Then I went to Evans, recommended by a friend. Royal Bag Spa quoted $740 and a 6 week turnaround. I’m sure Gucci would’ve done a good job but I looked locally to see what I could get done here. I’d taken the bag to Gucci who had quoted $890 to recondition the bag inside and out and replace the interior in full which was to take 3-4 months for the work to be done at their workshops in Italy (COVID still prolonging lead times). Minor scratches and marks to the leather generally. The interior fabric lining was rather stained (a rogue strawberry) and the exterior piping and base of the bag were beginning to wear and fray. When I received the sneakers back they looked like I just purchased them from the store! I was beyond amazed! I also had a pair of Chanel wedding shoes I had bought to wear at my wedding at the end of the month but the shoe strap was giving me excruciating pain & I couldn’t figure out why as the shoes fit perfectly and the strap wasn’t too tight! As soon as I took them into Evans they assessed the problem and told me that they need to loosen the strap to allow me to have that give as the strap was sitting too low on my foot - mind you they’re saying so it was a little risky as glue stains cannot be cleaned off the satin! When I received my shoes and put my feet into them I couldn’t stop crying from happiness! I thought I was going to have to change my shoes as they were so uncomfortable & with the wedding so close it was very distressing, but Evans made it work & I’m forever grateful!īrought in a much loved and rare Gucci bag I’ve had for a long time that was in need of rejuvenation after almost daily use for 5-6 years. In mid-February, crooks pilfered $52,000-worth of shoes, clothing and handbags from the chic Soho Givenchy location.I took a few items into Evans including 2 designer sneakers that had so much wear and tare I had stopped wearing them. The theft comes weeks after a trio of men brazenly yanked a handbag worth a whopping $10,200 from a Louis Vuitton pop-up shop in the Meatpacking District during business hours. “When you look at the office location of Heritage, it’s a prime location, Park Avenue,” said Sergei Ilyashenko, co-owner of Helios Auctions on 2nd Avenue. The estimated value of Hermes bags on the auction house’s website is between $6,000 to $50,000. The company said the burglary took place between 3 and 4 a.m. when the thieves busted the storefront windows.Ī local auctioneer was similarly surprised by the big-ticket theft, saying it reminded him of COVID-era smash-and-grabs on Fifth and Madison Avenues. Heritage Auctions declined to confirm the brands or models of the stolen wares. “It’s across the street from most of the investment banks and private equity firms.” The bags were among eight snatched by three men, who cops say made off with a haul totaling $242,000 in value. Thieves ransacked a Midtown auction house early Tuesday, swiping Hermes Birkin and Kelly bags - among the most coveted bags in the world and valued between $6,000 to $50,000, according to sources and authorities. Prolific book manuscript thief claims love of reading drove him to steal works by famous authorsīrazen bandits pistol-whipped elderly man, stole cash during NYC barbershop stickup Thief crashes helicopter after trying to steal it from Sacramento airport Olive soiled: Spanish thieves busted for stealing over 19 tons of olives, oil
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