Louis Vuitton · Tier 2

Chelsea

Name: Louis Vuitton Chelsea
Brand: Louis Vuitton

Brown · brass HW

Catalogued July 2026

The Louis Vuitton Chelsea is a large vintage-era shoulder bag, most often seen in Damier Ebène coated canvas with leather double handles and a top zip. It has a roomy, structured tote shape made for carrying more than the everyday essentials. It is discontinued and now a secondhand find.

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The brown shades we’ve recorded (2)

Dark Brown15Brown, Pattern Prints3

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 · Chelsea · Brown

This exact variant · 417 recorded prices

Best listed right now: $610 on The RealReal, well below the typical price (median $895).

Prices have been trending up over the tracked window.

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

By condition · compared like-for-like

very good

3 prices

good

1 price

$610$1,005

Estimated from recorded resale prices (413 with condition unrecorded) · not an appraisal. As of 2026-08-24.

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Where it stands

#353

of 534 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 #353

By priceof 534 styles

#393Palermo · Louis Vuitton
#394Chelsea · Louis Vuitton
#395Nil · Louis Vuitton

By trade volumeof 534 styles

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LHouseLouis Vuittonest. 1854 · France Hardwarebrass ColourBrown

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ColorwayBrown

Hardware colorbrass

StatusDiscontinued

Marketresale

Resale price history

+40%

$755 → $1,060 across 417 recorded sales

2026-06 – 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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