A Hermès or a home?

Los Angeles is obviously a won-der-ful place to cash in some big bucks from the rich and the famous. Or wait, scratch that. The rich. They don’t have to be famous per se. But cashing in surely does work. Last year during an auction a matte Himalayan Nilo crocodile Birkin Bag was depleted for a, wait for it, grand total of 185.000 dollars. I repeat; one-hundred-and-eighty-five-thousand dollars.

For that amount you could easily purchase an 18 carat gold piece of hardware with 242 diamonds worth 9,84 carats. And no, this is not the most expensive bag in the world. This bag’s baby sister was sold in Dallas for 203.150 dollars.

And the purchasee in question was present at the auction (you usually have someone go there for you, immensely chic, while you’re on the other end of the phone line shouting out prices), so if you ever see anyone carrying around a trash bag filled with cash then you’ll know; it’s the Hermès girl.