Handbag ‘smaller than a grain of salt’ sells for over $63,000
- A microscopic handbag, measuring less than 0.03 inches wide, sold for over $63,000 at an online auction. The fluorescent yellowish-green bag is based on a Louis Vuitton design but was created by a New York art collective.
- The handbag, called the "Microscopic Handbag," was made using two-photon polymerization, a 3D printing technology for micro-scale plastic parts. It can only be seen clearly using a microscope equipped with a digital display.
- The sale was hosted by Joopiter, an online auction house founded by Pharrell Williams.
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A tiny bag measuring just 657 by 222 by 700 microns sold for more than $63,000 at an online auction, CNN reports.
To see the design of the microscopic bag, you will need a microscope.
A microscopic handbag smaller than a grain of salt was auctioned for $63,750 (about 58.4 thousand euros), the BBC writes.
Handbag ‘smaller than a grain of salt’ sells for over $63,000
(CNN) A minuscule handbag measuring just 657 by 222 by 700 microns (or less than 0.03 inches wide) sold for over $63,000 at an online auction Wednesday.Barely visible to the human eye, the fluorescent yellowish-green bag is based on a popular Louis Vuitton design though it is the work of a New York art collective, not the luxury label itself.Dubbing its diminutive creation Microscopic Handbag, the Brooklyn-based group MSCHF claims the bag is n…
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