Specialist auction house Sotheby’s Catharine Becket (Becket Catharine) called the amount spent by millionaires for diamonds during the isolation of the outbreak of coronavirus. About it reports Bloomberg.
According to the Agency, bored rich people have bought at auction vintage jewelry for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Since the beginning of March, Sotheby’s held several online auctions where it was sold for 92 percent of the lots and 61 percent of the lots in the sale exceeded its initial price.
for Example, a diamond ring, 1930 sold for 199 thousand dollars (about 15 million). Ring with yellow diamond, originally estimated at 206 thousand dollars (15.5 million rubles), acquired in the end for 253 thousand dollars (slightly more than 19 million rubles). A pair of diamond earrings with emeralds brand Graff was sold for 60 thousand dollars (4.5 million rubles), which is almost twice the initial price.
In total sales house Sotheby’s totaled $ 6.1 million (451 million rubles).
“They wear their huge diamonds at home because it brings them joy,” said Katherine Beckett. She also reported that she was able to persuade his client to auction a valuable lot — a diamond bracelet Tutti Frutti 1930 with colorful stones to the Cartier brand. The initial cost of the product will amount to 600 thousand dollars (45 million). The expert is sure that “online sales will be successful”.
Earlier in April, the Chinese have spent millions of dollars on the first day after the lifting of the isolation. So, luxury Hermes boutique in Guangzhou at the opening of put up for sale various luxury items: utensils, furniture, articles of leather and expensive handbags, in particular with diamonds “Birkin Himalayan”. At the end of the day the receipts amounted to three million dollars.
