So apparently, rich people in America are buying jewellery worth millions of dollars because the lockdown is no fun and they are bored.
(Well, let’s just say everyone has a different way of dealing with stress.)
As per an NDTV report, Catharine Becket – specialist with one of the world’s biggest jewellery brokers – said:
Clients are sequestering at home and, generally speaking, leading relatively dreary lives. They’re wearing their big diamonds inside their homes because it brings joy.
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While adding that others are ordering stuff so that they have something to look forward to.
I suppose knowing that a million-dollar piece of jewelry is waiting for you is a fulfillment of when things return to the new normal.
As a person looking forward to having momos once things get better, I find this extremely hurtful. But moving on…
The store she works for is Sotheby’s, which has sold 92% of every slot in the 4 online sales, since the beginning of March.
Not just that, most pieces are being sold for a higher price because rich people don’t mind spending more money right now. So much, that the sales expected to go up to $5.7 million have reached $6.1 million.