20 Carat Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Thai Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Topaz, Blue Topaz, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Jade, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Jade, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Topaz, Blue Topaz, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, Opal, Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold, Gold
2010s American Contemporary Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Antique Early 1900s Unknown Edwardian Engagement Rings
White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Three-Stone Rings
Sapphire
Late 20th Century American Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Palladium
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Band Rings
Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s American Cluster Rings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco More Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Wedding Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Artisan Wedding Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Nouveau Drop Necklaces
Ruby, Opal, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Drop Necklaces
Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
20th Century Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1980s Band Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Israeli Modern Bridal Rings
Citrine, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Thai Modern Drop Necklaces
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Cocktail Rings
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Clip-on Earrings
Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Tsavorite,...
Late 20th Century American Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Link Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Cocktail Rings
Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Drop Earrings
Blue Sapphire, 22k Gold, Gold
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Dome Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Cocktail Rings
White Diamond, Sapphire, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1950s American Link Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Cocktail Rings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1980s American Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Unknown Retro Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Turquoise, Yellow Gold
20th Century Swiss Retro Retro Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Brooches
Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Thai Artisan Drop Earrings
Chalcedony, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Jade, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Jade, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century Engagement Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1980s Retro Bangles
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Balinese Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Link Necklaces
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Australian Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, White Gold
20 Carat Blue Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a 20 Carat 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.