Jean Paul Gaultier Designed a Bar of Gold

In these unstable financial times, experts say that investing in gold may be your safest bet. That's good news for Jean Paul Gaultier, who recently designed a one-off gold bar for French gold investment company CPoR Devises, WWD reports. The gold bar, which unsurprisingly bares a heart and JPG logo, will go up for sale on the open market this Friday, October 14.

Author:: Hayley Phelan
Updated:: Apr 9, 2014
Original:: Oct 12, 2011

In these unstable financial times, experts say that investing in gold may be your safest bet. That's good news for Jean Paul Gaultier, who recently designed a one-off gold bar for French gold investment company CPoR Devises, WWD reports.

The gold bar, which unsurprisingly bares a heart and JPG logo, will go up for sale on the open market this Friday, October 14.

So naturally, if one is in the market for gold and has a spare wad of cash lying around (market price is currently $1,681 USD) then, yeah...this one's definitely the most fashionable option. And you can tell your parents you're making a smart investment, too!

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