Coach Rehab and Rescue Club
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Now I am on a multi quote rush!
I'm going to weigh in on the collecting and keeping as is or rehabbing idea and say that if we didn't do at least some rehab work on the older leather it could possibly rot away and therefore be lost. I don't know if any of the older bags will become very valuable in the future, but isn't it fun to be able to wear them and use them now and enjoy them? Although I did just get a Cashin remake body bag, style 9075, that is unfortunately just too small for regular use, and I am going to hang it on my wall instead. It's like a piece of art! So Ledobe, using your little Cashin for showing jewellery sounds like a great idea to me. ( I also watched that auction, glad you got her )
I'm going to weigh in on the collecting and keeping as is or rehabbing idea and say that if we didn't do at least some rehab work on the older leather it could possibly rot away and therefore be lost. I don't know if any of the older bags will become very valuable in the future, but isn't it fun to be able to wear them and use them now and enjoy them? Although I did just get a Cashin remake body bag, style 9075, that is unfortunately just too small for regular use, and I am going to hang it on my wall instead. It's like a piece of art! So Ledobe, using your little Cashin for showing jewellery sounds like a great idea to me. ( I also watched that auction, glad you got her )
I actually think part of the agenda behind that seller's profile was to say she didn't do anything to the bags she was selling and it was up to the buyer. I would hope she "responsibly conditions" her leather. It's nice to know she doesn't "shoe polish" them. And no one has a problem with washing a vintage car, right? If you can find an old car with original paint that is in good condition, it's worth a fortune. They're pretty rare, so part of the restoration process includes at least a wax, and likely some new paint.
I also don't think these bags are really that rare-I buy these bags to use them.
There are probably plenty of museum quality pieces in the coach museum. However I would have problems with someone taking an old bag in great condition and painting it pink and putting glitter on it-someone posted a furry bag from Etsy, no? Also changing the color on a bag that doesn't need it is kind of a shame.
Thanks! Yes, it is dangerous to live near some pretty robust thrift stores!
They just opened a thrift store near my house that sells by the pound. You have to understand where I live, a rural area south of Albuquerque. A lot of people in my area are actually probably illegals. The weird thing is there are some really nice housing developments, and and some pretty sad, delapidated trailer parks. I'm not sure what the zoning laws are like. We actually bought my husband's grandmother's house from her, along with it's contents (unfortunately, no old coach bags-lol), when she moved closer to her son (my F-I-L). I think the developer of our small little development thought that Albuquerque would grow into this area, unfortunately it did not. Our house is nice enough, but old, probably built in 60. So like in many old neighborhoods, we have the well taken care of homes and the run down homes.
So there is a great mix of people here. But I would guess that this thrift store caters to the lower income end of the mix. There is a Goodwill at the cross roads of this area, again, I would suspect that it is catering to the lower income customers.
So, when I say there are no nicer thrift stores in my area, I could take an expedition into town, there are some thrift stores in nicer areas, but considering the dearth of Coach stores, (we have always had dept stores that sold Coach though) I think the odds of me finding anything besides fakes on any random trip are next to nil. They are out there, but I suspect it would be very slim pickings, unfortunatly, and it's too far to go on a regular basis.
to be honest with you I don't know what either of them are. Lol!! The top one is some kind of slim briefcase. I haven't rehabbed either one of them either. Oh well they will get their turn ; ) Thanks for looking
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