Drake’s Jewelry: $295,000 and He’s Not Even the One Selling It
Summary
A Palm Beach storefront, seven objects, fifteen years of rap. Each piece is displayed like a relic: the gold worn in front of the camera in 2011, the original mold of the OVO owl. Drake’s jewelry from the Take Care era is for sale, but he’s not the one cashing in.
14- and 18-karat gold, diamonds and silver: the Take Care reliquary put up for sale by Wind Vintage.
The sale at a glance
- Asking price: $295,000 for the full lot
- Seller: Wind Vintage (Eric Wind), a Palm Beach-based dealer
- Era: pieces made between 2009 and 2011
- Precedent: the Rolex from the album cover sold for $500,000 in May 2026
The Take Care reliquary: the album-cover gold and the owl mold
The lot has a name: the Baden Baden Jewelry Collection, named after the jeweler who dressed Drake early in his career. At its center is the 14-karat yellow gold St. Lazarus pendant Drizzy wears on the cover of Take Care, released in November 2011. Around it are an 18-karat gold anchor chain crafted in Italy by Nicolis Cola, three diamond-pavé rings and two 18-karat gold bracelets.
Two objects take the sale to another level. The silver OVO owl casting model, the piece used as a mold before casting. And a 2004 Jacob & Co. Five Time Zone watch, signed by Baden Baden.
This owl comes with a story of its own. In 2013, Baden Baden sued Drake and OVO over its design. The crew’s response: the motif dated back to ancient Egypt.
Vibe check: Take Care (Deluxe), the album whose jewelry became relics.
Why are these relics worth a fortune if they didn’t come from Drake’s vault?
The pieces didn’t come from Drake. They come from a former collaborator from the Take Care era. Same story as the Rolex GMT-Master II from the album cover, previously entrusted to Wind Vintage by someone close to Drake at the time.
That Rolex set the benchmark. Listed at $500,000, it sold for the asking price in May 2026, about five times what the same model is worth without a story behind it. Here, provenance carries more weight than the metal.
Drake, meanwhile, plays for the other team: he buys. More than a million dollars for Tupac’s crown ring at Sotheby’s in 2023. And on September 29, live on the Kick streaming platform, Cash Money chain around his neck, he dropped a line that landed right in the middle of the sale without ever naming it.
“You think you could buy our artifacts the way we buy yours? Nah, that stays in the family, fool.”
— Drake, live on Kick, September 29, 2026
THE RELIC HAS ITS PRICE
Fifteen years after Take Care, the gold of an entire era goes on display while Drake keeps his artifacts in the family. The reliquary is open, and the sale countdown begins.
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