US EditionOriginal Hermès bag made for Jane Birkin sells at auction for record $10 million
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE, FRANCE, JUL 10 – The original Birkin bag, designed for Jane Birkin, sold for $10 million at Sotheby's, setting a new auction record and partly funding a conservation charity, Sotheby's said.
- 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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Original Birkin sells for record $10.1 million
The original Birkin bag sold for $10.1 million at Sotheby’s, setting a new record for handbags. In the mid-1980s, when Jane Birkin was (merely) a singer, actress, and model, her items spilled onto the floor during a flight, and she lamented to a fellow passenger — who happened to be Hermès CEO Jean-Louis Dumas — that women’s handbags weren’t larger. He sketched out a more practical design to her tastes, and an icon was born: Birkin bags have sin…
Original Birkin Bag Sells at Auction for Record $10 Million
PARIS—The original bag custom-made for actress Jane Birkin, which became one of the era-defining designs of the 20th century, was sold in Paris on Thursday for a record 8.6 million euros ($10.04 million), auctioneer Sotheby’s said. According to fashion lore, the first Birkin bag was born when the Franco-British actress and singer sat next to Hermes executive Jean-Louis Dumas on a flight in 1984 and told him she needed a stylish yet functional ba…
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