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Israeli company to make the world's most expensive diamond mask worth $1.5 million for a U.S. based Chinese buyer
The mask will be studded with 3,600 white and black diamonds
By: Diamond World News Service
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Aug 11 2020 10:13AM
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Isaac Levy, owner of Israeli jewelry company Yvel, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, next to parts of a mask, in Motza near Jerusalem, August 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Isaac Levy, owner of Israeli jewelry company Yvel, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, next to parts of a mask, in Motza near Jerusalem, August 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

An Israeli jewelelry company is working on what it says will be the world’s most expensive coronavirus mask, a gold, diamond-encrusted face-covering, with a price tag of $1.5 million.

The 18-karat white gold mask will be decorated with 3,600 white and black diamonds and outfitted with top-rated N99 filters at the request of the buyer, said designer Isaac Levy.Levy, owner of the Yvel company, said the buyer had two other demands: that it be completed by the end of the year, and that it be the priciest in the world. That last condition, he said, “was the easiest to fulfill.”

He declined to identify the buyer, but said he was a Chinese businessman living in the United States.

The glitzed-up face mask may lend some pizzazz to the protective gear now mandatory in public spaces in many countries. But at 270 grams (over half a pound) — nearly 100 times the weight of a typical surgical mask — it is not likely to be a practical accessory.

In an interview at his factory near Jerusalem, Levy showed off several pieces of the mask, covered in diamonds. One gold plate had a hole for the filter.

“Money maybe doesn’t buy everything, but if it can buy a very expensive COVID-19 mask and the guy wants to wear it and walk around and get the attention, he should be happy with that,” Levy said.

Such an ostentatious mask might also rub some the wrong way at a time when millions of people around the world are out of work or suffering economically. Levy said that while he would not wear it himself, he was thankful for the opportunity.

“I am happy that this mask gave us enough work for our employees to be able to provide their jobs in very challenging times, like these times right now,” he said.

 

Source: Associated Press

 

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