An informative video on Scintillating Sapphires from #Forevagems

When you think of sapphires what colour immediately comes to mind? Most people would say blue. Did you know that the record price for a sapphire was set in April 2007 at Christie's in New York, when an unnamed 22.66 carat blue Kashmir sapphire sold for over 3 million dollars! Wow!

Of course most of us can only dream of owning a sapphire of that value but at forevagems,  we do have some incredibly beautiful blue sapphires and at much more affordable prices. Just look at the beauties in these photographs (watch video)

But beautiful sapphires also come in other shades: green, pink, purple, yellow, orange. Here’s just a handful of lovely sapphire rings currently available at Forevagems.(Watch video)

One of the most desirable, rare and highly sought after sapphire colours is the  padparascha. It’s a glorious pinky orange or coral color. How popular are pads? Well let’s just say that the few that you’ll see in the following pictures were sold almost as fast as we listed them at forevagems. (Watch video)

Did you know some sapphires, like alexandrites, change color depending on lighting? Look at the color shift in this stunning and unusual purple sapphire and diamond ring in our Forevagems shop. (Watch video)

And  of course, no discussion of highly prized sapphires would be complete without mentioning those exotic and rare star sapphires, like this knockout purple star sapphire diamond cocktail ring just sold to one of our customers. (Watch video)

As she wrote to us after receiving her exquisite ring: “I received it yesterday and LOVE it.  Thank you again, and compliments on The photography. It was spot on.”

That’s the kind of feedback we love to receive and often do from our Forevagems clientele. Don’t you owe it to yourself to drop into our online shop at Ruby Lane today? You’ll find us at www.forevagems.com. 

One of the most desirable, rare and highly sought after sapphire colours is the  padparascha. It’s a glorious pinky orange or coral color. How popular are pads? Well let’s just say that the few that you’ll see in the following pictures were sold almost as fast as we listed them at forevagems. 

Did you know some sapphires, like alexandrites, change color depending on lighting? Look at the color shift in this stunning and unusual purple sapphire and diamond ring in our Forevagems shop:

And  of course, no discussion of highly prized sapphires would be complete without mentioning those exotic and rare star sapphires, like this knockout purple star sapphire diamond cocktail ring just sold to one of our customers. 

As she wrote to us after receiving her exquisite ring: “I received it yesterday and LOVE it.  Thank you again, and compliments on The photography. It was spot on.”

That’s the kind of feedback we love to receive and often do from our Forevagems clientele. Don’t you owe it to yourself to drop into our online shop at Ruby Lane today? You’ll find us at www.forevagems.com. 

SEPTEMBER is #SAPPHIRE MONTH!

When it comes to what is a "forEVAgem" ie. a gemstone that is popular in Estate, Vintage, Antique and Artisan Jewelry, sapphires win hands down! And why not? Apart from their incredible beauty and wide range of colours, sapphires are the 3rd hardest gemstone after diamonds and moissanites, making them valuable in areas other than jewelry.

Now, if you don't know this already, the most popular colour of sapphire is blue, and top quality blue sapphires fetch amazingly high dollars at auctions. Here's a tidbit from GemSelect about their prices:

"The record price for a sapphire was set in April 2007 at Christies in New York when an unnamed 22.66ct Kashmir sapphire sold for $3,064,000!"

 Wowza! Well in our ForEVAgems shop, we don't have anything quite that expensive, but here's a just added and delightful blue sapphire and diamond pendant converted from what was originally a very old ring:

Brilliant Blue Sapphire Diamond Pendant from ForEVAgems

You can read up on how ForEVAgems had this pendant custom-made for that lady who loves sapphires. What a September birthday present this would be!

Here's another stunning Purple Sapphire and Diamond Engagement ring that I've noticed folks adding to their Pinterest boards.

Purple Sapphire & Diamond Engagement Ring from ForEVAgems

This superb sapphire diamond ring comes with an AIGS certificate and shows no indication of heat treatment. Heat treatments are used to enhance the colour of gemstones, but they also make the stones more brittle over time. This popular ring, with both AIGS certificate and an appraisal over $3700 USD is priced very affordably...a lovely birthday or Christmas gift!

In the last couple of years, ForEVAgems has found it can't get enough #Padparadscha sapphires to satisfy the demand. "Pads", as they are called, are one of the rarest and most expensive sapphires around, according to GemSelect. Pads are superb orange/pink sapphire with varying degrees of light and dark. When recently doing some video on a ForEVAgems ring described as "pastel pink", we suddenly noticed how orange this gemstone actually was. It took us by surprise. Could it actually be a Padparadscha sapphire? After speaking with some jewelers, they agree. They feel sure we have a "pad", not a colour change sapphire in this vintage engagement ring. Take a look at just how much orange is showing in the video portion of our slideshow below.

If what we have there is actually a Padparadscha Sapphire, then our asking price is too low! We're going to have this beauty checked out the next time we get some appraisals done...unless you snap it up before the price goes up!

By the way, I mentioned "colour-change" sapphires above. Not familiar with those? Below is a prime example. This unheated, natural purple sapphire changes colour depending on what the light source is. In natural lighting, it is a bright, vivid purple. But in incandescent light, it mutates to an almost plum-like pink purple:

Colour Change Sapphire Diamond By-Pass ring from ForEVAgems

That's like getting two rings for the price of one! This rare colour-changing sapphire and diamond "by-pass" ring has been appraised at $5700 USD. But you can purchase it for a lot less at ForEVAgems.

Just a last word here on pink sapphires: if you have sapphire rings but would like a pendant for your birthday instead, if you don't choose the blue sapphire pendant on the top of this blog post, you might like this darling Pink Sapphire and Diamond Heart necklace shown here:

Pink Sapphire/diamond Pendant from ForEVAgems

Whatever the occasion, you can't go wrong with sapphire jewelry! Sapphires: true "forEVAgems"!