How much would you pay for a handbag?

This has made me have a look at my bags, some date back 50 years…!
Hhave transferred all from my matalan bag to a small cross body Oliver ? Bonas which my dd bought me for a special birthday which is a tad smaller, but decidedly smarter.

Claremont

and a lot of them made with cruelly farmed crocodiles, sadly.

BTW I have a vintage real wild crocodile handbag, silk lined, from my grandmother, from the 30s I guess. Wonder how much it is worth. If I can sell it for a good sum, would be happy to donate to the WWF.

Thanks for all the contributions, it makes for interesting reading.

Re the above- can anyone recommend a top quality vintage bag site where I could get the above valued and sold for the best price.

Money will be given to WWF- I would not wish to profit from such a disgusting trade. However, I imagine crocodiles in the 30s where not inhumanely farmed, but wild caught and killed.

I think it’s personal choice. If the bag is within your budget, you like it and will use it, then buy it. What someone else is prepared (or not) to pay is irrelevant - it’s what you are prepared to pay that is relevant.

Georgesgran

It’s good job we aren’t all alike M0nica. My bags are as much a part of me, as my clothes, not just an accessory.
I’m afraid (being shallow?), I do notice other people’s bags and often think they say something about the owner - a bit like shiny shoes used to.

Oh!

Well, good thing you can't see me 😀
You'd think "she doesn't bother!"

I like small crossbody and wristlet bags to keep hands free. I have two totes from working days which I rarely use now. I had a cull of bags a while ago because I just rotate a very few now, being too lazy to keep swapping them around and moving contents from one to another. I wouldn’t recognise a designer bag if I fell over one, unless it was emblazoned with logos (which I’ve always disliked) - but then of course it could always be a cheap copy.

Not a lot!
I don't think bags are my thing at all!

The most I have ever paid fir a bag was £85, about 15 years ago, red leather, a mad moment on a cruise, which I have never used, it was so posh it has its own bag.
I have a couple of others which also have never been used. A terrible waste. All are ok,but I prefer cross body bags now.
My current bag was £15 in matalan. It’s perfect for me.

I pay nothing for my clutch handbags.

I fancy Bottega Venenta, not within my budget, they're gifts.

I'm really pleased with my latest bag it was £70 in Clark's sale. I only like leather bags but wouldn't pay more than £100 these days. Paid a bit more when I was at work but they had to carry all sorts and a lap top.

When my DDiL was about to emigrate 17 years ago, she had to part with some clothes.

She said she was selling her handbags on ebay. They sold for £100 plus, each!
It was an eye opener to me. She doesn't even seem the glamorous fashion conscious type at all.
She's the outdoorsy one. 😄

I bought a nice shoulder bag for my teenage DGD. Roka? Anyway it was bright and trendy looking. I never saw her wear it and as it was rather expensive by my standards (I have 7 DGC and not much spare cash) I now make sure via the parents what she really wants or needs.

I see she's now into 2nd hand shops. Hooray!

Charity shops and Ebay mean I can have new bags regularly.
I have a Kipling cross body and a Kipling backpack in use now. £10 each in perfect condition.

It’s good job we aren’t all alike M0nica. My bags are as much a part of me, as my clothes, not just an accessory.
I’m afraid (being shallow?), I do notice other people’s bags and often think they say something about the owner - a bit like shiny shoes used to.

At one time I had a real thing for handbags and had many different types and in different colours but now I stick to about 3 that I use regularly. I had a good clear out and gave loads to a local animal charity.

I only ever have two handbags for normal use, one for summer and one for winter. The last winter one cost £89 and lasted over 25 years. I currently am using the one I used to keep in our holiday home, which I have had for 35 years, but that is beginning to fall apart.

My summer bags do not last as long. My current fabric one cost £6.00 and I bought it 5 or 6 years ago.

I think having more than one or two bags is pointless, nobody takes much notice of someone's handbag. I can understand owning an expensive one, for the personal pleasure it gives, but more than one?

I have a Radley bag which is lovely but it never sees the light of day now. It’s not something I would ever have bought for myself. It was a present from DD for my fiftieth birthday. I’m afraid designer labels are lost on me. I’m all about practicality. Apart from that one, I only have three that I use and they are all cross body bags - two are decent leather ones, nothing noteworthy, but the one I use most is a Kipling that I bought in a sale last year.

I have two Tustings bag they are around £450 each, Tustings will restore and repair these bags at cost so they are a very good investment, all UK made.
I have bought classic designs so these bags will see me out!

My other “magic” bag is a Liberty leather tote that has some clever little studs that turn it into a classic handbag shape.
This I think was about £400, like all my things these bags are well looked after, when not in use I put them in dust bags in a cupboard.

foxie48

I also like a good quality leather bag, they last forever if looked after. I bought a snakeskin vintage bag thirty years ago and still use it. I feel it honours the poor snakes that were used in the 50s when the bag was made. I also have a leather and tapestry bag OH bought in Capri 25 years ago and I still love it, worth every euro. I recently paid £350 for a bag which I think was extravagant but I love it. However I don't like anything with a logo or is obviously expensive. I also love boots!

Same here foxie48 unless you were a handbag aficionado you wouldn’t recognise all but one of my bags.

I will keep quiet about my shoes, boots, sandals and trainers 🤐

I also like a good quality leather bag, they last forever if looked after. I bought a snakeskin vintage bag thirty years ago and still use it. I feel it honours the poor snakes that were used in the 50s when the bag was made. I also have a leather and tapestry bag OH bought in Capri 25 years ago and I still love it, worth every euro. I recently paid £350 for a bag which I think was extravagant but I love it. However I don't like anything with a logo or is obviously expensive. I also love boots!

I like a good leather handbag, they are my weakness. I pay a fair amount, but I’d worry about having one that was in danger of being stolen when out and about.

I used to break shoes in once upon a time, now I just do Skechers most of the time. And comfort concept leather hotters for special occasions.
I do pay good money for footwear but for comfort. I like to walk a lot.

All mine come from charity shops so I guess a tenner s my upper price Only use over the shoulder bags or small back packs don t like hand held ones
I hate the idea of buying for ‘a name’ for anything

MissAdventure

Are your shoes all comfy, Marydoll, or do you have to break them in?

My shoes are comfy, my feet are too painful and life is too short to waste time breaking them in, MissA.
However, I don't do old woman shoes. 😉

£35 is my limit.

I do like a good few pockets in a bag.
Apart from that, I'm not fussed.

If I was slim, nice clothes & plenty of money might see the point! But honestly I am not that interested in fashionable bags. I like a good cross the body bag for everyday use, I am round shouldered & shoulder bags just tend to slip off.