James Allen final 3 - opinions?

[ran50]

First, thank you to all contributors to the forum. It has been extremely helpful to me getting to this point. I have my 3 idealscope images from James Allen. They said I couldn't go wrong with any of them! So I'd love to hear thoughts from the enthusiasts here...

Contender number 1:
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-dia...-g-color-vs1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-260372
It's a 1.53 G VS1.
HCA score 1.6 within TIC range, excellent light return, scintillation, fire with vg spread.

Idealscope image:



Contender number 2:
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-dia...-g-color-vs1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-188266
1.62 G VS1.
HCA 1.9 within TIC. Excellent light return, vg for everything else.

Idealscope image:



Contender number 3:
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/1.50-carat-e-color-vs1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-127375
1.50 E VS1
HCA 1.8 in FIC. Excellent fire, vg for everything else.

Idealscope image:



As they're all VS1, I'm guessing the inclusions are irrelevant(?)

There are clear differences on the idealscope images so I'm wondering if there's an obvious winner to an expert eye.

(Also, although I like them all, I'm not quite 100% on them. Ideally, I'm looking for F+, VS2+, 1.4+ for $20K or under. I couldn't find a premium cut at the usual contenders (Whiteflash, BGD, GOG) that looked good in those ranges, so if anyone happens to have come across such a stone...)

 

[MarionC]

No expert, but I like the look of the first one.

I have a VS with a similarly placed crystal that can be easily seen from top & sides with a 10x loupe.
This would not bother most people, since the stone is totally eye clean, but I thought I would mentioned this.
In a VS1 you should be fine, but if you end up considering this as "the" diamond I would ask about it.

 

[ran50]

So the black dot in the first one on the right is a crystal? Blast. I foolishly thought it was a bit of dirt. Shame because that was my first choice.

 

[MarionC]

So the black dot in the first one on the right is a crystal? Blast. I foolishly thought it was a bit of dirt. Shame because that was my first choice.

You're right! it is debris. That's what I get for looking at photos when I should be sleeping : )