Only for connoisseurs

[Antoine]

I just wanted to share that with you.
Take a look at www.ephtee.com and give me your opinion. I think it's amazing!

 

[gefinzi]

I was very impressed. I love the look of old fashioned travel trunks whether they are for suits or shoes.
But I can only imagine the price! I emailed to ask the cost of the smaller boxes.

 

[LabelKing]

How stunning the lock:

 

[horton]

If they made one of these for aprotnoy, why do I get the sense it would be walk-in size; or maybe cargo container size.

 

[zjpj83]

Truly awesome, though I'm sure the price is utter lunacy.

 

[aportnoy]

These harken back to an era where people embraced luxury and weren't afraid to indulge themselves. These are closer to artwork than storage.

 

[Full Canvas]

Originally Posted by zjpj83

Truly awesome, though I'm sure the price is utter lunacy.

You might be able to purchase a small condominium in some towns for the cost of those trunks!

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[LabelKing]

I suspect these are cheaper than Vuitton's trunks, which are about $40,000.

There's actually a fair niche market for these custom trunks; Vuitton said they refused an offer of a Japanese woman who wanted one specially fitted for her dining room china because it wasn't meant as a travel piece.

 

[RJman]

Well, that's the thing. Ephtee and companies like Pinel & Pinel (which makes a Bang & Olufsen stereo/CD library trunk) are producing trunks which are not designed for travel. In essence, they're beautiful set pieces. That said, at Goyard I saw some sort of crazy DJ trunk that would only be portable in the loosest sense of the word.

 

[Rocker]

Originally Posted by aportnoy

These harken back to an era where people embraced luxury and weren't afraid to indulge themselves.

Yeah, because modern American culture is all about asceticism.

 

[Antoine]

I wouldn't compare Ephtee and Goyard who are real artisans with Pinel & Pinel.
Pinel's trunks look like plastic!

 

[VMan]

Originally Posted by zjpj83

Truly awesome, though I'm sure the price is utter lunacy.

$375 for the small ones, $550 for the large.

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by RJman

Well, that's the thing. Ephtee and companies like Pinel & Pinel (which makes a Bang & Olufsen stereo/CD library trunk) are producing trunks which are not designed for travel. In essence, they're beautiful set pieces. That said, at Goyard I saw some sort of crazy DJ trunk that would only be portable in the loosest sense of the word.
Assouline had a collaboration with Goyard to produce this book trunk filled with their Memoire texts:

 

[LabelKing]

So is the so-called "fun model" really only $550?

http://www.ephtee.com/3.aspx?page=4

 

[VMan]

No, my price range was a joke.

I would expect that small case that you posted, Labelking, to be close to a thousand, perhaps.