How to read the comparison
Three answers to one open call. Every miss written in words.
| Row | Your open call | Harrow & Vale | Seven Rivers Gems | Lakeline Gem Co. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | up to $26,000 | $21,400 | $29,200 · over by $3,200 | $24,850 |
| Weight | 2.50–3.00 ct | 2.71 ct | 2.94 ct | 2.58 ct |
| Per carat | — | $7,897 | $9,932 | $9,632 |
| Colour | Red | Red | Red | Slightly purplish red |
| Clarity | Eye clean | Eye clean | Eye clean | Eye clean |
| Origin | Any | Mozambique | Burma | Mozambique |
| Shape + cut | Cushion | Cushion Brilliant | Cushion Brilliant | Cushion Modified Brilliant |
| Treatment | Heat is fine | Heat only | Not disclosed · ask the dealer | Heat only |
| Lab report | — | GRS · GRS2026-0918442 | No lab report | AGL · 1123581 |
| Memo | Preferred | 10 days · dealer insures | Sale only | 7 days · buyer insures |
| Expires in | — | 2 d 14 h | 20 h | 5 d |
- Tinted ruby: breaks your open call
- Over your budget, outside your size, another shape or origin, or a treatment your open call rules out. The cell says by how much.
- Tinted topaz: worth a look
- Not a miss, but check it: a treatment the dealer did not disclose, an origin not stated when you asked for one, or less than a day left.
- Plain: meets your open call
- Nothing to flag. Plain is the goal.
- Your open call, in its own column
- Always beside the offers, so every stone is read against what you asked for.
- Nothing left blank
- A fact the dealer did not give reads “Not stated” or “Not disclosed · ask the dealer”, never an empty cell.
- Totals first, per carat under
- Jewelers read a budget as a total. A total over it counts the quoted freight too.