An art deco color-change sapphire and diamond brooch,
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An art deco color-change sapphire and diamond brooch, circa 1925
the oval-shaped cabochon color-change sapphire within an openwork scrolling surround of old European-cut diamonds suspended from an openwork triangular-shaped panel of old mine, old European and single-cut diamonds; with fitted box signed Joseph Resch & Fils, Bucarest; sapphire weighing approximately: 40.70 carats; estimated total diamond weight: 1.50 carats; mounted in platinum; length: 2 1/4in.
Sold for US$ 25,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Accompanied by GIA report #2135695959, dated August 23, 2011, stating: blue changing to bluish-violet sapphire, Sri Lankan origin, no indications of heat treatment.

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