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Hermès Kelly 20 Mini II Sellier Black Shiny Alligator Gold Hardware
Hermès Kelly 20 Mini II Sellier Black Shiny Alligator Gold Hardware
Black shiny alligator with Gold hardware is the exotic mini at its most classical: the lisse finish, achieved through agate-stone glazing, brings the fine scale grid to a lacquered depth where light moves row by row across the front panel, and the warm metal sets the traditional contrast against the deep black ground. On the Mini Kelly II the scale work reads at its most concentrated, the small Sellier panels showing the skin without a seam to interrupt it.
Sellier construction carries the external saddle stitching and knife-edge corners that define the structured Kelly, scaled to the format collectors chase hardest. Single top handle with the detachable shoulder strap for crossbody carry, and an A stamp placing production at 2017.
Condition: 2 – Excellent
Stamp: A (2017)
Color: Noir (89)
Leather: Shiny Alligator
Hardware: Gold
Includes: Box and strap
Dimensions: 20 × 12 × 6 cm | 7.9" × 4.7" × 2.4" · Handle Drop: 4.4 cm | 1.7" · Strap Drop: 47 cm | 18.5"
Collector's Insight: Exotic Mini Kelly allocation runs a fraction of standard Kelly output, and black shiny alligator is the configuration the format is collected around: the benchmark against which every other exotic mini is priced. Examples in strong condition circulate rarely because the buyers who secure them hold them.
Resale Insight: The black alligator Mini Kelly with Gold hardware draws the deepest and most stable demand of any exotic mini specification, unmoved by seasonal color cycles. An excellent example prices below pristine while keeping the full weight of the configuration, which widens its buyer pool rather than narrowing it.
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