Untreated Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Loose Gemstones
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Solitaire Rings
Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
20th Century American Retro Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Solitaire Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary More Jewelry
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary More Jewelry
Sapphire
2010s American Artist Fashion Rings
Chalcedony, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Solitaire Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary More Jewelry
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary More Jewelry
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White...
21st Century and Contemporary Cluster Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British More Jewelry
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary North American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1980s Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century American Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Artist Dangle Earrings
Agate, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Tanzanite, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Artist Solitaire Rings
Tourmaline, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Artist Drop Earrings
Opal, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Artist Drop Necklaces
Quartz, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Artist Drop Necklaces
Tourmaline, Indicolite, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Artisan Dangle Earrings
Labradorite, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Link Bracelets
Opal, Gold, Yellow Gold, 22k Gold
2010s American Artist Cocktail Rings
Tourmaline, Indicolite, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
2010s American Artisan Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 22k Gold
2010s American Artist Pendant Necklaces
Labradorite, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Tanzanite, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Artist Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Black Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 22k Gold
2010s American Artist Dangle Earrings
Moonstone, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Artist Drop Necklaces
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Loose Gemstones
Sapphire
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary More Jewelry
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Dome Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Modern Drop Earrings
Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, 22k Gold
2010s American Artist Pendant Necklaces
Opal, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, 22k Gold
2010s American Artist Drop Earrings
Opal, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Artist Drop Earrings
Opal, Tourmaline, Paraiba, Multi-gemstone, 18k Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Untreated Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Untreated 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.