US EditionOriginal Hermès bag made for Jane Birkin sells at auction for record $10 million
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE, FRANCE, JUL 10 – The one-of-a-kind Birkin bag sold for €8.6 million including fees, setting a new auction record and surpassing the previous $513,000 record, Sotheby's confirmed.
- Sotheby's sold Jane Birkin's original Hermes Birkin bag in Paris on Thursday, fetching $10.1 million from a private collector based in Japan.
- In 1984, Hermès chairman Jean-Louis Dumas created the bag after meeting Jane Birkin on a flight, and it has since become a highly influential and enduring symbol in the fashion world.
- The auction included nine collectors in a heated ten-minute bidding battle, with early bids passing 1 million euros, and drew attendees from 38 countries.
- Sotheby's global head of handbags Morgane Halimi called the sale an important milestone, praising the bag's legendary status and its power to ignite collector passion.
- The sale set new records for most valuable fashion and luxury items sold at Sotheby's Paris, reflecting rising investor interest in luxury collectibles as alternative assets.
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Hermès bag belonging to Jane Birkin sells at Sotheby’s for 8.6 million euros
Sketched out on an air sickness bag, the first Birkin handbag—the prototype for fashion’s must-have accessory—sold for a staggering 8.6 million euros ($10.1 million), including fees, on Thursday in Paris to become the second most valuable fashion item ever sold at auction.The winning bid of 7 million euros drew gasps and applause from the audience. The price crushed the previous auction record for a handbag—$513,040 paid in 2021 for a Hermès Whi…
Hermes' original Birkin bag sells at auction for record $10 million
The bag, which features Birkin's initials "J.B." on the flap and, unlike its descendants, has a strap that cannot be removed, was purchased by a private Japanese buyer over the phone, Sotheby's said.
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Original Birkin bag sells at auction for $10 million, internet in splits
A dented and stained Hermès Birkin bag, previously held by British singer and actress Jane Birkin, has become the most expensive handbag sold. According to CNN, the legendary accessory got approx. Rs 86 crores (€8.6 million, $10 million), including fees, at a Sotheby's online auction in Paris, breaking previous records. The iconic Hermes gold handbag sold at Sotheby's auction as part of the Paris Fashion Icon sale, making it the most expensive h…
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