12 Carat Oval Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 10k Gold, White Gold
2010s North American Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Platinum
20th Century Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
20th Century North American Modern Band Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Thai Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
1990s American Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary North American Artisan Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tennis Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Wedding Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s North American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Solitaire Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s British Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Blue Topaz, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Rhodium
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Fire Opal, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Opal...
Vintage 1970s Unknown Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Solitaire Rings
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Link Bracelets
White Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Pendant Necklaces
Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Amethyst, Garnet, Sapphire, Topaz, Blue Topaz, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Burmese Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Unknown Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s French Modern Fashion Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Belle Époque Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Green Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
2010s Italian Contemporary Solitaire Rings
Aquamarine, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Italian Contemporary Solitaire Rings
Aquamarine, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1970s Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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12 Carat Oval Blue Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a 12 Carat Oval Blue Sapphire?
The Legacy of Sapphire in Jewelry Design
On 1stDibs, shop the bright blue gems that star in sapphire rings, sapphire necklaces and other vintage and antique sapphire jewelry.
Sapphires — the stone of choice for Napoleon, Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor — have been a favorite of aristocrats and the well-to-do since the time of the Ancient Greeks.
Picture a sapphire. If the stone you conjure is a deep cornflower blue, you’re seeing only part of the picture. Although blue Kashmirs are considered the most valuable, sapphires come in every color except red. No matter the hue, this very special gem is rich in history and beloved by royals (FYI, Princess Diana and Kate Middleton share an 11-carat sapphire engagement ring), so September babies are in very noble company.
America’s version of royalty — old money and celebrities — have also shown a predilection for the blue stones. In 1940, John D. Rockefeller Jr. had Cartier mount a 62-carat sapphire he had bought from an Indian maharajah in a brooch for his first wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; in 2001, the piece sold for a then-record of $3,031,000 at Christie’s New York.
The grand dame of jewelry, Elizabeth Taylor had a passion for the gems that her lovers were happy to indulge. Second husband Michael Wilding gave her an engagement ring set with a cabochon sapphire, while Richard Burton famously presented her with a BVLGARI sautoir set with diamonds and sapphires, including at its center a cabochon Burmese weighing 52.72 carats. One of the star lots in the sale of Taylor’s jewels at the Christie’s New York in 2011, it sold for $5,906,500.
You don’t have to have blue blood or a bulging bank account, however, to get an eyeful of this much-coveted gem. A number of outstanding examples reside in public collections.
The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History owns the 423-carat Logan sapphire, a gift from the Guggenheim family, and the Hall sapphire and diamond necklace, designed by Harry Winston and featuring 36 fine, well-matched cushion-cut Sri Lankan sapphires weighing a combined 195 carats. Also in the collection is the Bismarck sapphire necklace, designed by Cartier and sporting a central sapphire weighing 98.6 carats, which Mona Von Bismarck donated to the museum.
Sapphires are composed of corundum. Their color derives from trace elements, such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper or magnesium. When the trace element produces a ruby hue, the stone is called, what else, a ruby. (which is, as mentioned above, why sapphires cannot be red by definition).
The allure of large gemstones endures throughout the periods characterized as vintage, and sapphire features frequently in vintage engagement rings. (On 1stDibs, a range of buying guides can be found for those in the market for antique engagement rings, vintage engagement rings or Art Deco engagement rings.)
Find an exquisite collection of vintage and antique sapphire jewelry on 1stDibs.