Thieves steal $300K handbag collection from Los Angeles home

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 02:44 · Archive

Thieves stole roughly $300,000 worth of Hermès Birkin handbags from a Los Angeles home on Monday afternoon.

Patricia Vuagniaux, a 60-year-old handbag collector and authenticator in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, was robbed of roughly $300,000 worth of Hermès Birkin bags, watches and jewellery on Monday afternoon whilst she was at a medical appointment. The burglars used a signal jammer to disrupt her Ring camera and nearby cameras, then broke through reinforced windows and cracked the lock on her bedroom closet. They wrapped the bags in a fitted sheet from her bed to carry them away.

Vuagniaux said the thieves were strategically aware of her home's security. 'They were strategic enough to avoid the Ring camera in the front so they came through the side. They knew exactly what they were doing,' she told ABC7. She believes the criminals may have targeted her after she posted a list of her collection to a Facebook luxury handbag group several months before the robbery, noting that list alone contained hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of handbags.

Vuagniaux started collecting Hermès Birkin bags over two decades ago after retiring from selling her coffee business. She considers the collection part of her retirement fund. The New York Post reports she also told them: 'I worked hard for everything I got.'

How it is being reported

• Thieves break into home and steal $300k in loot after homeowner flaunted luxury handbag stash onlinePatricia Vuagniaux, 60, said that thieves stole her 'longtime' collection of Hermès handbags while she was at a doctor's appointment on Monday afternoon.Daily Mail · 15 Oct, 02:33
• Thieves pull off $300K heist of Hermes Birkin handbags from LA business owner’s fortified homeThe homeowner said the sneaky burglars prowled around her Ring camera, through reinforced windows, and subverted a lock on her bedroom closet to make off with the expensive handbags.New York Post · 14 Oct, 18:13

In this story: Patricia Vuagniaux · Hermès · Los Angeles · Eagle Rock

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