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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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Copy of Israel_ODD_COVID_Bling_66912.jpg-6e55e-1597319065968 — 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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Copy of 2020-08-12T110655Z_619553527_RC2BCI9I9C11_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ISRAEL-MASK-1597319080397 — 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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Copy of Israel_ODD_COVID_Bling_86707.jpg-334a2-1597319055186 — "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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Copy of 2020-08-12T110704Z_301144401_RC2BCI9FSNEP_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ISRAEL-MASK-1597319077843 — 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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Copy of Israel_ODD_COVID_Bling_98863.jpg-01920-1597319058677 — "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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Copy of Israel_ODD_COVID_Bling_82137.jpg-8e967-1597319052327 — The jeweller plans to deliver the mask personally when it is completed, in October. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-08-12T110656Z_1341926132_RC2BCI9BMWT5_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ISRAEL-MASK-1597319068701 — 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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Copy of 2020-08-12T110657Z_1576076736_RC2BCI9BQO6N_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ISRAEL-MASK-1597319070980 — "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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Copy of 2020-08-12T110657Z_535190051_RC2BCI9MTNGU_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ISRAEL-MASK-1597319073554 — "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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Copy of AP10-08-2020_000014B-1597319062310 — 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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