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Parti Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Parti 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.
- Are Parti sapphires natural?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, Parti sapphires are indeed natural and cannot be manufactured in a lab. Three different colors can be seen in this stone, a mixture of blue, green and yellow. You can shop a collection of expertly vetted gems from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- What is the rarest sapphire?2 Answers
Roman Malakov DiamondsMarch 22, 2021The rarest sapphires are the sapphires certified as Kashmir origin. Sapphires from Kashmir is very much sought after because of it's very rich and blue color, its overall quality, and tremendous rarity. These sapphires are one of the rarest gemstones in the world. Very few are found in the market to day and and even fewer is mined from this place (if at all).1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021The rarest sapphire is the Padparadscha sapphire, which is a unique pink, orange color different from almost any other colored stone. - 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Most experts agree that the rarest color of sapphire is a pinkish-orange hue. This type of sapphire is the Padparadscha and comes primarily from Tanzania, Madagascar and Sri Lanka. You can find a wide variety of sapphire gemstone jewelry on 1stDibs.