Luxury handbags auctioned in Scotland
A Scottish widower is auctioning off his late wife’s beloved collection of designer handbags for charity. George Irving is selling nine of his wife Eleanor’s luxury leather bags to raise money for the organisations that supported her while she was ill.
Included in the collection is a rare £3,000 Hermès Kelly bag, plus others from Gucci and Louis Vuitton.
The auction, which is being held in Glasgow, is expected to raise thousands of pounds. The charities set to benefit include Ardgowan Hospice, MacMillan nurses, Marie Curie Cancer Care and Inverclyde Royal Oncology Department.
Mrs Irving’s love for handbags began during a trip to Capri when she spotted a Gucci bag in a shop window. Telling her husband that she had always wanted a designer bag, he took her in and bought it for her.
Over the years, her passion for handbags grew and in 2007 her husband gave her an Hermès Kelly bag for their 25th wedding anniversary.
The Kelly leather bag is named after Hollywood star and Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly.
