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Hermès Handbag Prices & Resale Value
Boutique versus resale prices, upkeep, and cost per wear across 7 Hermès bags.
Bags covered
7
Average retained
154%
Resell above retail
6 of 7
Hermès bags
Hermès
Birkin 25
Togo calfskin
- Retail
- $12,100
- Resale
- $27,500
- Retained
- 227%
Hermès
Birkin 30
Togo calfskin
- Retail
- $12,900
- Resale
- $24,000
- Retained
- 186%
Hermès
Kelly 28
Epsom calfskin
- Retail
- $13,600
- Resale
- $25,000
- Retained
- 184%
Hermès
Constance 18
Epsom calfskin
- Retail
- $11,900
- Resale
- $20,500
- Retained
- 172%
Hermès
Evelyne 29
Clemence calfskin
- Retail
- $4,600
- Resale
- $5,100
- Retained
- 111%
Hermès
Garden Party 30
Negonda calfskin
- Retail
- $3,900
- Resale
- $3,450
- Retained
- 88%
Hermès
Picotin Lock 18
Clemence calfskin
- Retail
- $4,300
- Resale
- $4,700
- Retained
- 109%
Hermès — common questions
- How much does a Hermès bag cost?
- Across the 7 Hermès bags covered here, boutique prices run from $3,900 to $13,600 before tax. The Garden Party 30 is the entry point at $3,900. Resale prices sit well away from retail in both directions depending on the model.
- Do Hermès bags hold their value?
- 6 of the 7 Hermès bags here resell above what they cost new, and the average across the house is 154% of boutique retail. The Birkin 25 holds best at 227%. Those are pre-fee figures: a 25% consignment commission comes out of every one of them.
- Is a Hermès bag a good investment?
- Treat any handbag as a purchase first. Even the models that resell above retail carry sales tax you never recover, insurance, reconditioning, and a consignment commission that routinely runs a quarter of the sale price. The calculator on each bag's page reports the net figure after all of it, alongside cost per wear — which is the metric under which an expensive bag can genuinely be the cheaper choice.