A complete, practical guide to collecting vintage luxury handbags, written for beginners and for collectors who want to sharpen their skills. Learn how to identify iconic models and the details that reveal authenticity, assess authenticity and condition, use catalogues and collector's tools, and understand how market value is formed. A clear path covering the history of the great houses, authentication, valuation tools, rare pieces, fakes and caring for materials, with practical advice on buying and selling safely. Coins&More turns passion into method: concrete tools to collect with confidence and avoid the most common mistakes.