# Microscopic "handbag" sells for $63K at auction **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314 "2023-06-29T21:02:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314/1 "2023-06-29T21:02:38Z")
A fool and their money are soon parted. > **[Handbag ‘smaller than a grain of salt’ sells for over $63K | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/style/mschf-lv-microscopic-bag-auction/index.html)** > > Barely visible to the human eye, art collective MSCHF’s miniscule “Louis Vuitton” handbag is less than 0.03 inches wide. We’re not going to make it, are we? Humans, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314/2 "2023-06-29T21:08:44Z")
Seems like a lot for a knock off LV purse. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314/3 "2023-06-29T21:10:22Z")
Now a minuscule Hermes Birkin bag; that would be worth quite a lot. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314/4 "2023-06-29T21:21:48Z")
Well, at least it’s composed of actual matter, unlike knock-off Hermes Birkin NFTs. > **[Hermès v. Rothschild: A Timeline of a Case Over MetaBirkins NFTs](https://www.thefashionlaw.com/hermes-v-rothschild-a-timeline-of-developments-in-a-case-over-trademarks-nfts/)** > > Hermès made headlines in January 2022 when it filed a trademark infringement case against Mason Rothschild over his MetaBirkins NFTs. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314/5 "2023-06-29T21:28:46Z")
Honestly, I think the LV logo plastered all over Louis Vuitton handbags and luggage is _really_ tacky. I don’t want the things I purchase to be such blatant advertisements for the brands. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314/6 "2023-06-29T21:43:29Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > We’re not going to make it, are we? Humans, I mean. I’ve seen artwork that entailed a lot less time and resources sell for a lot more than that. As a species we are just bartering one made up thing of value (money) for another. That handbag, at least, has a lot smaller carbon footprint than a $63K car. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314/7 "2023-06-29T21:50:47Z")
Look at the bright side. Once you’ve collected 5 of those handbags you can trade them for a ride on a submarine down to see the wreck of the ~~_Titanic_~~ _Titan_. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314/8 "2023-06-29T22:23:32Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > We’re not going to make it, are we? Humans, I mean. A movie quote that will never be outdated. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314/9 "2023-06-29T22:32:58Z")
It seems to me that this handbag is entirely in keeping with the schtick of the group. They release things like this as a form of social commentary. From [the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/style/mschf-microscopic-handbag.html), > Kevin Wiesner, the chief creative officer of MSCHF, positioned the bag as a commentary on the impracticality of [ever-shrinking luxury handbags](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/02/fashion/mini-bag-tiny-purse.html). “I think ‘bag’ is a funny object because it derives from something rigorously functional,” he said in an interview. “But it has basically become jewelry.” > > He said that MSCHF aimed to extend that trend to its logical conclusion by stripping away all of the bag’s utility, leaving nothing but a brand signifier. “It is the final word in bag miniaturization,” MSCHF said in a statement. [Here](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/style/MSCHF-sneakers-culture.html?unlocked_article_code=ySi9vDqXiHBLEtGRo9Asay96KjYBkjsDqT9Vp_-sqfENEOqb8b_hFm0_2y_2BzuhYxwCR4aHpRpZNI6kKbB9oan4zjHF-4-1Xz6lQbdd4C4FdC4fZlR38pB80ccBzOmLwW7WAAgY7UhfpStdYgKn5q296LGjLovgtnQgZPDEiDbuFQrNNN77S45Kv14wfsXE0y4R9Fyo35r_NnXD-M9QpWIlZltAV0bArrM8eDlGV_DmTX1Uw-oBhnp1ZaEWNy_OR_mXemhRw8x17qoNkJgvxRdHf2ZWMc3AxXTzORnJ-F4AL1Xzank4E9-WhOAToS_5AaMxiLvQIEJiG20t&smid=url-share) is a gift link to a New York Times article about the group. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314/10 "2023-06-29T22:49:43Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > We’re not going to make it, are we? Humans, I mean. Robert A. Heinlein called these the “Crazy Years”; and I don’t think even he knew how crazy they would be (and before anyone starts, I know damn well there are more than enough crazy things in history to fill many volumes, but I’m rollin’ here…). And the name MSCHF, by adding the proper vowels, describes the business pretty accurately IMHO. Press on. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314/11 "2023-06-29T23:32:47Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > > [@ekedolphin](#): > > > > We’re not going to make it, are we? Humans, I mean. > > A movie quote that will never be outdated. Well, except in the scenario where it’s sufficiently far in the future that it can be said we have “made it.”