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We only list prestigious firms with a well established reputation and who authenticate products. We actually have the option of listing many more firms but we have decided many of the firms not mentioned here have questionable reputations or offer items the other 12 are already offering.

 

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Hermes pre-owned bags and accessories at What Goes Around Comes Around

What Goes Around Comes Around

 

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WGCA (What Goes Around Comes Around) is a firm of experts in luxury pre-owned items, based in New York City, founded in 1993.
They have stores in NYC and Beverly Hills, CA.
Their selection is very good, their listings provide good pictures and enough information about condition and what is included. Their prices are very competitive.

 

WGCA has over 190 pre-owned Hermes bags to choose from.

 

Prices range from $495 to $130,000

 

Browse their Hermes bags selection

 

 

Hermes pre-owned bags and accessories at myGEMMA

myGEMMA

 

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MyGEMMA is a firm of experts in luxury pre-owned items, based in New York City, founded in 2012.
They have very competitive prices, a mid size inventory but we find most of the items they sell are in good to perfect condition.
Their listings have all the relevant information and good pictures. They are definitely a great source to buy your Hermes Bag.

 

MyGEMMA has over 70 pre-owned Hermes bags to choose from.

 

Prices range from $180 to $175,000

 

Browse their Hermes bags selection

 

 

Hermes pre-owned bags and accessories at The RealReal

The RealReal

 

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The RealReal is a community of about 40 million members, the largest platform for authenticated luxury resale in the United States. Founded in San Francisco, California in 2011.
The currently have 17 stores in: California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Texas.

 

The Real Real has over 1400 pre-owned Hermes bags to choose from.

 

Prices range from $122 to $350,000

 

Browse their Hermes bags selection

 

 

Hermes pre-owned bags and accessories at FWRD Renew

FWRD Renew

 

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FWRD Renew is the pre-owned division of FORWARD/REVOLVE, Forward (now known as FWRD) is a firm from Los Angeles founded in 2011 by the well known fashion firm REVOLVE and originally managed by Elyse Walker, known for her high end celebrity boutiques.
Their FWRD Renew division offers a great selection of pre-owned high-end designer clothing and accessories.

 

Forward has over 180 pre-owned Hermes bags to choose from.

 

Prices range from $2,300 to $87,000

 

Browse their Hermes bags selection

 

 

Hermes pre-owned bags and accessories at Collector Square France

Collector Square

 

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Collector Square if a French firm based in Paris and with 2 stores in that area, they were founded in 2013.
They are true experts in ultra luxury designer bags, they have the ability to restore pre-owned items to almost new condition and for many of the items they even provide 360 degree views so you can see all sort of details.

 

Collector Square has over 750 pre-owned Hermes bags to choose from.

 

Prices range from $560 to $183,430

 

Browse their Hermes bags selection

 

 

Hermes pre-owned bags and accessories at The Luxury Closet

The Luxury Closet

 

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This firm is based in Dubai, founded in 2012; and gives you access to a huge market of ultra luxury items from a very wealthy region of the world. For that region owning Hermes products and Hermes Bags is very common, some of the people there wear such items daily.
The Luxury Closet has a mix of items they stock in their store and are selling directly as well as items they are selling for regular people or items other commercial sellers list on their site.

 

The Luxury Closet has over 1400 pre-owned Hermes bags to choose from.

 

Prices range from $245 to $78,552

 

Browse their Hermes bags selection

 

 

Hermes pre-owned bags and accessories at FASHIONPHILE

FASHIONPHILE

 

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Fashionphile is based in California and with stores across the USA.
They have perhaps the largest selection of in-house Hermes Bags in the world, their prices are for the most part very competitive.

 

FASHIONPHILE has over 1200 pre-owned Hermes bags to choose from.

 

Prices range from $265 to $185,000

 

Browse their Hermes bags selection

 

 

Hermes pre-owned bags at REKLAIM

REKLAIM

 

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REKLAIM is the newest of the vendors we feature but a great option.
Founded in 2022 in Pacific Palisades, California.
They use Artificial Intelligence and high technology to source pre-owned luxury items like watches, jewelry and designer handbags and they offer the items at high end retail stores like Nordstrom, Selfridges and Jared among others.
They also offer their items at duty free shops at the Dubai international Airport.
In total their items are offered through more than 100 prestigious retail partners around the world.
They have a small but great selection of Hermes bags.

 

REKLAIM has about 260 pre-owned Hermes bags to choose from.

 

Prices range from $4,395 to $38,995

 

Browse their Hermes bags selection

 

 

Hermes pre-owned bags at Dallas Designer Handbags

Dallas Designer Handbags

 

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Dallas Designer Handbags is a company based in Texas and originally founded in Dallas in 2015 , now operating an outlet store in Frisco, Texas.
They are a smaller operation compared to some of the other firms we feature but that makes it a different and great option.
Sometimes when firms get too big they pay less attention to quality and details so a smaller firm like this one could be an excelent alternative.
They have a fantastic selection of in stock and on consignment Hermes bags. Another advantage is the fact that they are not located in one of those affluent and trendy cities like New York, London or Paris, where the bags would get much more daily use and show more wear.

 

Dallas Designer Handbags has about 30 pre-owned Hermes bags to choose from.

 

Prices range from $995 to $18,995

 

Browse their Hermes bags selection

 

 

Hermes pre-owned bags and accessories at Chairish

Chairish

 

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Chairish was founded in 2013 and it is based in San Francisco, California, USA. It is the concept of a couple, she, a previous fashion marketing specialist and he, a tech (travel industry) executive. They have a focus on vintage and pre-owned home furnishings and home decor, but they offer pre-owned fashion accessories as well.

 

Chairish has about 30 pre-owned Hermes bags to choose from.

 

Prices range from $1,200 to $44,000

 

Browse their Hermes bags selection

 

 

Hermes pre-owned bags and accessories at REBAG

REBAG

 

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Rebag, was founded in New York City in 2014. They offer a mix of their own inventory and inventory on physical consignment (they physically take in the item to verify its authenticity and condition). They have boutiques in California, Florida, and New York. They have one of the largest selection of pre-owned Hermes bags.

 

REBAG has about 1600 pre-owned Hermes bags to choose from.

 

Prices range from $630 to $46,770

 

Browse their Hermes bags selection

 

 

Hermes pre-owned bags and accessories at 1stDIBS

1stDIBS

 

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Based in New York. They were originally an art auction house and now they are one of the important online sales venues of ultra luxury items.
They have great pictures and depending on the seller they will have enough information about the items, they provide an easy way to contact the seller and you can even make an offer directly on the listing.
As far as pricing, like many other sales venues, the price will reflect an increase due to the commission they charge to the seller. Still there is a constant number of good opportunities to find.

 

1st DIBS has about 1700 pre-owned Hermes bags listed.

 

Prices range from $250 to $398,975

 

Browse their Hermes bags selection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HISTORY OF THE BIRKIN BAG

 

The Birkin Bag is perhaps the most coveted product in HERMES’ history, but its success came about 167 years after HERMES was founded and 19 years after it was introduced to the market (in 1984). Hermes has been in business since 1835 and the Birkin bag became a fashion and status icon in 2002. ( Click here for the full history of Hermes  ).

 

The Birkin Bag was named after an English-French singer and actress famous during the 60s to 90s named Jane Birkin.

 

Several stories circulate as to how this happened but the name of the bag originates from a chance encounter between her and the then CEO and director of Hermes, Jean-Louis Dumas (the great grandson of Hermes’ founder Thierry Hermes Jr.). This happened in 1983 according to Hermes’ website, (although some places cite this as happening in 1981), Jane Birkin was supposedly a coach passenger on a flight from  Paris to London, she was promoted to first class and while she was trying to place her wicker bag inside the overhead compartment the contents of her bag flew all over the place and one of the passengers in first class helped her gather the contents to put them back in the bag, that person was Jean–Louis Dumas, after the incident they got to talk during the flight about how she could never find a bag that fit her needs and that is why she was forced to carry with her that wicker bag. She explained how she thought there should be a bag with compartments, very large in size and capacity and the design should be elegant but at the same time versatile so it could be used during the day as well as for the evening.

With her ideas it is said Jean-Louis Dumas took notes and even drew a sketch of what he thought would be a bag like she envisioned. The sketch was supposedly done in a barf bag from the airplane.

 

With the idea in mind Dumas went back to the workshop in Paris and worked on some versions, eventually he came up with what met all the criteria and gave a sample to Jane Birkin, it was a 40cm version of the bag, Jane Birkin’s ideal bag.

 

The bag was introduced to the market in 1984 but it was not an instant success.

 

Hermes was already well known for over a century for their high quality leather products. It was known among the elites worldwide as a top fashion accessories name and the “Kelly” bag, which had been by then on the market for almost 50 years, was already one of the most expensive handbags in the world. But sales of the Birkin and Hermes products where not so significant.

A popular TV show (Sex and The City) lifted the bag and Hermes to iconic fashion status worldwide.

By the 90s the bag was selling more but not at significant numbers, the claim to fame for the bag came in 2002 when it was featured in the TV show Sex and The City by the character Samantha Jones (played by Kim Cattral) saying the now famous phrase “It’s not a Bag, it’s a BIRKIN!”. In the conversation in that episode the character explains the high price of the bag ($4,000 at the time) and a five year waiting list, the other character in the dialog asks puzzled (referring to the price and waiting list) for a bag?, and the answer is it’s not a bag, it’s a Birkin, implying the bag is not a simple handbag but it is something far more special with almost a legendry status. That TV show turned that bag into the “it” bag for the rich fashionistas and for the past over 20 years ultra rich women have the Birkin Bag in their list of must have items, constantly filling the waiting list of Hermes boutiques worldwide.

 

The fact that there is regularly a waiting list of 5 to 6 years to get one and that the list includes some of the most famous and richest people in the world also helps make the bag the icon it is.

 

The huge popularity of the bag among the elites all over the world has made it far more expensive today and some limited editions fetch stratospherically high amounts of money. Some bags have now become fantastic investment instruments aside from being a favorite fashion accessory.

Although the bag is very hard to get directly from Hermes fortunately there is a very big market of pre-owned and even unworn bags. You can browse our Birkin gallery for a huge selection of Birkin bags from the best sources worldwide. We offer one of the most complete selections available online.

 

 

 

RELEVANT THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT BIRKIN BAGS

 

Through the years the bags have been offered in 4 different sizes: the Birkin 25, the Birkin 30, the Birkin 35 and the Birkin 40. There is also a limited edition Birkin 20 (Birkin Faubourg) and 2 larger Birkins that are not so common, the 42 (which is not a tall bag but a horizontal bag with long handles) and a Birkin 50.

The name  comes from the width of the base of the bag measured in cm (25cm, 30cm, 35cm and 40cm).

 

There is a tall Birkin derived from the legendry “Haut-a-Courrroies” and it is called the HAC40. That bag is offered in regular and weekend version and it is used more as luggage, not as a daily use bag.

 

The most common materials used for Birkin bags are these leathers: Togo, Epsom, Clemence, Swift and Box Calf 

 

This simple guide we have prepared will help you to distinguish the confusing terms used in Birkin bag names. Typically the name will have these elements: the size (it will be the number in the name), the stitching type (Retourne or Sellier), the leather used (see our leathers & materials chart below), the color (typically in French and Hermes colors) and the Hardware Material.

 

SIZES AND MATERIALS OF BIRKIN BAGS

 

BIRKIN SIZES

Size: 25

Dimensions: 10″ x 8″ x 5″ (25 x 20 x 13 cm)

Handle Drop: 3″ (7.62 cm)

Size: 30

Dimensions: 11.5″ x 9″ x 6″ (30 x 22 x 16 cm)

Handle Drop: 4″ (10 cm)

Size: 35

Dimensions: 14″ x 10″ x 7″ (35 x 25 x 18 cm)

Handle Drop: 4″ (10 cm)

Size: 40

Dimensions: 16″ x 12″ x 8″ (40 x 30 x 21 cm)

Handle Drop: 4.5″ (11 cm)

Size: 42

Dimensions: 16.5″ x 9.5″ x 7″ (42 x 24 x 18 cm)

Handle Drop: 7″ (18 cm)

Size: 45

Dimensions: 17.7″ x 12.2″ x 7″ (45 x 31 x 18 cm)

Handle Drop: 4.7″ (12 cm)

Size: 50

Dimensions: 19″ x 17″ x 10.5″ (50 x 45 x 27 cm)

Handle Drop: 5″ (12.7 cm)

 

Birkin Bag Exterior Materials

LEATHERS

  • Ardennes
  • Barenia
  • Barenia Fauborg
  • Box Calf
  • Buffalo
  • Buffalo Dalmatian
  • Buffalo Gala
  • Buffalo Sindhu
  • Butler
  • Chamonix
  • Chevre
  • Chevre de Coromandel
  • Chevre Mysore
  • Clemence
  • Country
  • Courchevel
  • Derma
  • Doblis Suede
  • Epsom
  • Evercalf
  • Evercolor
  • Evergrain
  • Fjord
  • Grain d’H
  • Gulliver
  • Jonathan
  • Madame
  • Maurice
  • Milo
  • Monsieur
  • Negonda
  • Peau Porc
  • Rodeo
  • Shearling
  • Sikkim
  • Sombrero
  • Suede
  • Swift
  • Tadelakt
  • Taurillon
  • Taurillon Cristobal
  • Taurillon Novillo
  • Togo
  • Troika
  • Vache
  • Vache Hunter
  • Vache Liegee
  • Vache Trekking
  • Veau Grain Lisse
  • Velvet
  • Vibrato

OTHERS/SYNTHETICS

  • Amazonia
  • Canvas
  • Crinoline
  • Feutre
  • Hermes Lainage
  • Herringbone Linen
  • Silk
  • Toile
  • Toile Chevron
  • Toile GM
  • Toile H Canvas
  • Toile Jean
  • Toile Officier
  • Toile So H
  • Wicker/Straw

EXOTICS

  • Crocodile
  • Alligator
  • Lizard
  • Ostrich

 

HOW TO DISTINGUISH REPTILE LEATHERS

 

Hermes uses a symbol system, look for the symbol next to the HERMES PARIS stamp above the clasp.

 

Reptile Leather Symbols

 

Niloticus Crocodile: look for ● ●

Porosus Crocodile: Look for ^

Alligator: Look for

Varanus Niloticus Lizard

Varanus Salvator Lizard

 

 

HARDWARE OPTIONS

 

Hermes uses a very limited number of possible hardware finishes. Here is a chart.

 

Hardware Options

 

PALLADIUM: Polished Palladium Plated finish, often called “Silver”


GOLD: Polished 18K Yellow Gold Plated finish


ROSE GOLD: Polished Rose Gold Plated finish


BRUSHED PALLADIUM: Brushed Palladium Plated finish, often called “Brushed Silver”


BRUSHED GOLD: Brushed 18K Yellow Gold Plated finish, often called “Brushed Silver”


PERMABRASS: Mix of Palladium and Yellow Gold Plating finish, a darker gold color than yellow


RUTHENIUM: Ruthenium is the rarest metal on earth, it has a darker gunmetal grey tone used in more exotic versions of the bag


PVD: A coating used for colored satin finishes in metals, used in black hardware


LACQUERED: Paint on top of the metal


 

BIRKIN BAG SPECIAL EDITIONS

 

SPECIAL ORDER / CUSTOM MADE PROGRAM

 

Hermes offers a program for VIP customers where they can special order the colors and materials of the bag, those bags are commonly referred as “Horseshoe”, “HSS”, “Craftsman’s Personal Product” or “PSO”. Some of the most collectible bags on the market are Horseshoe bags, one of a kind.

 

Hermes uses a symbol system for out of the ordinary products, look for the symbol next to the HERMES PARIS stamp above the clasp.

 

Special Edition Symbols

 

HSS (Special Order): Look for an inverted horseshoe to the left of HERMES PARIS


Craftsman’s Personal Product: Look for a comet symbol under HERMES PARIS


VERSO: A bag with a different color on the interior to the exterior

 

 

RECENT BIRKIN NON SPECIAL ORDER SPECIAL EDITIONS

 

Hermes offers every once in a while special editions with different design features, materials and color patterns. Some of those versions are highly collectible and fetch stratospherically high prices in the pre-owned market.

 

Recent Special Editions

 

  • Shadow Birkin (2009)
  • Himalaya Birkin (2010)
  • So Black Birkin (2010)
  • Club Birkin (2012,2022)
  • Ghillies Birkin (2012,2016)
  • Touch Birkin (2017)
  • Tressage Birkin (2018)
  • Faubourg Birkin(2020)
  • Sunrise & Rainbow Birkin (2020)
  • Cargo Birkin (2020)
  • Picnic Birkin (2021)
  • Fray Fray Birkin (2021)
  • Birkin 3EN1 (2021)

 

We encourage you to look at our listings for offers of such editions, we constantly have them available from many several of the most prestigious stores and sales venues.

 

 

RETOURNE & SELLIER

 

Retourne are the regular designs of the bag with the stitching hidden inside, The Birkin Sellier (2010,2014 and after 2020 now permanent offer) was a special edition of Birkin bags with the stitching done outside the bag, by popular demand they became part of their regular line up in 2020. Sellier bags are characterized by having the stitches done externally and stiffer leathers that make the bags a little stiffer as well.

 

 

BIRKIN BAGS AS AN INVESTMENT AND PRICES

 

The reason Birkin bags are a good investment is the fact that there is a big waiting list for them and very limited production and over time the high demand has pushed prices for pre-owned bags up, a lot of buyers want to have a bag immediately and they are willing to pay exorbitant prices for them and even higher prices for the more exotic versions.

 

Common versions of pre-owned bags fetch prices similar to a brand new one. That is very unusual in other kinds of items and markets. The market for Birkin bags behaves in a way that resembles the trade of art, where the desirability and the great performance as an investment make the item ideal to buy and keep, a Birkin bag is very liquid as well, they sell very easily and fast.

 

Birkin retail prices range from $10,400 to $150,000 with resale values much higher than that.

 

Base retail prices in 2023 (Togo Leather)

Birkin 25
$10,400
Birkin 30
$11,600
Birkin 35
$13,500
Birkin 40
$14,000

Recent Record Prices for Birkin Bags

  • Ginza Tanaka Birkin sold for $1,900,000
  • 2014 Himalayan Birkin sold for $432,000
  • Fuchsia Crocodile Birkin with white Gold and Diamonds hardware sold for $226,555

 

From 1980 to 2015 the average annual return of a Birkin bag would have been around 14%, so this poses an interesting question: should you buy a Birkin to enjoy it and then sell it in the future making money?

 

Very few things in life allow us that, buying something to enjoy and then make money in the future with it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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