Face mask for $1.5 million
ARTinvestment.RU   14 августа 2020

In this sum cost the unnamed "billionaire from Shanghai" ordering a mask of gold and diamonds from the jewelry company Yvel

while in the world count the losses from the pandemic, and make plans for exit from recession some people do not deny themselves the pleasure to buy some-нибудь unique object in memory of the "time COVID-19".

One of the most expensive purchases of this kind was the recent order that a jewelry company Yvel from "an unnamed billionaire from Shanghai". The customer, which Isaac levy, owner of the jewelry company, called "the Chinese art collector living in the United States," wished to buy a face mask made of gold and diamonds. When the value of the order of $1.5 million, levy calls this mask the most expensive means of individual protection in the world. Mask, over which currently employs 25 jewelers Yvel in Israel, will be made of 250 grams of 18-каратного of 3600 gold and encrusted with black and white diamonds. In addition, the mask will also be equipped with a protection filter category N99. It is expected that the customer will be able to get your mask at the end of this year.

"of Course, only money can not buy, but you can buy a very expensive mask to protect from COVID-19, and if [the customer] will want to wear it and attract attention, he must be satisfied [mask]," said levy, commenting on this order, separately adding that for his company this order – "the way of securing jobs in the company to people who worked in it, had the opportunity to support their families".

with regard to the identity of the customer mask, according to media reports, if you see someone who, for example, a roll of toilet paper from the gold leaf or disposable toothpicks from Rhino horn, or when-нибудь know that someone-то uses a small child as umbrella – most likely, it'll be him.

Source: artnet.com



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