What years was the Louis Vuitton Papillon BB produced?

Name: Louis Vuitton Papillon BB
Brand: Louis Vuitton

The Louis Vuitton Papillon BB was produced 2022.

Louis Vuitton · Tier 2

Papillon

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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The Louis Vuitton Papillon BB is a designer bag produced 2022.

What it's worth

Louis Vuitton · Papillon · BB

All BB colours and leathers · 240 recorded prices

Best listed right now: $500 on The RealReal, well below the typical price (median $2,365).

Prices have been trending up over the tracked window.

No longer in production (2022), so resale is the only way to buy it.

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excellent

27 prices

very good

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good

4 prices

$500$2,595

Estimated from recorded resale prices (built from 238 asking + 2 sold prices · 189 with condition unrecorded) · not an appraisal. As of 2026-07-26.

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Where it stands

#375

of 531 styles in the LC Index

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LHouseLouis Vuittonest. 1854 · France Hardwaregold Era2020s2022 to now

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SizeBB

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Hardware colorgold

Production years2022

StatusDiscontinued

Marketresale

Resale price history

+18%

$1,595 → $1,880 across 240 recorded sales

2026-06 – 2026-07

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