Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin’s Original Hermès Bag Sells for Record €8.6 M (€10 M)
At a Sotheby’s auction in Paris on July 10, the very first Birkin handbag—designed for Jane Birkin in the mid-1980s—sold for €7 million, driving the total to €8.6 million (~$10 million) after fees. This marks the most expensive handbag ever auctioned and the second-highest