Baguette Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Band Rings
Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Wedding Rings
Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Modern Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wedding Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, Spinel, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1930s Unknown Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary European Cocktail Rings
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Band Rings
Blue Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Tennis Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s American Art Deco Link Bracelets
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1950s Unknown Retro Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Apatite, 14k Gold, Whit...
21st Century and Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Vintage 1980s European Retro Cluster Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Stud Earrings
Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cufflinks
Opal, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Fashion Rings
Moonstone, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s French Art Deco Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary More Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire
20th Century Fashion Rings
Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s Austrian Modern Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s British Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s Italian Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s American Brooches
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Band Rings
Ruby, 14k Gold, Rhodium
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Engagement Rings
Sapphire, Garnet, Yellow Gold, White Gold, Rose Gold, 14k Gold, Gold
Vintage 1980s American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century Engagement Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s American More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Unknown Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist More Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, South Sea Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Stud Earrings
Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Bangles
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
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Baguette Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Baguette 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.