Second Hand for 50 Grand: Channel 4 viewers delighted as Sheffield woman reunited with handbag stolen from late mum

Rebecca Dransfield, 25 appeared in a recent episode of the Channel 4 show which follows experts from leading firm Xupes who track down second-hand, high-end goods from Cartier to Prada.

Rebecca was heartbroken after a Prada bag gifted by her late mother Debra was stolen six years ago.

Xupes head of handbags Reece Morgan, visited Rebecca’s impressive eight bedroomed home, where she told him that the bag had great sentimental value to her and tasked him with hunting down an exact match.

Rebecca, whose dad Mark made his fortune in property and runs Sandersons department store which she helps head up, has a collection of 30 designer handbags worth £70,000.

She told viewers: "My mum sadly passed away two years ago. She was battling this aggressive form of cancer. She was given three years to live.

"Dad sourced the best cancer specialist in the world. He managed to keep mum alive for an extra six years which was such a blessing. She was an amazing lady.”

Rebecca's parents bought the bag on a family holiday in Singapore nine years ago.

“I didn't really appreciate it as much at the time but now mum's not here, out of all of my handbags, that would have my biggest emotional attachment,” she said.

The job was even harder as the specific make of the Prada bag had been discontinued.

Reece and assistant Rose eventually managed to find a match for the Prada white shoulder bag with a perforated leather design, from a clients' collection in Singapore.

Originally priced at £1,200, Rebbeca bagged it for £1,000

She said: "It's exactly the same. It's so nice. I actually love it.

"It was so good to get it and because I had spent so much time trying to find this bag, I couldn’t believe that they had actually got it.”

Reece said : "It's been the hardest thing I've had to source in a long time. For most people, it's just a bag but to her, it was a memory of her mum and a time before that she'll never get back. It makes it really worth it.”

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