Скачать или смотреть Original Hermès Birkin Bag Sells For Record-Breaking $10M—Here’s Why It’s A Big Deal

A 40-year-old purse that inspired the world’s most prestigious line of handbags sold at a Sotheby’s auction in Paris on Thursday morning for €8.6 million ($10.1 million) after fees to an unidentified Japanese bidder after more than 10 minutes of intense bidding by nine potential buyers vying for the very first Hermès Birkin bag ever made.

The Birkin is now the second most valuable fashion item ever sold after a pair of Ruby Red Slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” which sold for $32.5 million in 2024.

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