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    See the world's most expensive COVID-19 mask

    Art rather than ostentation is the rationale behind the $1.5 million coronavirus mask


    Published:  August 13, 2020 15:47 Reuters  and  Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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    Art rather than ostentation is the rationale behind the world's most expensive coronavirus mask, say the Israeli jewellers who are crafting the $1.5 million object for an unnamed U.S.-based client. | Isaac Levy, owner of Israeli jewelry company Yvel. Image Credit: AP
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    Made out of 18 carat gold and studded with 3,600 black and white diamonds, the mask will be fitted with an N99 filter to offer a high level of protection, said Isaac Levy, owner of the Yvel jewellery brand. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "I don't think the customer is going to use it going to the supermarket but he is going to use it here and there, I'm sure," said Levy. | A worker for the Israeli jewelry company Yvel holds a part of a mask in Motza. Image Credit: AP
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    He described the client as a Chinese art collector living in the United States. | A diamond setter works on a part of the mask. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "He is a young-old customer of ours, very charming, very outgoing, very wealthy and he likes to stand out," Levy said. Image Credit: AP
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    The jeweller plans to deliver the mask personally when it is completed, in October. Image Credit: AP
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    The mask, which a team of around 25 artisans is working on, might be viewed a vulgar display of wealth during hard economic times, but for Levy it is above all a work of art. | A diamond setter works on a part of the mask. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "For a lot of people around the world it may be the most expensive mask in the world and maybe that's a really big thing," he said. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "For us, it's a way to protect the positions of the people in the factory in order for them to be able to support their families." Image Credit: Reuters
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    The world's most expensive coronavirus mask - a gold, diamond-encrusted face covering with a price tag of $1. 5 million. Image Credit: AP

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