It's quite all right! It was your find! No need to be sorry. It was a great deal! I coudn't be that rotten to take it when you found it first! lol! I checked out your link, and I have washed certain bags in the machine and they turned out great, however, the Hamilton has way too much hardware on it including the chain strap. If you notice, her bag had hardly any hardware on it at all. The hardware could beat the death out of the bag and ruin it in a machine! If you really want to try washing it, do it by hand in the sink, using a mild detergent like Woolite or even dish soap.and then hang it to dry. The trick is that you have to dry it quickly so it doesn't mildew. I blow a space heater at mine wile they are drying and continue to turn it and shape it, while it is drying. The problem with white, is it doesn't clean evenly. Some areas come out brighter than others. I personally would go to a shoe repair store or a dry cleaners with a white Hamilton. Also, many of the older
Coach bags like hers, didn't have a lining in them. The Hamilton has a lining.. so I would be very leary to put a Hamilton in the machine, especially with all the gold hardware on it, and definitely, don't use the dryer. Treat it like you lingerie and do it all by hand.
