







The Sold Archive
Hermès Kelly 20 Mini II Sellier Blue Sapphire Porosus Crocodile White Gold Hardware with Diamonds
Placed
- Realized
- $250,000–500,000
The object record
- Condition
- 1 – Pristine
- Material
- Porosus Crocodile
- Color
- Blue Sapphire (Bleu Saphir 73)
- Metallic finish
- 18K White Gold with Diamonds
The story behind the Kelly
Created in the 1930s by Robert Dumas as a women's bag with straps: a trapezoid with two triangular gussets, a cutout flap, a handle and two side straps. It took the Kelly name in 1956, when Grace Kelly made it famous. Sellier construction keeps the seams on the outside for a more defined outline; Retourné construction turns them inside for softer edges. The leather does not decide the construction: Christie's records Box calf Kellys in both.
Discover Hermès Kelly BagsBlue Sapphire, the jewel-tone blue of the exotic register, on Porosus crocodile in the smallest Kelly format, under 18K white gold set with diamonds. The Mini Kelly II is the most chased format in the modern catalog and its exotic allocation is a fraction of standard production; the diamond commission narrows that fraction to a handful.
Sellier construction, rigid and precise at 20 centimeters, with the full Kelly architecture: turn-lock, sangles, flap, and shoulder strap.
Collector's Insight:
Diamond hardware on the Mini Kelly II is among the rarest expressions of the commission program: maximum specification in minimum volume.
Resale Insight:
Mini Kelly demand outpaces every other Kelly size in the current market, and exotic diamond examples trade far above the format's already elevated baseline.
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