Pick of the week: Rare Louis Vuitton travel trunk full of interest

“Every specialist has an object that they dream of having in their sales,” says Matthew Rubinger, Christie’s head of handbags and accessories. “For me, it’s the aluminium Explorer trunk by Louis Vuitton. The market is full of silver-coloured metal trunks, but this piece is their inspiration.”

Louis Vuitton produced just a handful of these 2ft 6in (75cm) aluminium trunks in a single year: 1…

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