Comments on: The Black Star of Queensland Famous Black Sapphire Gemstone

By: jo woods

jo woods — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:58:38 +0000

HI there, a friend of mine just had a star sapphire cut it is about 25 carat it has 2 perfect stars on it one bronze and the other blue directly sitting on top of each other like a 12 point star one leg of star blue the next bronze etc..he has been told that this is very rare, maybe priceless stone, hope this makes sense, cant find any info at all, what do you think without seeing stone, can you help

By: sammy

sammy — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:25:28 +0000

what will be the price of 120 ct natural black star sapphire? thank you.

By: Coco Renaud

Coco Renaud — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:57:02 +0000

I heard that the big black stone was finally transferred to Winston. Can you find out what the settlement was?

My friend Jack was a co-owner. Just wondering the ‘worth” today. Winston was keeping it hostage and finally got it. For a pretty price i’m sure.

Thanks.

By: Coco Renaud

Coco Renaud — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:54:22 +0000

I know a man named Jack that says he was the owner of the big black stone and that harry winston kept it from him. He eventually settled with Winston. But I’m not sure what the settlement was for. he went on to purchase Liz Taylors old house in the calif. desert. Just wondering if you could verify the price the stone finally went for.

By: Nadeem

Nadeem — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:46:51 +0000

Someone sent me a test report from Dubai for 3 Star Sapphire stones, 1 Blue (204 Carat) one Black (120 Carat) one black again (50 carat). is it really possible to have such stones. If yes what may be the estimated value of such stones

By: Dr Shihaan

Dr Shihaan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:46:09 +0000

Here is the answer to a question asked by a user:

After reading the article on the Black Sapphire of Queensland and the amount of money that it brought in 2002, I wanted to ask Dr. Shihaan of his opinion what the “Black Sapphire of Queensland” would be appraised for today?

Hello,

Thank you very much for the question regarding the black star sapphire.

Actually it is not known for how much the stone was sold by the anonymous owner in 2002.The estimate of 100 million dollars was quoted by several leading newspapers, but they did not quote their source either.

Considering the enormous size and the perfect star, I am not surprised at the estimate.

Take a look at the current prices of black star sapphires:These are the prices of smaller black star sapphires.

>1.0carats 3 to 10 US$ per carat

>1.0–4.99carats 10 to 50 US$ per carat

5.0carats + 30 to 100 US$ per carat (golden stars may reach US$ 200 per carat).

The Black Star of Queensland is the only large black star sapphire in the World, it is the only one of its kind in the world.There are numerous large star rubies and large star blue sapphires in many museums and private collections of the world.

The usual sizes of black star sapphires is less than 5 carats, making the black star of Queensland an extremely rare gemstone.It is highly unlikely that another one of this size will be found even in the future.

In my opinion it is difficult to estimate the present value, being an extraordinary stone it cant be compared to market value, because black sapphire stones of such enormous size and quality are not available in the market. The price will be determined by the highest bidder (auction) for the gemstone.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions/comments on this gemstone or any other gemstones/diamonds.