Vendor pictures and owner pictures of PS stones
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by B.E.G. » March 9th, 2009, 10:32 am
Barry Bridgestock cushion amethyst. 5.04 ct. 10 mm. This stone was very true to its picture color-wise. I've bought from Barry many times, and will continue to do so
 I've been nothing but happy with everything I've gotten from him. Vendor pic is the last one
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Barry Bridgestock Bekily Malaya garnet. 1.34 ct. 6.5 mm. LOVE this stone. Barry told me it had this strange color shift from pink to peachy in sunlight. It really does - indoors it''s quite pink, next to the window it''s peachy-pink and in direct sunlight it goes golden. Hard to capture the effect though but it is sparkly!
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Barry took the picture all the way to the left, and it was a bad picture, and really looks nothing like the stone. He even said so. The only good thing about that picture was that the stone wasn''t scooped up right away. He then took a much more accurate color corrected picture in the middle, and that sold me on the stone. The picture to the right is my blurry, but accurate picture.
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Barry Bridgestock blue spinel. 2.41 ct. 8.1 mm. It's a color changer. The pictures really don't do this stone justice. It's a bright sparkly blue in sunlight and under fluorescent light it's a rich bright purple. Lighter and brighter than in the pics.
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Barry Bridgestock colorless (achroite) tourmaline. 2.5 ct. 8.5 mm. This stone is a bit warmer than in the pic although in direct sunlight, it looks very colorless, and pretty much exactly like the color in the picture. It picks up color from its surroundings pretty easily though.
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Dan Stair grossular garnet. 0.65 ct. 5.55 mm. This one is more yellow than the vendor picture (to the right) shows. It comes close to the vendor pic in direct sunlight but there is a definite warmth/yellow tone to it. More pronounced indoors.
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Dan Stair sapphire 0.82 ct. 5.52 mm. This sapphire is much darker in real life than in the vendor pic. It can give up really pretty blue flashes but the light needs to be pretty strong. In ordinary lighting and especially indoors it is VERY dark.
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Actually, yes. The amethyst I just posted was NOT what I expected at all. I wanted a light purple, and that''s not what I got. Therefore I don''t have plans to get this set, and don''t really know what I''m going to do with it.... |
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Awful, super photoshopped 6 carat violet cuprian from ebay. I took a chance since it had a GIT memo and I got it for a few hundred. Not bad for a rare color. It does have a lot of blue in it. The vendor photo is definitely more purple.
One of my best ebay experiences.
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Yes but only for the sapphire. That one was just really different from the vendor pic. I''m really happy with my garnets though, plus with my grossular I knew it would be a bit darker than the pic so I wasn''t surprised. |
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Why didn't you return it? The customgems (stair) pics really seem a LOT lighter than the real thing. Not sure I could buy from them for that reason...doesn't seem representative at ALL. ETA, BB's pics seem pretty good. Great idea for a thread! Wish I could post the only example that I have, but since I don't own the stone, I can't! |
