Australian Sapphire
2010s Australian Contemporary More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Band Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Tsavorite, Platinum
2010s Australian Baroque Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold, E...
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Australian Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Tsavorite, Padparadscha Sapphire , 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Australian Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Green Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Australian Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Artist Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Australian Bangles
Diamond, Opal, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Australian Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Australian Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold...
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Artist Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Garnet, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Australian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Engagement Rings
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Australian Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Australian Victorian Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold...
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Australian Contemporary Drop Necklaces
White Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Garnet, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Australian Art Deco Cocktail Rings
White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Y...
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian More Earrings
White Diamond, Garnet, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose ...
2010s Australian Contemporary Fashion Rings
Beryl, Sapphire, Tsavorite, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Stud Earrings
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Australian Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Australian Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
Early 2000s Australian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Green Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Australian Contemporary Cluster Rings
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Fashion Rings
Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
2010s Australian Modern Cocktail Rings
White Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Artisan Stud Earrings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s Australian Modern Cocktail Rings
White Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Australian Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Fashion Rings
Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
2010s Australian Modern Necklace Enhancers
Diamond, Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Stud Earrings
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Australian Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Australian Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Cluster Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Drop Earrings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Australian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Drop Earrings
White Diamond, Black Diamond, Onyx, Ruby, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Dia...
2010s Australian Modern Three-Stone Rings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Australian Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Y...
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Australian Modern Cuff Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, Pink Sapphire, Spinel, Tsavorite, 14k Gold
2010s Australian Modern Drop Necklaces
Jade, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
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Australian Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is an Australian 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.