A MILLION Pound Pawn expert was stunned by a £160k handbag in a ‘work of art’ collection – but it holds a dark secret.
Charlotte Rogers appeared in Tuesday night’s edition of the ITV show to help pawnbroker Dan Hatfield value a guest’s handbag collection.
Charlotte travels the world for her job and knows what to look for when it comes to high end designer items.
She told Express.co.uk: “In terms of actual valuations, we value lots of very exquisite bag so Hermès Birkin [bags] things like that.
“And for those you’re talking £50,000, £60,000, up to £150,000, £160,000 per piece.”
Charlotte explained why the bags were worth so much, and it won’t be to everyone’s liking.
She continued: “So they’re real investable works of art and they will have diamond Platinum hardware and they’ll be made out of exotic fabulous skins.”
Charlotte recalled one of memorable valuation of an Italian lady’s designer handbag collection.
She said: “Some of the fabulous ladies in Milan, they like to sell off their handbags occasionally they like to renew and buy new collections and things like that.
“We were in a really privileged position to be able to value a huge private collection of Hermès Birkins and Kelly [bags].”
Charlotte added: “[They were] all different colours something that a lady kept in her dressing room, almost as works of art for herself for all these years and we were able to value and aid in the sale of all those pieces.
“That [was] probably our most memorable [valuation] being in Milan during Fashion Week.”
