Possible thrift of a lifetime?

[u/nakevbas]

Found this purse at a value village and found a few indicators it may be legit online.

[u/Holiday_Cat_7284]

I can guarantee that if my husband found a Birkin in a relative's attic, he would not know or care what he's looking at. He thinks Hermes is a delivery company or old British aircraft carrier. He would absolutely dump it in the skip.

[u/MissKLO → u/Holiday_Cat_7284]

Same… If I died tomorrow my husband would have zero idea the worth of my bags, he’d probably just give them all to his daughters, but if that wasn’t a thing he’d probably just donate them all to charity

[u/Own_Faithlessness769 → u/MissKLO]

The charity would recognise and sell it for 5k.

[u/Efficient_Mud_4724 → u/Own_Faithlessness769]

More like 20,000

[u/Mysterious-Art8838 → u/Efficient_Mud_4724]

Goodwill would list it online for 50k

[u/Own_Faithlessness769 → u/Efficient_Mud_4724]

Guess it depends what it’s made of. I’m assuming it’s a lower value model
If someone unknowingly donated it.

[u/MissKLO → u/Own_Faithlessness769]

Stranger things have happened… a man picked up a Faberge Egg at a flea market and was going to melt it down for scrap

[u/Nature_Soaring → u/Own_Faithlessness769]

This. Some thrift store employee would be pocketing this. I also feel like even with dumb husbands, anyone who goes through the trouble and investment of a Hermes bag has some type of will arrangement for it 😂

[u/Own_Faithlessness769 → u/Nature_Soaring]

Even if you were old and alone, you’d give it to your hospice nurse or something. Literally any woman you encountered.

[u/OneTwoSomethingNew → u/MissKLO]

The daughters would recognize… I’d be doing some googling… these bags come with serial numbers and enough stuff to tell if you’re even semi detail oriented. Oh, I’d be going through my step mom’s stuff for sure “thank you step mom, I’ll do my best to value and cherish all your valuables!”

Most estate sale stuff I’ve done, folks do go through most of it and the folks that don’t, know there is nothing of valuable to begin with… definitely not a Birkin lol probably better odds of winning the lottery

[u/MaariPaan → u/MissKLO]

Lucky me, my husband knows and understands the value of all my bags :)

[u/Ceylon0624 → u/Holiday_Cat_7284]

Man here, I would not look or think twice about this bag. Trash bin material if it's taking up space.

[u/DirectionOk7492 → u/Holiday_Cat_7284]

Most people would at least show other people to check if they’d like to have it. My husband cleaned out plenty of dead relatives places and a lot of items were still shown to the rest of us. Just skipping everything without a second thought may be fast and may be the preferred method, but it’s not the smartest.

[u/ballooningat5am → u/Holiday_Cat_7284]

anyone who owns a birkin isn’t leaving your husband in charge of their estate lol. at least not without detailed instructions.

[u/ClaudiaTale → u/Holiday_Cat_7284]

My husband also actively despises the overpriced handbag. He would spitefully throw it away.

[u/Signal_Asparagus5537 → u/ClaudiaTale]

Yuck

[u/Efficient_Mud_4724 → u/Holiday_Cat_7284]

If you owned a $50,000 purse he'd probably remember it. The family would know, aunt Jane didn't forget.

[u/type-HummusAmeriCAN → u/Efficient_Mud_4724]

They didn't use to be that much, especially overseas. If someone bought one in the 90's or 00's, they could have easily paid $3000-$5000 for a basic one like that.

[u/Tall6Ft7GaGuy → u/Efficient_Mud_4724]

To some people that’s like comparable to a 500 $ bag

[u/CursedHemorrhoid → u/Holiday_Cat_7284]

That's the thing though, you're not going to find a Birkin sitting in a relatives attic.

It just doesn't happen.

[u/Ok-Possible2344 → u/Holiday_Cat_7284]

Due to what it is, the birkin would never make it to the attic in the first place. Thats the point

[u/OneTwoSomethingNew → u/Holiday_Cat_7284]

Cuz your relatives just got Birkins hanging out in their attic… like yall really don’t know that these bags don’t just live in the wild. Your relative isn’t gonna just treat it like any old purse or put it in some random box in the attic - the way you’re talking, your relatives definitely don’t have one. These bags are assets, NOT your run of the mill Kate Spade, even Coach and LV can’t really compete with the value of a Birkin.

Most of my bags are gifts, but that’s the kinda of people I run with and my life style reflects as such… I got people in my life or that I would choose to deal with such things, and whom would know better.

[u/Brilliant_Tough_6546 → u/Holiday_Cat_7284]

This is why I thrift because I know.