Original prototype Hermès Birkin bag It belonged to the inspiration now iconic add-ons, actor and singer Jane Birkin, is sold for over $ 10 million at Sotheby auctions on Thursday in Paris.
Sales, in an undisclosed customer, indicates the most expensive case ever sold at auction, according to Sotheby.
“Original Birkin bag is a true unique type – a unique piece of fashion that has grown into a pop cultural phenomenon that signals the luxury of the most important way “Morgana Halima, Sotheby’s global headbag and fashion said in a statement following the list.
Auction familiar bag During the fashion icon, the auction began from $ 1.1 million, and rose to advanced offices to $ 1.5 million before going to the room.
In the range of minutes, the price increased to more than $ 3.2 million, continuing to escalate about eight minutes to Bag She hit the final price of $ 10.1 million.
Birkin’s origins, whose highly cervares are modern Iterative retailers between 20,000 to over $ 100,000, are things fashion legends.
During the flight from the Air France, Birkin and her young Charlotte daughter happened next to Jean-Louis Dumas, and then the artistic director of Hermès.
As she tried to put her things into a supervisory compartment, her estate was descending, and she and the designer soon arrived to discuss her need for her to worry about all her possession.
“I said, ‘Why don’t you make a bag that has been four times [size of the] Kelly you could just leave the open and kind of half of my suitcase? “” Birkin said in an interview in 2020. years.
“He said,” Well, pull it for me. “And I think I drew it on sick leave, a refund on the plane.”
Until 1985. Hermès created a prototype bag in that sketch, and Dumas offered him Birkin for free if he could name him for her.
Since then, the bag has become feverishly wanted durations of wealth and insiders, as well as the subject of the famous episode of 2001. years Sex and town and bestseller from 2008. year, Bringing home Birkin: My life in a hot-looking for the most cruel bag in the world.
New bags are given in a limited supply for selecting a retailer, driving the sky-high demand and the advanced resale market.
Auction bag at auction on Friday differs from those in the arms of the celebrity Kate Moss and Victoria Beckham.
It contains a shoulder belt that has never been involved in a commercial version, and gold plated brass hardware from éclair, not gilded accents from Rira, which are decorated birkins from the 90s.
Before selling in Paris, the bag – known as the original Birkin – Katarina Benier, private collector and founder of the Paris Vintage Boutique Les 3 Marches, who bought it in 2000. years.
It was previously exposed to world museums, including Victoria & Albert in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Birkin donated a bag to charity auctions in the 90s.
Singer, which became a representative of the Shik Paris style in the 70s, died 2023. years At the age of 76.