Make your next bid an informed one.
Practical guides to auction costs, bidding and reading lot details. Explore the current collection when you are ready.
What does no buyer's premium mean?
Know what goes on top of the winning bid before you choose your limit.
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Buying with confidence at Teals
Check the operator, the lot details and the terms before placing a binding bid.
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Choosing a gift at auction
Start with the person, the full cost and the date you need it, then explore the lots.
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Natural and lab-grown: read the distinction
Origin is part of a stone's description. Read it alongside colour, clarity, cut and treatment, without treating the label as a price forecast.
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How to read a pink
Hue, tone and saturation: three ways to describe the pink you see.
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Eye-clean, or included
What these clarity descriptions tell you, and why the photographs and lot notes still matter.
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Heat treatment, named plainly
What heat treatment means, how it is disclosed, and what None Identified means.
Read →Photographs show individual lots from the Teals auction archive. Each lot’s own description and treatment details apply.