Did the Pearls on Beyoncé's Met Gala Dress Really Cost $8,000 Each? So, last night Beyoncé wore a custom-made Talalay latex dress decked out in pearls that were allegedly $8,000 each, making "snatching her pearls" a genuinely lucrative activity (in that it could actually eliminate your student debt). But were the pearls really $8,000? The Internet ran with that number... ... and there was also a more modest $6,000 estimate flying around. Except, either one seems so insane? You know, how much could a pearl cost? There are some super expensive pearls out there, like the 14-pound pearl of Lao Tzu, which is worth around $3.5 million or the "big pink pearl," priced at $4.7 million in the early '90s, so maybe these are all rare pearls which once belonged to some ancient princess or something. #instagay #louisvuitton #teenvogue #followforfollow #god #beyonce #siguemeytesigo #südyen #frozen #ps3 #thatsdarling #sèxy #jayonce #formationworldtour #mrscarter #newyork #lemonade #beyou #queenb #mrstinalawson #queenofpop #beyourself #thecarters #sexy #themrscartershow #thirdwardtrill #bgkc #brazil #beygood #baddiebey #uglyfollowtrain #Givenchy