A single unmounted Burma blue sapphire, oval-cut and weighing 114.73 carats seem to have broken the world record for a sapphire whole stone in Novembe...

Two lots containing blue sapphires performed quite well at the Sotheby's Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels & Jadeite Spring Sale 2014, held on April 7,...

Other stunning gem-carvings from Idar-Oberstein include the Agate Starfish and Mephisto. The Agate Starfish by Gerd Dreher is carved from a single pie...

This Chariote Pendant is Seems Good.

The most stunning pieces in the Michael Scott Collection are without any doubt the numerous carvings and sculptures which he acquired from the renowne...

Thank you Sunil for enlightening us on the legend of the King Cobra and the Naga Mani.

The legend related to the "Ceylon Sin Flower" is quite interesting; but the "Sapphire Cobra Setting" depicting a 64-carat, oval-cut, cornflower blue, ...

Thanks AnitaP for all the trouble you have taken in fishing out this valuable information about blue sapphires that appeared at Sotheby's Geneva Magni...

Sotheby's Geneva Magnificent Jewels Sale held on May 14, 2013, featured seven blue sapphires from the main sources countries Ceylon,Burma and Kashmir,...

In the list of blue sapphires registering very high whole-stone prices, all the blue sapphires listed had recorded prices above dollars three million....

Thanks AnitaP for your update. The images of the Kashmir blue sapphires you uploaded are indeed very stunning. In the light of the information provide...

I have found at least three more Kashmir sapphires that appeared at Public auctions but not listed above. One of these with a unique cabochon-cut, ...

The "Ceylon Sinflower" is another special setting from the Michael Scott Collection. It is actually a model of an almost life-size sunflower incorpora...

The 8.91-carat Kashmir sapphire highlighted by rashid occupies the third place in the 2nd-list above reflecting blue sapphires registering highest pri...

The 8.91-carat Kashmir sapphire highlighted by rashid occupies the second place in the 2nd-list above reflecting blue sapphires registering highest pr...