Facebook marketplace Sydney garage sale: Socialite sells Hermes cutlery, Louis Vuitton bags

A socialite mum has raised eyebrows by launching a designer brand garage sale on Facebook Marketplace, including selling a set of used Hermes cutlery for $17,000.

Victoria Holsten, the wife of movie producer Christopher Mapp, is clearing out unwanted items from her spectacular $17million harbourside mansion in Vaucluse, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

She’s listed the high ticket price items in the Sydney Buy, Swap and Sell Facebook group, which typically used to sell second hand surfboards, dusty XBox videogames and rusty old weight sets.

But Ms Holsten has brought a taste of the top end of town with a lavish luxury sale of household goods with gold-plated price tags – and is even selling a half-tonne safe to store them all in. 

The couple are  clearing out unwanted items from their spectacular $17million harbourside mansion in Vaucluse, in Sydney’s ritzy eastern suburbs (above) 

Some of the items have attracted online trolls, with the cutlery set – ‘only used twice’ – attracting special attention from marketplace regulars.  

‘Do you have any cutlery that costs more…I’m not really into peasant utensils,’ joked one potential buyer.

Another added: ‘I feel for this price we need to know the details of the two occasions.

‘I’m imagining some form of incognito royal visit, a huge business deal where the future of your company rested on the dinner’s success, or just an OTT way to impress your mother-in-law.

‘Would also accept a humorous tale of this being one of two possible drunken purchases where the alternate option was a giraffe.’

Another joked the seller had ‘the full set minus the silver spoon they were born with…’

But Ms Holsten brushed off the criticism.

‘People who make negative comments are generally ignorant, have no money or good style, and don’t bother me at all,’ she told Daily Mail Australia.

Trolls have targeted some of the sale items to poke fun at the price tags

Some of the items have attracted trolls, especially the $17,000 Hermes cutlery set, but a Hermes Noir Birkin handbag – with multicolour handle – is up for grabs for $15,000

A stone dining table (only slightly chipped) could have been yours for a cool $10k but has already sold while Ms Holsten’s blue velvet Baxter Milano armchair and matching Ottoman is a snip at $10,000

If you’re in the market for a jade green crystal clock, Ms Holsten has the perfect petite Cartier one for just $8,000, but this prized pair of Rolls Royce headphones, one of only 200 made, is available for $2,000, and  joyously plugs in to the vehicle to make life in the back seat of your Roller even sweeter

This Hermes dish is just $2,900, while those looking to get fit can jump on the treadmill, coming in at just $10,000 (pool and $17million dollar view not included)

And while the designer cutlery is the highest priced item on offer, there were no shortage of other five-figure sales to be made in the virtual backyard bargain hunt.

Ms Holsten’s husband describes himself as an angel investor and produced Elsa Pataky’s recent Netflix blockbuster Interceptor along with her Australian husband Chris Hemsworth.

And the Facebook sale is an enlightening insight into their Hollywood lifestyle. 

It features Ms Holsten’s blue velvet Baxter Milano armchair and matching Ottoman – a snip at $10,000 – and a stone dining table (only slightly chipped) which could have been yours for a cool $10,000 – but has already sold.

If you’re in the market for a jade green crystal clock, she has the perfect petite Cartier one for just $8,000, or maybe a Hermes Noir Birkin handbag – with multicolour handle – for $15,000.

Unfortunately you’ve already missed out on the bargain Hermes satchel bag in dark navy, which sold for just $5,000, but it did have a ‘minor’ scratch on the back. If that was too much for your budget, her Louis Vuitton Twist bag comes in $50 cheaper at $4,950.

However you can still pick up the Hermes Victoria bag for $3,950 or the Chanel Grand Shopping Tote bag (with some marks, can be cleaned), also $3,950. Clearly $4,000 is just too much to ask for them.

Unfortunately you’ve already missed out on the bargain Hermes satchel bag in dark navy, which sold for just $5,000, but it did have a ‘minor’ scratch on the back. If that was too much for your budget, her LV Twist bag comes in $50 cheaper at $4950

There are a variety of dresses including a couple of Hermes leather and lambskin outfits clocking in at $5,500 and $3.500 apiece but this Burberry leather jacket is a steal at $2,300

Victoria Holsten, wife of movie producer Christopher Mapp (pictured together) has raised eyebrows by launching an incredible designer brand garage sale on Facebook Marketplace

Those looking to get fit can jump on the bargain treadmill the mother-of-two has for sale, coming in at just $10,000 (pool and $17million dollar view not included).

However if you need a lie down afterwards, Ms Holsten had a fabulous pair of sun loungers to stretch out on. The family paid $8,000 for them, but one lucky buyer picked them up for just $2,000.

There are a variety of dresses including a couple of Hermes leather and lambskin outfits clocking in at $5,500 and $3,500 apiece, or a Burberry leather jacket at $2,300. 

Also on offer is a beautiful Alai silk evening dress for $1,200 which would have been perfect for the white party held by Pataky and Hemsworth for friends at their home in Byron Bay. 

The dress would have been perfect for the white party held by Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth for friends at their home in Byron Bay

Also on offer is a beautiful Alai silk evening dress for $1,200 – perfect for summer nights with glamorous friends

Ms Holsten says the white drrss has never been worn, but the picture appears to have been taken with her modelling it on the terrace of their home overlooking the Sydney city skyline

Although Ms Holsten says it has never been worn, the picture of the stunning dress does appear to have been taken with her modelling it on the terrace of their home overlooking the Sydney city skyline.

For those looking for something a little more exclusive though, Ms Holsten is also selling a prized pair of Rolls Royce headphones, one of only 200 made, for $2,000, which joyously plugs in to the vehicle to make life in the back seat of your Roller even sweeter.

Another $1,500 will buy you a display cabinet to put them in and also includes Ms Holsten’s handyman who will disassemble and re-assemble for you, which is nice.

There is also the rug for $3,500, a selection of curtains and drapes ranging from $3,500 to $5,500, an unused Hermes dish for $2,900 plus designer bedheads for just shy of a grand each – and a used single mattress for $500.

At the other end of the scale there are some genuine low price sales to be had – an [empty] wooden black Dom Perignon box can be yours for $100, and if you happen to have a three year old iPhone 11 in desperate need of a Louis Vuitton case, Ms Holsten can sell you hers for just $110

The couple paid $8,000 for these sunloungers but sold them for $2,000. The 500kg safe is just $950…but a specialist safe removalist will charge you $700 to ship it your home

At the other end of the scale there are some genuine low price sales to be had – an [empty] wooden black Dom Perignon box can be yours for $100, but there is a pending offer in on that so better be quick.

And if you happen to have a three year old iPhone 11 in desperate need of a Louis Vuitton case, Ms Holsten can sell you hers for just $110. Form an orderly queue, please.

Alternatively, in among the many other household items and female fashion, there is also a pair of glittery men’s Saint Laurent boots, size 44, with a 4cm heel, yours for a mere $710 – worn only three times.

There is also a pair of glittery men’s Saint Laurent boots, size 44, with a 4cm heel, yours for a mere $710 – worn only three times

Finally there is even a pair of hefty safes to store all your newly-bought bling in, one weighing in at 500kg and the other at 300kg. The bigger safe is just $950…but a specialist safe removalist will charge you another $700 to ship it your home.

The online backlash against some of the sales has been at times vitriolic, with many attacking the family’s decision to buy the items in the first place.

‘WTF! $22.8k for a set of…wait for it…steak knives…; perhaps that’s God’s way of saying you have too much money lady,’ scoffed one.

‘Are you kidding me? With the way the world is and economy and everyday families struggling you have the hide to use marketplace to sell your overpriced tin cutlery you disgust me. Get off marketplace,’ fumed another.

Another added: ‘People are starving in the street and you thought a $22k cutlery set was a better use of that money. Capitalism is awesome.’

While some scoffed, others were outraged by the display of wealth