Lowballing on Canal
I usually jack up the volume on my headphones when weaving through Canal Street’s not adorably clueless tourist crowds.
“Miss?! You want handbag?! Big, leather?! You want Chanel?! You want Dior?!”
Yes I want handbag, big, leather. Yes I want Chanel. Yes I want Dior. Know what I don’t want? To be conned into buying fakes by little - albeit frightening - old Asian ladies. Alas, sometimes they know just what to say to get you to stop, drop and roll out the dough.
“Van Cleef and Arpel? You like?”
My friend Kendall works at Sotheby’s; the Van Cleef and Arpels Alhambra necklace is about as big over there as the Tiffany Heart Tag toggle link necklace is for Bat Mitzvahs. Her boss owns multiple versions and colors of the Alhambra, which retails for around $350. Kendall’s boss recently let her in on a dirty little secret; she bought her Alhambras on Canal. A fake in Sotheby’s? What is the world coming to?! Continue reading →
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