I know what every girl wants, a perfect handbag and perfect pair of shoes. I can spend thousands of rupees on my handbag to get the desired one but wait, the moment I saw this news made me little shocked. And made me wondered how much is a handbag worth? Say £100? Maybe £500? Perhaps even £1,000?
How about handing over $380,000 (£279,000) for one bag and a second-hand one at that? Yes, I am serious because now you are getting just a handbag at such a price. For that price, you could buy a house and still have plenty left over. Where are we even heading to?
Yet surprisingly last year someone did pay that amount of money for a rare 2014 Himalaya Birkin a matte white handbag by Hermes, which was fashioned from Nilo crocodile hide and adorned with 18-carat white gold and diamond-encrusted details.
While £279,000 is a record-breaking price tag for this “holy grail” of handbags, it is a drop in the ocean when it comes to the increasingly lucrative market for buying and selling pre-owned luxury “arm furniture”. It was subsequently renamed the Kelly bag after the former Hollywood star.
Expensive handbags are now being common among celebrities such as reality TV personalities Kim Kardashian West and her mother Kris Jenner.
But then again are you willing to buy such an expensive bag ever? My answer will be a big No!
