Louis Vuitton · Tier 2

Papillon

Name: Louis Vuitton Papillon 26
Brand: Louis Vuitton

Catalogued July 2026

The Papillon is Louis Vuitton's cylindrical barrel bag, a rounded tube-shaped handbag in Monogram coated canvas, historically sold with a matching detachable mini pouch inside. First introduced in 1966 and credited to Henri Racamier, it gained fame through a 1967 advertising campaign and remains one of the house's most recognizable vintage silhouettes. It is carried by rolled top handles and has appeared in numerous sizes and reissued versions since.

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Size

192630 Mini BB Unknown

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The brown shades we’ve recorded (2)

Brown, Pattern Prints2Dark Brown2

Shades recorded from resale listings, in the sellers’ own words. Chanel doesn’t publish official seasonal colour names, so treat these as descriptions, not house names.

What it's worth

Louis Vuitton · Papillon · 26 · Brown

This exact variant · 991 recorded prices

Best listed right now: $585 on Fashionphile, well below the typical price (median $935).

Demand is light and prices are soft, so there's little pressure to move fast.

No longer in production, so resale is the only way to buy it.

By condition · compared like-for-like

excellent

3 prices

very good

108 prices

$690$1,925

Estimated from recorded resale prices (880 with condition unrecorded) · not an appraisal. As of 2026-08-17.

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Where it stands

#379

of 528 styles in the LC Index

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⚖Blended from price, trade volume, and scarcity.
◷Recomputed monthly from recorded market prices.

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The three measures behind #379

By priceof 528 styles

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By trade volumeof 528 styles

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LHouseLouis Vuittonest. 1854 · France ColourBrown

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Specifications

Size26

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ColorwayBrown

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StatusDiscontinued

Resale price history

-5%

$950 → $900 across 991 recorded sales

2026-07 – 2026-08

Estimated from recorded resale prices · not an appraisal or investment forecast. Values can go down as well as up.

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