Heyman Sapphire
Vintage 1960s Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Palladium, Platinum
Vintage 1960s American Retro Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1970s American Contemporary Lever-Back Earrings
18k Gold
Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Tennis Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 2000s American Contemporary Brooches
White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1950s Retro Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s American More Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1980s Unknown Band Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Late 20th Century Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary American Artist Cocktail Rings
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Cufflinks
Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1970s Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Loose Gemstones
Diamond, Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Signet Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Dome Rings
Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Band Rings
Pink Sapphire, Rose Gold
Vintage 1960s American Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century American Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 2000s American More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Lever-Back Earrings
Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire
2010s American Contemporary Cufflinks
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Mid-20th Century American Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century American Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Engagement Rings
Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1940s American Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, Star Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Retro Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century American Modern Tennis Bracelets
Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
Early 2000s American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gol...
20th Century American Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Brooches
Yellow Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Gold
Vintage 1960s Band Rings
Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1960s American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century American Band Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s American Contemporary Brooches
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary More Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1970s Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Contemporary Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1980s Contemporary Cluster Rings
Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Platin...
Late 20th Century Bangles
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Cocktail Rings
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s American Band Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Known as “the jewelers’ jeweler,” Oscar Heyman (1888–1970) designed pieces for Cartier, Tiffany & Co., Van Cleef & Arpels, Harry Winston and Black, Starr & Frost. The family-run Oscar Heyman & Brothers jewelry company was founded by Heyman with his brothers Nathan and Harry in 1912. Jewelers from Latvia, they had trained at their great-uncle’s workshop, which had clients including Russian imperial jeweler Fabergé, before immigrating to the United States in the early 1900s.
After arriving in New York, Oscar worked with Pierre Cartier and Nathan was a tool maker at Western Electric before they came together to open their jewelry business. Highly skilled craftsmen, the Heyman brothers quickly developed a roster of high-profile clients — primarily big-name jewelers — drawn to their work with dazzling stones and meticulous design. In 1917, Black, Starr & Frost commissioned the brothers to design an American flag brooch, which would become a recurring motif in the Oscar Heyman & Brothers portfolio. They also designed the Pansy brooch in the 1930s, another long-popular accessory that was produced exclusively for Tiffany & Co. toward the end of the 20th century. After Heyman designed for four of the five jewelers on view at the 1939 World’s Fair House of Jewels (Cartier, Udall & Ballou, Marcus & Co. and Black, Starr & Frost), the company was given the moniker “the jewelers’ jeweler.”
Heyman & Brothers later designed gem-encrusted medallions that traveled to the moon on Apollo 16, the necklace setting for the 69-carat diamond Richard Burton gave Elizabeth Taylor in 1969 and even a pair of ruby-encrusted Stuart Weitzman stilettos in 2003. Over the years, the company has entranced such clients as Evelyn Lauder, Marjorie Merriweather Post, Billy Porter and Tina Fey with its pieces.
In 2012, the century-old jeweler underwent a rebranding to simplify its name to Oscar Heyman and today is still run by the Heyman family, which manages the whole process from alloying their own metal to cutting and polishing their gemstones to assembling the final product in-house. In 2017, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston published a monograph authored by Yvonne J. Markowitz and Elizabeth Hamilton that details for a broader audience the history of Oscar Heyman, an unsung company that’s long been behind some of the biggest names in jewelry.
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