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JAR Rock Crystal & Sapphire Butterfly Brooch

Maker
JAR (Joel Arthur Rosenthal)
Year
sold 2025
Rank
33 of 100

JAR Rock Crystal & Sapphire Butterfly Brooch

JAR Rock Crystal & Sapphire Butterfly Brooch by JAR (Joel Arthur Rosenthal) (sold 2025) is ranked 33 in the FLOAT 100 for Jewelry. It sold for $698,500 on 8 December 2025. The butterfly is one of JAR's most celebrated pave forms.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

The butterfly is one of JAR's most celebrated pave forms.

Pave butterfly brooch in rock crystal and sapphire

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$698,500
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
8 December 2025

Sotheby's New York, same Dec 8 2025 sale.

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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