Dallas Texas (Global News)_Fancy owning probably the rarest handbag in the world? If you pop into the Luxury Accessories Signature Auction at the Heritage Auctions in Dallas Texas, you just may be able to empty your purse of a little over a quarter million dollars and become the proud owner of the world’s most desirable bag that Hermès ever created.
While it has 229 diamonds set in 18k white gold hardware which totals 8.08 carats, the handbag is not just about those shiny rocks. It is made from the hide of Africa’s largest crocodilian and fashioned as a magnum opus for the wearer to carry. Its spectacular yet delicate hue of smoky gray fading into a rare luminous white evokes the magnificent beauty of the snow-capped Himalayan mountains, from which it gets its name – the Hermès 35cm Diamond Matte White Himalayan Niloticus Crocodile Kelly or in short, Hermès Diamond Himalayan Kelly.
It is this part of the bag that gives it the title of being one of the rarest, because that shaded luminosity is a painstaking time-consuming process that involves hand-dyeing and bleaching. From then on, just like all Hermès products, the bag is delicately hand-stitched using two needles and a single piece of thread for not just an impeccable finish but also the permanency of each stitch.
Dubbed a masterwork in meticulous craftsmanship and exquisite artisanry, this bag is surely the holy grail of all Hermès products, even more so than its Birkin counterpart. Himalayan Kelly bags were crafted in limited numbers after Jean Paul Gaultier had one in his Spring 2010 collection, causing a collecting phenomenon, making these the ultimate find limited only to the serious collector.
And if you can’t afford the Diamond Himalayan Kelly, there are more Hermès bags on auction. At just one tenth the price of this rare counterpart is the hot pink Shiny Rose Scheherazade Crocodile Kelly Cut Hermès clutch auctioning at just USD 26,000 to USD 34,000 with its palladium hardware. Then there’s also the gorgeous green trio starting at an affordable USD 14,000 to USD 40,000 – the Matte Vert Rousseau Alligator Mini Kelly 20, a 30cm Vert D’Eau Alligator Birkin and a Special Order Horseshoe Vert Criquet. And these are just the tip of the iceberg.
Love Hermès? Then hotfoot it to the Heritage Auctions – that’s the place to be.
