Need Advice Vintage Kellys--do you own one? would you buy one? or wait for a new one?

#18
I :heart: Vintage Kellys....The Few I Have Belonged To My Grandmothers & Mother....Very Special To Me. I Love The Look Of Vintage Kellys...If I Found One That Really Called Out To Me....I Would Grab It!!!!:yes:
 
#19
S'Mom said:
LOVE vintage Kelly's!!!! I have three and all from Pete at LZ who's eye, taste level and judgement I trust completely. I have never been disappointed and love them to bits!!!!

Here's one......
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I LOVE your bag S'MOM.....it looks, and looked delicious!!

I have a 1945 vintage Black Box Kelly, and used her once, but will treasure her forever. She has been to the spa, but didn't really need it.

I love the patina on the vintage boxes.

Good Luck, and Happy Hermes Shopping!
 
#23
I would love to have an inherited kelly! how nice for you, Cynthia NYC! I will try to find Fisch for the Hip. $3k sounds quite a bit more reasonable than LZ's current prices, which at $5k for black box kelly, is not much less than retail, right? Once they have a patina, are they a bit more durable, or must one still worry lots about rain? I was thinking a kelly could be a better travel bag than my birkins, (because I have toddler and still need my hands free for him), but the no shoulder strap part wouldn't help me on that front.
 
#24
BTW Fisch for the Hip is near 18th and 6th--not far from that big Old Navy store and the Container Store. It's been a while since I priced Kelly bags there, by the way, so don't yell at me if my estimate was off! ;)
You can always have Hermes make you a shoulder strap, either canvas like the old style ones, or thinner one in leather like the new Kellys come with.
Retail for a Kelly is currently around the $6K mark (more for Box, and sellier/rigide is more expensive than retourne/souple), though prices are set to jump 10% in the new year. Yikes!
 
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