It is set to fetch between $51,000 and $77,000. Price Database ...

Despite a ban on pearl fishing or buying and selling Scottish pearls since 1998, poachers still stealthily try their luck. There's a more daunting adversary, though: ...

It is said that only one pearl is found in 100 oysters, and only i per cent, of the pearls found are of any commercial value. Thus some 10,000 of the precious molluscs are sacrificed for every ...