Birkin bags as collateral for loans
Birkin bags as collateral for loans

Birkin bags as collateral for loans

In the Diamond District along 47th Street in Manhattan, nearly every storefront doubles as a pawn shop. But on the 3rd floor of a glass high rise, a loan company offers loans for a certain kind of designer handbag that some say is more valuable than diamonds or gold. New York Loan is not your typical pawnshop.

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