8 Carat Gia Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Sri Lankan Modern Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1970s Unknown Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Malagasy Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Cocktail Rings
20th Century Unknown Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Mid-20th Century American Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Modern Bridal Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Sapphire
Late 20th Century Stud Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Fashion Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Antique Mid-19th Century Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yel...
Early 2000s Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1910s Unknown Edwardian Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1980s American Modern More Rings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 19th Century Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1980s American Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1980s Unknown Contemporary Fashion Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow ...
2010s American Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1950s Retro Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Solitaire Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Brooches
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Platinum
Late 20th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 18th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Antique 19th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1960s French Cluster Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Retro Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Unknown Retro Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1910s Unknown Edwardian Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tennis Bracelets
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary American Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
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8 Carat Gia Blue Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a 8 Carat Gia 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.