Unexpected Treasures: The Case of the Tumi Classic

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jan 25th 2011 at 11:01PM

We love handbags and briefcases on this site so we were excited to see the Tumi briefcase shown at right come in for an Unexpected Treasure. Luxist reader Dana tells us that this Tumi Classic Sienna Briefcase was a gift in 1975. The briefcase may be older but it is in great shape and the classic style means that it's just as functional and useful as it was decades ago. In fact given the aging of the leather it might be a little more attractive and a little more valuable.

We asked Matthew Rubinger, who runs Heritage Auctions new luxury accessories department what he thought about this piece. He agreed that it is a nice bag and pointed out that natural leather ages beautifully creating a soft and appealing patina. He believe that it would probably sell for more than it originally retailed for estimating that it might fetch $200 to $300 at auction.

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