Hi all! I've decided to take on 2018 as the year to crack down on some mega wish list pieces. At the very top of my list is an Hermes Constance 23 in Black Box leather from 1994 (it would be my first!).
While hunting down the perfect bag on almost every second-hand and vintage website you could imagine (haven't really had the chance to visit many vintage shops in person), it seems to me like some years and or decades are much easier to find than others. I've seen so many Constance bags for sale (from reputable, authenticated sellers) from the 1970s and 1980s, but it's so hard to come across them from the 1990s! And it's not just Constance 23 bags, all sizes seem so scarce from the 1990s. It may seem like an obvious question, but has anyone else encountered this while searching for vintage bags? Any possible explanations?
The only thing that occurs to me is that maybe people who purchased their bags in the 90s aren't quite ready to let them go just yet (and understandably so!). It's just made my search all the more difficult lol!
While hunting down the perfect bag on almost every second-hand and vintage website you could imagine (haven't really had the chance to visit many vintage shops in person), it seems to me like some years and or decades are much easier to find than others. I've seen so many Constance bags for sale (from reputable, authenticated sellers) from the 1970s and 1980s, but it's so hard to come across them from the 1990s! And it's not just Constance 23 bags, all sizes seem so scarce from the 1990s. It may seem like an obvious question, but has anyone else encountered this while searching for vintage bags? Any possible explanations?
The only thing that occurs to me is that maybe people who purchased their bags in the 90s aren't quite ready to let them go just yet (and understandably so!). It's just made my search all the more difficult lol!