Did anybody watch the programme about Aspreys last night on ITV ? It was a repeat but showed just how much money some people spend there. One Saudi princess bought 12 handbags at roughly £40K to £70K EACH and another customer bought some rather cheap earrings (ha ha ) for his wife at around £15K, not to mention the Chinese man who bought 2 special edition Rolex watches in one go and an American lady who paid around £13K for salt and pepper mills.
The craftsmen/women they have there are amazing though and many many items are made by hand and totally from scratch. It followed the making of a gem encrusted necklace and bracelet set from design to completion and it took over 4 months. Beautiful when finished.
Next Friday on Channel 5 there`s a programme about Tiffanys which should be interesting. I walked around Tiffanys in Hawaii, they had subdued lighting in the store so the jewellery in the cabinets shone brighter under the spotlights, nothing had a price on show, they had armed security guys on the door and the only people I saw buying anything in there were Japanese which is ironic because just up the road is Pearl Harbour but many rich Japanese men own hotels there or visit there on business.