This handbag sold for $27,000. And it’s second-hand
It’s getting harder - and more expensive - to buy luxury clothing and handbags off the rack. A booming resale market is making the most of the scarcity.
Lauren SamsFashion editor
Updated
Last week, Miranda Gillespie broke her own record, selling a 26-year-old Hermès Kelly bag in alligator skin for $27,000, almost $20,000 more than an entry-level bag costs in-store.
It was the most a customer had paid for a bag at Gillespie’s Brisbane-based luxury resale boutique, Luxe.It.Fwd, but she sees no reason that record cannot be broken again.
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