







The Sold Archive
Hermès Kelly Pochette HSS Noir / Lime Interior Shiny Alligator Permabrass Hardware
Placed
- Realized
- $50,000–75,000
The object record
- Condition
- 1 – Pristine
- Material
- Shiny Alligator Mississippiensis
- Color
- Noir / Lime (interior)
- Metallic finish
- Permabrass
The story behind the Kelly Pochette
The Kelly as a small, box-like clutch, with the Kelly flap, straps and turn-lock and a top handle.
Discover Wallets, Clutches, PochettesA Horseshoe Stamp commission in Shiny Alligator Mississippiensis. Three scarcity tracks intersect in this single Pochette. Permabrass hardware is one of the rarer Hermès hardware finishes, a brushed champagne-toned brass introduced in limited release and allocated sparingly across HSS orders. Shiny Alligator sits within the smaller half of Hermès' alligator output, constrained by raw material supply and finish complexity. Bicolor configuration with a contrast interior multiplies production complexity, requiring matched exterior skins plus a coordinated lining color sourced through the same atelier.
The Kelly Pochette format compresses the Kelly silhouette into a flat trapezoidal clutch in Sellier construction. Noir Shiny Alligator delivers lacquered depth across the scale surface, while the Lime interior reads as a sharp graphic counterpoint at every reveal of the flap. Permabrass threads the two registers, warm enough to lift the black exterior without pulling toward standard gold.
Collector's Insight:
HSS Kelly Pochettes in shiny alligator are among the more selectively allocated HSS pieces. Four constraints stack: HSS quota access, shiny alligator skin allocation, Permabrass hardware availability, and bicolor configuration approval. The Noir / Lime contrast pairing pushes the configuration further into custom territory. Pochettes in this exotic plus HSS plus Permabrass combination surface infrequently, even within the broader HSS market.
Resale Insight:
Exotic Kelly Pochettes trade as flagship pieces in the secondary market, with HSS provenance compounding the premium. Permabrass hardware adds another scarcity layer that supports valuation independent of color. Bicolor exotic configurations with contrast linings typically hold the strongest resale among Pochettes due to the difficulty of replicating the configuration through standard allocation. Pristine condition places this piece at peak positioning.
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