--- title: You Can Now Buy a Rock at Nordstrom for $85 description: Nordstrom is selling a rock on its website for $85 to serve as a paperweight or a conversation piece, the company said. authors: - name: Kerry Close url: https://money.com/author/kerry-close/ at_money_since: 2016 articles: 182 covers: - Shopping - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/kerryclose former_staff: true published: '2016-12-06T17:34:24.000Z' modified: '2016-12-06T17:34:24.000Z' section: Shopping tags: - Nordstrom - onetime - Shopping word_count: 247 canonical: https://money.com/nordstrom-rock-leather/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** Money may earn a commission when you click on the products and services below. Opinions are our own, but compensation and in-depth research determine where and how they appear. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/) about how we make money. ![rock](https://img.money.com/2016/12/rock.jpg) *Nordstrom is selling a rock on its website for $85.* Looking for the perfect holiday gift? Nordstrom has a bizarre option for you: an $85 rock. The stone, which hails from Los Angeles, is wrapped in vegetable-tanned American leather and secured with a whipstitch, according to the company's [websit](http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/made-solid-medium-leather-wrapped-stone/4497177?cm_mmc=Twitter-_-share-_-site-_-4497177)[e](http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/made-solid-medium-leather-wrapped-stone/4497177?cm_mmc=Twitter-_-share-_-site-_-4497177). It was designed by a company called Made Solid and has been for sale since Nov. 18, [Nordstrom told BuzzFeed News](https://www.buzzfeed.com/mbvd/nordstrom-is-selling-a-rock-in-a-leather-case-for-85-dollars?utm_term=.hgwWKwK18#.qaxBRYRvN). Though the pouch is handmade, "only Mother Earth can take credit for the rocks," the company said to Buzzfeed. The leather in the pouch underwent a traditional hardening process and the case itself was designed in Peter Maxwell's Los Angeles studio. The design is intended to "embody both simplicity and functionality." Nordstrom doesn't seem too sure about the purpose of the $85 rock, noting "that's up to you." It does offer a few suggestions, though, including a paperweight, a conversation piece, or simply a work of art. Confused shoppers wondered on social media if the rock was a prank: Others took advantage of the opportunity to mock Nordstrom: In the product's reviews, people have made fun of the company's high-priced stone. "Choose this over food," one reviewer wrote. "As a single mother, it is often difficult to put food on the table for my 5 children. However, when I saw this piece of rock, I couldn't help it but to purchase this item." And if you're on a budget this holiday season, don't worry: Nordstrom is also selling a [smaller version](http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/made-solid-small-leather-wrapped-stone/4497172?origin=keywordsearch-personalizedsort&fashioncolor=NATURAL) of the rock for $65. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/nordstrom-rock-leather/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Shopping", "item": "https://money.com/shopping/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Apparel", "item": "https://money.com/apparel/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "You Can Now Buy a Rock at Nordstrom for $85" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/nordstrom-rock-leather/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/nordstrom-rock-leather/", "name": "You Can Now Buy a Rock at Nordstrom for $85", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-12-06T17:34:24.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/nordstrom-rock-leather/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/nordstrom-rock-leather/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2016-12-06T17:34:24.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "You Can Now Buy a Rock at Nordstrom for $85", "articleSection": "Shopping", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/12/rock.jpg", "width": 1984, "height": 1178, "caption": "rock" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kerry Close", "url": "https://money.com/author/kerry-close/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/kerry-close/#author", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/kerryclose" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2016-12-06T17:34:24.000Z", "description": "Nordstrom is selling a rock on its website for $85 to serve as a paperweight or a conversation piece, the company said.", "abstract": "Nordstrom is selling a rock on its website for $85 to serve as a paperweight or a conversation piece, the company said.", "@id": "https://money.com/nordstrom-rock-leather/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2016-12-06T17:34:24.000Z", "wordCount": 247, "keywords": [ "Nordstrom", "onetime", "Shopping" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Shopping", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Clothing", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing" ] } ] } ] } ```