When it comes to rare leather, many people think of crocodile leather at the first time. However, the gap between crocodile leather is quite large. Some styles can be purchased for only a few hundred yuan; but Hermes' crocodile leather bags cost hundreds of thousands of yuan. What causes such a huge price difference? So what about the value retention rate of crocodile skin in second-hand luxury goods? Let's continue reading.
1.Sparse source
The crocodile leather handbags on citizens have different sources and different leather, but there are only a few crocodiles that can be used to make leather goods. Among them, the top crocodile is the rarest one; followed by Siamese crocodile and Nile crocodile , the two have similar cortexes; the Caiman crocodile has the worst cortex and the lowest value, occupying the raw materials for most crocodile leather products on the market.
In addition, there are strict restrictions on the number of crocodiles that can be hunted and taken every year, so rare things are precious; although crocodiles are raised, they are aggressive and difficult to raise, and are prone to scars on the epidermis, so it is quite difficult to obtain perfect crocodile leather. When Hermes is choosing crocodile skin, even the scars bite by mosquitoes are not allowed. Its rarity can be imagined and the price is naturally expensive.
2. Workmanship difference
The high difficulty of sewing crocodile leather is also the reason for the high price. There are scales on the surface of the crocodile leather, which is more difficult to deal with than ordinary leather. If you are not careful, the scales will easily crack, and the whole piece of leather will be scrapped. Therefore, a large part of the price of crocodile skin reflects its difficult production process. Taking Hermes as an example, it takes several years for a craftsman to go from training and assessment to actually sewing crocodile leather handbags, and the price of the finished product is naturally not ordinary.
I know two reasons for the price difference, so do you know how valuable the Hermes handbag that cherishes leather is in the second-hand luxury goods market?
Generally speaking, the value retention rate of a 95 new ordinary leather Hermes handbag is usually around 80%; because it is difficult to buy leather and wait for a longer time, the value retention rate will usually be higher than that of ordinary leather handbags. For some limited models, the second-hand price may even be higher than the original price!
2017, at the Christie's autumn auction in Hong Kong, a Himalayan crocodile leather diamond buckle platinum bag was sold at a sky-high price of 2.5957 million yuan
Of course, in addition to the rareness of second-hand luxury goods, these three points are also very important:
1. Maintenance degree
Everyone is "loving the new and tired of the old". In the second-hand market , a properly maintained second-hand luxury goods bag will naturally be sold higher
2. Size
0 Hermes' handbags are of many sizes, which is more suitable for Asian girls in small sizes; naturally, in the second-hand market, small sizes are also more popular than large sizes.
3. Color
The classic black and gray are naturally self-evident; the orange and blue of the Hermes brand logo have also been very popular recently. Choose a relatively popular color and naturally sell it higher in the second-hand market!
