Large Sapphires
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Solitaire Rings
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Tennis Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Pearl, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Pearl, South Sea Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Bangles
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Pendant Necklaces
Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary North American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
1990s American Modern Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Artisan Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Topaz, Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century French Brooches
Yellow Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Beaded Necklaces
Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Opal, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Opal, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Morganite, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Opal, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century Edwardian Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1920s French Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Large Sapphires For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much are Large Sapphires?
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.