SELL OR CONSIGN
SELL
TO US
Send one photograph on WhatsApp and you will have an indicative number the same day. No appointment, no form, no valuation fee.
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[ a range, then a number, then a choice ]
SELL TO US
FOUR STEPS
HOW IT WORKS
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PHOTOGRAPH IT
Front, interior, and the date code or serial if you can find it. Daylight, no filter. Send them on WhatsApp. If you cannot find the code, send what you have and we will tell you where to look.
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GET A RANGE, SAME DAY
You get a range rather than a single figure, because condition decides the rest and a photograph cannot settle it. The range is honest: the final number lands inside it unless we find something the photographs did not show.
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BRING IT IN
A short visit to the shop. The five checks, in front of you, with the reasons said out loud. You will know more about your own bag afterwards than you did walking in.
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CHOOSE HOW YOU ARE PAID
Outright, and you leave with the money. Or consignment, where it sells at a higher price and you are paid after. Both figures are put in front of you together so you can see exactly what the choice costs.
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THE TWO OPTIONS
MONEY TODAY,
OR MORE MONEY LATER
OPTION A
OUTRIGHT PURCHASE
We buy the piece from you and it becomes ours. The offer depends on the piece and its condition.
Paid when we buy it
No waiting on a buyer
No risk to you if it does not sell
A lower figure than consignment, because we carry that risk instead
OPTION B
CONSIGNMENT
The piece stays yours. We photograph it, authenticate it, list it and sell it, and you are paid when it does.
A higher final figure
15% commission when it sells
No minimum period: take it back at any time
You wait, and there is no guarantee of when
WHAT WE TAKE
AND WHAT
WE DO NOT
Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Dior, Chanel, Saint Laurent, Coach, MCM and Karl Lagerfeld. Bags, wallets and small leather goods.
We do not take anything we cannot authenticate to our own satisfaction, anything with an undisclosed repair, or anything a customs or police matter attaches to. We will also say no to a piece that is genuine but will not sell here, and we will tell you where it probably will.
Hermes is taken by appointment only, because the checks take longer and need to be done unhurried.
BEFORE YOU MESSAGE
COMMON QUESTIONS
I DO NOT HAVE THE BOX OR THE RECEIPT. CAN I STILL SELL IT?
Yes. Missing paperwork affects the figure, not whether we are interested. What matters far more is the condition of the corners, the hardware and the interior.
HOW LONG DOES CONSIGNMENT USUALLY TAKE?
It depends on the model and its condition. Popular pieces go sooner; unusual colours, very large sizes and seasonal pieces take longer. We will tell you which one yours is before you commit, rather than after.
WHAT IF YOU THINK MY BAG IS NOT GENUINE?
We tell you, in person, and we show you what we are looking at and why. We will not buy it and we will not list it. You take it away with you. We do not report anyone, and we do not keep a piece we have declined.
CAN YOU COME TO ME?
No. Please bring the piece to the shop. It is the only way to check it properly and agree a figure face to face.