The very first Birkin handbag was sold in Paris for no less than 8.6 million euros and therefore as expensive like no other handbag in auction history.
The iconic piece from 1984 is considered the original mother of all “it bags” handbags, which are the coveted fashion and status symbols. She was designed together with the British actress and singer Jane Birkin (1946-2023), who also gave the bag the name.
According to the Sotheby auction house, nine bidders fought an exciting bet for about ten minutes before the surcharge fell on the record amount. The auction started at a million euros.
Idea for the handbag came on the plane
The creation of the bag is based on a legendary event: during a flight from Paris to London to London, Birkin’s overflowing willow mand tipped the then Hermès boss Jean-Louis Dumas. This gave rise to the idea for a spacious but at the same time elegant bag – the Birkin bag.
The now auctioned model is unique with shoulder straps, in particular deeply cut, copper fittings, a built -in -in -spijkerknap -and clear signs of wear, because Birkin wore the bag for years. Fashion experts see her a pop culture phenomenon that embodies luxury in a particularly refined form.
Previous handbag record far surpassed
Incidentally, the previous world record for a handbag would have been surpassed in the first hammer blow. The latter came from 2021, when a so -called Hermès Kelly 28 diamonds returns made of white crocodile leather for $ 513,040 was auctioned.
Source: Krone
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