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Jane Birkin's original Hermès bag sells for $10 million

Politiko 2025-07-10 19:26:22

Jane Birkin's original Hermès bag sells for $10 million

Scratched, stained, this black leather Birkin bag sold for 8.6 million euros ($10 million), becoming the most expensive bag ever sold at auction. 

The first Birkin bag ever created by Hermès was created for British actress and singer Jane Birkin. The Francophone style icon wore it almost every day from 1985 to 1994, before it became the ultimate symbol of luxury. On Thursday, the rare bag was sold by auction house Sotheby's in an online sale of notable luxury fashion, including designs by Alexander McQueen and Christian Dior.

The auction house declined to provide an appraisal of the original Birkin to CNN ahead of the sale, but preliminary bids had already broken records at 1 million euros. During a live broadcast of the sale, bids could be heard rising and falling. The 10-minute bidding war between nine collectors ultimately ended with a private collector from Japan winning, according to a Sotheby's press release.

Morgane Halimi, global head of handbags and accessories at Sotheby's, called the historic sale "a significant moment" for the history of fashion and luxury.  

Setting a new record, the original Birkin beat out more luxurious versions. In 2022, Sotheby's sold a "Diamond Himalaya Birkin" with white diamonds for over $450,000, while Christie's sold a crocodile-skin version for nearly $390,000 in 2021. The previous record for the most expensive bag was set by a diamond-and-crocodile Kelly bag for $513,040.

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