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A fortnight ago, at Sotheby’s in Paris, the bag Hermès executive Jean-Louis Dumas made for Jane Birkin – the original Birkin ...

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The original Hermès Birkin was made for Jane Birkin in 1985 and is now owned by a private collector from Japan - Mike Daines/Shutterstock A version of the world’s most famous bag has just sold for a ...

The Hermès Birkin prototype, originally made for Jane Birkin, sold at a Sotheby's auction in Paris for $10.1 million. What to know about the unique and coveted purse.

Scuffed, scratched and stained, this black leather Birkin bag just sold for €8.6 million ($10 million), with fees, becoming the most expensive handbag to ever sell at auction.

The original Hermès Birkin bag, which acted as the blueprint for what would become one of the most desirable celebrity status symbols in the world, will go under the hammer in Paris next month.

Sketched out on an air sickness bag, the first Birkin handbag — the prototype for fashion’s must-have accessory — sold for a record 7 million euros (about $8.2 million) at auction in Paris on ...

The original Hermès Birkin bag sold for a record $10.1 million at Sotheby's Paris, setting a new "milestone" in the luxury ...

A private collector from Japan bought the prototype made for and owned by Jane Birkin.