8 Carat Gia Blue Sapphire
Antique Early 1900s Edwardian Cluster Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
Early 2000s Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Antique 19th Century Unknown Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Solitaire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, ...
Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Solitaire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Tennis Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1970s Fashion Rings
Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century Belle Époque Beaded Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Engagement Rings
Emerald, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Platinum
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
1990s Unknown Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire
Vintage 1980s Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Italian Modernist Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Egyptian Revival Bangles
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
1990s Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Antique 1870s Unknown Victorian Brooches
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Antique 1860s Victorian Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1910s Edwardian Cluster Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
Vintage 1970s Stud Earrings
Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Bridal Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Antique 1880s Victorian Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1920s Russian Art Deco Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow ...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Brooches
Diamond, Star Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s Bridal Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1910s Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1910s Art Nouveau Brooches
Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Band Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Early 1900s Unknown Belle Époque Engagement Rings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1970s Band Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1910s Unknown Edwardian Chain Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Opal, Blue Sapphire, Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Wrist Watches
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Platinum
2010s Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s Unknown Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Band Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
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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.