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64. the most expensive purse in the world valued at 3.8 MILLION. lots of gems!!

Sat Aug 10, 2013, 11:23 AM

Aug 2013

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Prices for Hermes' Birkin bag — a square, sturdy tote that has become one of the most-coveted luxury handbags since it was introduced in the 1980s — start at about $10,000, but have gone as high as $200,000, for a red crocodile skin Birkin sold at a 2011 Christie's auction.

Hermes also produced a platinum version studded with 2,000 diamonds, designed by Japanese jeweler Ginza Tanaka and valued at almost $2 million.

That, however, is not the world's most expensive handbag. According to Guinness World Records, that honor goes to a heart-shaped gold purse from jewelry house Mouawad covered in 4,500 diamonds and valued at $3.8 million

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http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/38-000-tom-ford-handbag-realistic-for-consumers-like-oprah-1.5863461

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I'm still trying to wrap my head around Oprah's purse. [View all] Cleita Aug 2013 OP

I am not losing any sleep over an obscenely wealthy woman being insulted by a snooty shop asst. MotherPetrie Aug 2013 #1

Switzerland is the most xenophobic place in Europe. Machine guns at every entry point confirm this. onehandle Aug 2013 #2

Nonsense. nt. Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #21

To give them the benefit of the doubt question everything Aug 2013 #3

She's got billions BainsBane Aug 2013 #4

She's the one whining about how she was mistreated. duffyduff Aug 2013 #85

Wow, so just because you are rich, you aren't allowed to speak out against racist treatment? phleshdef Aug 2013 #95

Your comment is offensive BainsBane Aug 2013 #109

what bothers me is people dismissing the racism JI7 Aug 2013 #5

and nobody is dissing the shop owner for selling a $38,000 purse or Phentex Aug 2013 #30

It is about racism, but isn't it a legitimate side issue that a family could live happily for a Squinch Aug 2013 #35

Yes, but that's another topic... Phentex Aug 2013 #46

Well, that other topic happens to be the main topic of this thread Scootaloo Aug 2013 #102

I think the saying goes like this hfojvt Aug 2013 #45

Another racist rant Bandit Aug 2013 #166

Do you think the OP is dismissing racism? nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #61

Exactly...The point is, if even a very wealthy & well know celebrity can experience racism, whathehell Aug 2013 #63

According to her. We don't really know the truth. n/t duffyduff Aug 2013 #82

What happened to Oprah is illustrative of what happens to blacks every day. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #76

this. nt La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #98

+1000 - they're either oblivious to the point Oprah was trying to make CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #151

PETA's 2008 Person of Year - looking at crocodile handbags leftstreet Aug 2013 #6

Seriously? Fridays Child Aug 2013 #8

Mainstream media's reports are that this was an alligator handbag - truedelphi Aug 2013 #20

Nope, not alligator. Beacool Aug 2013 #137

Yeah, that is amazing to me too Bettie Aug 2013 #160

Do a little research on PETA and the number of animals they kill - TBF Aug 2013 #31

She wanted to look at it. She didn't do anything PETA could object to. If she had bought it Squinch Aug 2013 #36

I just bought a $68.00 handbag a couple of weeks ago, and it was a an ENORMOUS amount of money FourScore Aug 2013 #7

and many would diss you for that... Phentex Aug 2013 #32

I hear you. My bags are usually under $20, however, I was eyeing a Michael Kors Cleita Aug 2013 #97

This message was self-deleted by its author BainsBane Aug 2013 #112

Your $68 handbag will last you awhile, I bet. Ilsa Aug 2013 #132

she gives a lot of money to charity Liberal_in_LA Aug 2013 #9

Was it really racism? moondust Aug 2013 #10

Then she could have explained the policy and called the boss. n/t pnwmom Aug 2013 #12

The clerk and owner of the store maintain that it was a miscommunication. Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #22

Nah. I think they didn't let her see it because she was black, and they assumed she was Squinch Aug 2013 #37

After hearing the statement from the owner, I doubt it. Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #44

Zurich is probably quite familiar with monied elites. moondust Aug 2013 #50

That was the drift of my post ... Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #53

That's what came to my mind as well. SMC22307 Aug 2013 #92

Nope! JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #38

Rush Limbaugh doesn't think it's racism. See today's "Salon." (nt) Paladin Aug 2013 #39

Now I'm doubling down JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #58

For me the take away point from Rush's rant is that tblue37 Aug 2013 #88

Who the hell is Tom Ford who prices a purse at $38,000? Kablooie Aug 2013 #11

+1000 darkangel218 Aug 2013 #26

exactly... it is a sick part of our society. The question is-- where does the money go? NoMoreWarNow Aug 2013 #57

On any day of the week you will see bags that expensive for sale BainsBane Aug 2013 #113

Oprah has donated MILLIONS to charity pnwest Aug 2013 #13

no, she hasn't earned it. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #24

That's right, the elites always give to charity. David__77 Aug 2013 #27

lol, socialist. how you going to tell okieinpain Aug 2013 #77

no one 'earns' the kind of money oprah has. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #89

That is an incredibly logic empty comment. bluestate10 Aug 2013 #120

no one earns it. no one. that is something folks like yourself can't seem to understand. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #126

If you are giving away that much money, then you don't need it at all duffyduff Aug 2013 #73

So, after taking what she needs to live, the proceeds from Oprah's labor hughee99 Aug 2013 #104

Hey, spying costs money. Dr. Strange Aug 2013 #116

Why don't we get a law passed to take rich people's money. Obviously they don't need it. bluestate10 Aug 2013 #121

I would be on board with that. Cleita Aug 2013 #125

If we had such a law, we'd all be surprised at how quickly the poverty level Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #158

Oprah is the 1% avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #14

Actually she is like the top one thousandth of the one percent. n/t duffyduff Aug 2013 #74

It's the lavishness of the celebrity culture. That's why I find celebrities repulsive if they are... Safetykitten Aug 2013 #15

One possibility seems to be missed defacto7 Aug 2013 #16

If I saw that price tag, I'd want to look at it too mainer Aug 2013 #54

one time in vegas, I was looking at judith leiber purses--absolutely beautiful little works of art. niyad Aug 2013 #56

That's my same point... UncleTomsEvilBrother Aug 2013 #155

I doubt Oprah needed to look at the price. That's the point of the story. CJCRANE Aug 2013 #159

Whoever said that Capitalism was efficient in distributing and consuming resources? AZ Progressive Aug 2013 #17

Did you know the upper crust still have debutant balls? Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #18

These bags get sold like used cars. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2013 #19

I just can't imagine any purse being worth that much, I didn't know that such Raine Aug 2013 #23

There are some pieces of canvas ..... oldhippie Aug 2013 #51

the most expensive purse in the world valued at 3.8 MILLION. lots of gems!! niyad Aug 2013 #64

I have no doubt that they'd refuse to show it to me, too - lynne Aug 2013 #25

That is what it seems to me as well. Lurker Deluxe Aug 2013 #59

Nobody would show it to me, either. Ednahilda Aug 2013 #70

I think you've hit the nail on the head. duffyduff Aug 2013 #83

Don't bags like these have wait lists? eilen Aug 2013 #153

I agree with the point you're making. I am also unsurprised by the point missers pissing on your Stinky The Clown Aug 2013 #28

she has the last laugh though. ejpoeta Aug 2013 #29

The store had the last laugh in that scenerio. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #62

how did the store have the last laugh, since it lost out on a pretty big sale? niyad Aug 2013 #69

Didn't they buy a bunch of clothes? ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #72

yes, vivian and edward go to a number of different shops. when vivian is finished shopping, loaded niyad Aug 2013 #79

Ah. That does sound familiar now that you have described it. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #87

Yes, that's the trope that this incident resembles. CJCRANE Aug 2013 #162

when I was in college, back before the earth's crust cooled, most of the students looked and dressed niyad Aug 2013 #164

You're right - it's not the purse it's the general idea TBF Aug 2013 #33

It's appalling. Oprah should have kept her big mouth shut. duffyduff Aug 2013 #71

Thank you for this chart. Cleita Aug 2013 #93

If you go to the link there's more -- TBF Aug 2013 #100

I live in an affluent area and since I work out at the gym with some really rich people, Cleita Aug 2013 #103

Is there a similar chart for accumulated wealth? I think that would make more telling. rhett o rick Aug 2013 #117

I'd love to see one - TBF Aug 2013 #146

John. Edward's. Haircut. Phentex Aug 2013 #34

Thank you for using the word poor. ananda Aug 2013 #40

I can't even deal with anyone, including Oprah, who would spend $38,000 on a purse kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #41

I can deal with them. But some of their spending habits are misguided. nt bluestate10 Aug 2013 #122

That's no rant. Octafish Aug 2013 #42

That's ok. As long as the 1% can work the rest of us MichiganVote Aug 2013 #43

At least she was circulating the money. The $38,000. (likely over)paid a bunch of people, who magical thyme Aug 2013 #47

We can do better than that. TBF Aug 2013 #84

I don't doubt that magical thyme Aug 2013 #148

Your statement - TBF Aug 2013 #149

advocating how? who is listening? what changes are you actually effecting. magical thyme Aug 2013 #150

Some folks advocate bandaids and crumbs TBF Aug 2013 #156

ah, I see. Still not answering the question. nt magical thyme Aug 2013 #165

If you are having problems with comprehension TBF Aug 2013 #167

This is a 'perfect storm' of cognitive dissonance for DU. X_Digger Aug 2013 #48

Yes -- Too bad so many here can NOT separate it to see the bigger picture. n/t whathehell Aug 2013 #66

Her attempt to make herself into the Rosa Parks of the top thousandth of the top one percent duffyduff Aug 2013 #75

She's not trying to make herself into any kind of Rosa Parks gollygee Aug 2013 #80

that seems like a silly article to me hfojvt Aug 2013 #49

purse designer Duckhunter935 Aug 2013 #52

oh, I bet there is more of a mark up than that hfojvt Aug 2013 #55

The article says it was $35,000 Swiss Francs and $38,000 Cleita Aug 2013 #90

+38,000 Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2013 #110

Al Franken usually gets it hfojvt Aug 2013 #123

Thanks for sharing your insight n/t TroglodyteScholar Aug 2013 #60

So when do you people plan on attacking the First Lady for wearing Tom Ford? name not needed Aug 2013 #65

"You people"? n/t Igel Aug 2013 #91

No sympathy for Oprah duffyduff Aug 2013 #67

I can't think of a better illustration of what's wrong with the 1%! hedgehog Aug 2013 #68

38,000 for a purse is obscene nt abelenkpe Aug 2013 #78

Thank you for making the purse a separate issue from the racist incident gollygee Aug 2013 #81

I'm sorry I mentioned Oprah at all. Cleita Aug 2013 #94

I don't think you should be sorry for that. It was news...and KoKo Aug 2013 #96

I'm white, blonde/blue-eyed eilen Aug 2013 #154

Some great points. Grateful for Hope Aug 2013 #86

Those in the pampered elite class aren't going to pay their fair share of taxes as long as indepat Aug 2013 #99

I am not at all sure that Oprah can be a judge of racism. truedelphi Aug 2013 #101

I have to admit, I've never seen an "Oprah isn't paying her fair share of taxes" thread before. n/t hughee99 Aug 2013 #105

To be clear, maybe she is. Cleita Aug 2013 #106

I doubt anyone in the 0.01% is paying their fair share. nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #119

What is their fair share? Tax rates should be progressive and loopholes that the rich use mostly bluestate10 Aug 2013 #124

Yes, past a certain point, they should be taxed into oblivion. Marr Aug 2013 #140

It's wrong that she wasn't given the chance to handle the 38k purse daleo Aug 2013 #107

The racism gets to me. Rex Aug 2013 #108

I have one thing to say BainsBane Aug 2013 #111

Ah, capitalism. RedCappedBandit Aug 2013 #114

I lost respect for Oprah hearing this story Californeeway Aug 2013 #115

Like most people that go from being everyday to being super rich, Oprah has jumped the tracks. bluestate10 Aug 2013 #118

Right there with you. Oakenshield Aug 2013 #127

Yep. Time to bring back real progressive taxation Cleita Aug 2013 #128

Contemporary research suggests chervilant Aug 2013 #129

If philanthropy worked as a solution to social problems, we Cleita Aug 2013 #131

True. n/t chervilant Aug 2013 #145

This whole thing smacks of a publicity stunt, done usually when celebs have a new movie or book. reformist2 Aug 2013 #130

not sure this is so racist. the shop lady DID show her other bags. pansypoo53219 Aug 2013 #133

I've never been to Zurich, but I was reading comments from people who lived there Beacool Aug 2013 #134

here: niyad Aug 2013 #135

Point was about the price of the bags. Cleita Aug 2013 #136

The price is obscene. Beacool Aug 2013 #139

There are people out there dying of diseases that could be treated for the price of Marr Aug 2013 #138

I think what really bothers Oprah is her ego was damaged because doc03 Aug 2013 #141

Yes, but you're missing one point. Rich people deserve the best, no matter valerief Aug 2013 #142

You are so right. Cleita Aug 2013 #143

Yes! Good point! Would you like a dish of this excellent Almas caviar, dear? Zorra Aug 2013 #147

Two wrongs don't make a right. Whether racism or class snobbery, the shopkeeper... Moonwalk Aug 2013 #144

What is a $40K handbag made of, unicorn hides? The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2013 #152

The assumption is she was going to BUY it. CBGLuthier Aug 2013 #157

I think it's odd how Americans tend to project their own local ideas of racism onto Marr Aug 2013 #161

Melissa Harris Perry, an African American woman dismissed the claim of racism and Cleita Aug 2013 #163