Price intelligence, market reports, and buying guides for luxury resale.
With 290 active listings and $2M in visible market value, the Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch is one of the most liquid pre-owned watches you can buy. Here's what it actually costs in 2026.
Every major resale platform refunds a confirmed counterfeit — even on final-sale handbags and expired return windows. What differs is how long you have, who has to prove it, and how hard you'll have to push. Here's the 48-hour checklist, the platform-by-platform table, and the credit-card lever most buyers never pull.
We ran one Hermès Birkin 30 through auction, consignment, instant buyout and peer-to-peer to find where $10,000+ bags should actually sell. The spread between the best and worst channel: about $4,400 — and the winner is not the one you'd expect.
Luxury resale has no shared condition standard — “Excellent” on The RealReal, Fashionphile, Vestiaire, eBay and a Japanese Rank A are five different claims. We map every platform's ladder onto one master scale, then price the gap using live listings: on three of four references, the grade didn't predict price at all.
The best designer bags under $2,000 hold 55-95% of retail in 2026 - and the worst lose 90%. We ranked 12 winners with live resale price bands, then named the accessible-luxury traps that lose 70% or more.
At the halfway mark of 2026 the luxury resale market has split in two: heritage handbags and gold-adjacent pieces are up, while steel watches, seasonal bags, and hype collectibles are down. Here's the category-by-category sell, hold or buy verdict — with the data behind every call.
Nearly half of luxury buyers now check resale value before they pay. Here's the exact 4-step method — spread, liquidity, trend, and true net — plus a green/yellow/red scorecard to price any designer bag in under five minutes.
Coach is the breakout accessible-luxury story of 2026. The best styles — Tabby, Brooklyn, vintage Cashin-era — hold 70–85% of retail on resale. Here's what the data says about whether Coach is a smart buy, and which bags actually hold their value.
In 2026 Patek Philippe cut U.S. retail prices ~8% while Rolex, AP, and Tudor raised theirs. We break down the reversal, the recovering pre-owned market, and the real Nautilus-vs-Submariner price spreads — so you know which luxury watch actually holds its value now.
First-hand luxury just posted its first contraction since 2008 — yet resale is growing ~9% a year and outpacing retail 2–3×. Here’s the 2026 state of the market: what’s up (jewelry, timeless bags, watches), what’s down (hype sneakers), and how to buy smart.
The Goyard Saint Louis is the single most-counterfeited bag in luxury — 18.4% fail authentication. Here's the exact 9-point checklist authenticators use to spot a fake, from the hand-painted chevron to the heat stamp, serial number, and where to buy a guaranteed-authentic one.
Three Hermès icons, three completely different resale stories. The Birkin Sellier retains 183% of retail, the Mini Kelly II hits 282%, and the Constance trails at 137% — but the right choice depends on more than just the numbers. Here's the data, the strategy, and the honest answer for first-time buyers in 2026.
Fashionphile is the Neiman Marcus-backed direct-buy giant of luxury handbag resale — 100% authenticated inventory, a lifetime authenticity guarantee, a 0.95 trustiness score on The Back Catalog, and a 60,000 sq ft Chelsea authentication center holding the largest Hermès Birkin collection in the world. Here's our honest 2026 review of how Fashionphile authenticates, what it pays sellers, where buyer complaints actually come from, and how it stacks up against TheRealReal, Rebag, and Vestiaire Collective.
Vestiaire Collective is the world's largest peer-to-peer luxury resale marketplace — with five global authentication centers, 80+ specialists, and a 0.90 trustiness score on The Back Catalog. Here's our honest 2026 review of authentication, fees, the Direct Shipping option that drives most complaints, and how Vestiaire compares to TheRealReal, Fashionphile, and eBay.
TheRealReal is the largest luxury resale consignment platform in the world — and also the one with the most public history of authentication controversy. Here's our 2026 review of whether you can actually trust it, based on real lawsuits, recent financials, and platform data from The Back Catalog.
Not all authentication is equal. We break down how TheRealReal, Fashionphile, StockX, eBay, WatchBox, and others verify luxury items — and what the differences mean for your wallet.
The Goyard Saint Louis retains 173% of its retail value on the resale market — one of only four brands to achieve "unicorn" status. Here's what you should actually pay, where to buy, and how to avoid fakes.