Two awards, two years running: Antolini Dealer of the Year, judged on representation of the WOW and Extra grades and the breadth of finishes carried; and Best Value for Your Money, judged on pricing against grade. Holding both back-to-back is the recognition Royal Stone has been working toward since the partnership started.

The shape of the operation behind the awards: 40,000 square feet of slab yard in West LA (90,000 total with the warehouse expansion), Taj Mahal in volume, the full Calacatta family — Borghini, Viola, Paonazzo, Oro Gold, Macchia Vecchia — Cristallo for backlit work, and direct relationships with Antolini's finishing program covering Azerocare, Stratos, Petra, Leathered, and Hard Rock.

What the recognition means in practice for a project: better grade for the same budget, deeper bookmatched runs, and earlier access to new releases. Walk the yard to see what the awards actually represent — slabs in daylight, finished sequentially, ready to mark.