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8. I wonder how one distinguishes between a $75 knockoff and a handbag worth $70,000

Tue Mar 12, 2024, 07:02 PM

Mar 2024

Whether there IS such a thing as a handbag worth $70,000 or not is, I guess, in the eye of the (very well-off) beholder.

My friends at Heritage Auctions in Dallas have a division that deals with that sort of thing, so I know that there are indeed such beholders. But I still marvel at the fact that there are enough of them to support a whole branch of a business. The old chicken/egg question must get asked often at those events: who is the greater fool, the one who won the bag for $70,000 at auction, or the one who dropped out of the bidding at $69,000?

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Trump lawyer Alina Habba at Mar-a-Lago holding a $70,000 Herms Croc Birkin bag [View all] riversedge Mar 2024 OP

Probably a knockoff. Even so, it's obscene that a $70K handbag even exists. Ocelot II Mar 2024 #1

Even if it was made out of the rarest materials you RubyRose Mar 2024 #23

Musk spent $44B on a website... a vanity purchase. WarGamer Mar 2024 #2

I often wonder how transactions like that are actually conducted and registered? DFW Mar 2024 #48

K & R THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS ABOUT COUNTERFEIT BAGS.....???? Stuart G Mar 2024 #3

The price of a soul, if she actually had one to sell in the first place. paleotn Mar 2024 #4

How about that! Well, bless her little birkin, and she's got a nice purse to put it in! marble falls Mar 2024 #5

$70,000 purse??? Really??? PatSeg Mar 2024 #6

If that bag had $69,990 inside it might be worth that much. sop Mar 2024 #53

Exactly! PatSeg Mar 2024 #54

Some people are so poor, all they have is money. Duncan Grant Mar 2024 #7

That is awesome. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #11

Thank you. niyad Mar 2024 #42

I wonder how one distinguishes between a $75 knockoff and a handbag worth $70,000 DFW Mar 2024 #8

How about the one who refused to bid? Nt spooky3 Mar 2024 #26

I think that describes 99.9999999999% of the population n/t DFW Mar 2024 #40

un vrais? un faux? I was reading years ago about how French women niyad Mar 2024 #41

A) It's not particularly special looking. I'd walk past it on a Bergdorf or Nieman's shelf. B) Can you imagine Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #9

A fool and their client's money Johonny Mar 2024 #10

These bags can cost a great deal more than $70k. Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #12

If she's at Mar A Lardo... rubbersole Mar 2024 #13

I don't get the reference. Do tell! Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #33

Stormy Daniels. Forbes mag with #####'s pic, with which he got spanked. niyad Mar 2024 #35

NO! I don't think I ever read that. The man is so screamingly tacky! Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #37

We had a LOT of fun with it here in DU for a time! niyad Mar 2024 #44

To be fair, I just looked at the Hermes Birkin Bag collection, and niyad Mar 2024 #39

Looks like she broke the wrist and it set wonky. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #45

That, and the ring and pinky fingers blurred together. And the ring blurred. niyad Mar 2024 #46

Someone AI'd her!! marble falls Mar 2024 #51

Rather looks that way. niyad Mar 2024 #55

I would rather have a $75 bag with $69,925 in it. genxlib Mar 2024 #14

WINNER!! riversedge Mar 2024 #20

Collector (hoarders) multigraincracker Mar 2024 #15

Well, one of Trump's lawyers got paid. keithbvadu2 Mar 2024 #16

That is one butt ugly bag.😱🤣 sheshe2 Mar 2024 #17

And the purse isn't much to write home about either . . . hatrack Mar 2024 #21

Bwahahahahaha sheshe2 Mar 2024 #22

Whoop!!! You said it!! Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #25

BOOM! MorbidButterflyTat Mar 2024 #60

Right? If it was in my price range, I wouldn't buy it. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #24

IKR sheshe2 Mar 2024 #28

OK. True confession. I do like the skirt though. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #29

I'll give you that. sheshe2 Mar 2024 #32

If Babba intends to be Smelvis' new trophy mistress,... magicarpet Mar 2024 #18

Probably an Ivanka Trump nakocal Mar 2024 #19

I thought MorbidButterflyTat Mar 2024 #62

More than i paid for my first house...or 2nd Maeve Mar 2024 #27

Well that puts it in perspective, doesn't it! I paid 9K more for my first home, but still. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #31

So what? PJMcK Mar 2024 #30

I am a Vera Bradly kinda girl myself... FarPoint Mar 2024 #34

if a hack lawyer put up a laughable defense in a case you took a $100 million ass kicking on, would you invite them to Takket Mar 2024 #36

I don't care if it's real or if it's a fake. madaboutharry Mar 2024 #38

I fell in love with Judith Leiber purses many years ago when I first saw niyad Mar 2024 #43

She was kacekwl Mar 2024 #47

Alina doesn't care if folk think she's smart, as long as she thinks they think she looks good struggle4progress Mar 2024 #49

Even if I had the money I wouldn't buy it jmowreader Mar 2024 #50

It's easier to carry around than a Tesla, I guess. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2024 #52

Bag a Lardo Blue Owl Mar 2024 #56

She's not in the running for Miss Universe, PCIntern Mar 2024 #57

I wonder if she actually bought the bag. Maybe brand cbabe Mar 2024 #58

Well, at least the cult can see where their donations go. Vinca Mar 2024 #59

So, it appears that at least some of Trump's lawyers get paid. Even when they suck. onenote Mar 2024 #61