{"id":37509,"date":"2025-07-10T16:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/jane-birkins-original-hermes-bag-sells-for-over-10-million-at-sothebys-auction-in-paris\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:39:12","slug":"jane-birkins-original-hermes-bag-sells-for-over-10-million-at-sothebys-auction-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/jane-birkins-original-hermes-bag-sells-for-over-10-million-at-sothebys-auction-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Birkin&#8217;s original Herm\u00e8s bag sells for over $10 million at Sotheby&#8217;s auction in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jane-birkin-hermes-bag-original-sothebys-auction\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">original Herm\u00e8s Birkin bag<\/a><\/span> once worn by late actor and singer Jane Birkin has been auctioned off in Paris for over $10 million, making it the most valuable handbag ever sold at auction, Sotheby&#8217;s said Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bag sold for $10.1 million after more than 10 minutes of &#8220;heated bidding,&#8221; the auction house said on social media. Sotheby&#8217;s did not say who bought the leather handbag.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before the auction, the bag belonged to a private collector. It was briefly on display in New York City before being\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/buy\/auction\/2025\/fashion-icons-including-the-original-birkin\/the-original-birkin-crafted-for-jane-birkin-1985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sold in Paris<\/a>\u00a0as part of Sotheby&#8217;s Fashion Icons auction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The original Herm\u00e8s Birkin bag was built specifically for <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jane-birkin-dies-76-actor-singer-style-icon-hermes-paris-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jane Birkin<\/a><\/span> after a chance meeting in 1984. While on an Air France flight, Birkin complained to then-Herm\u00e8s leader Jean-Louis Dumas that she couldn&#8217;t find a purse big enough to hold everything she carried daily, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/articles\/7-secret-details-about-jane-birkins-original-birkin-revealed?locale=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sotheby&#8217;s said<\/a>. She was a young mother and couldn&#8217;t find a bag that fit her needs, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hermes.com\/us\/en\/content\/106191-birkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Herm\u00e8s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dumas quickly sketched a design, &#8220;with a dedicated space for her baby&#8217;s bottles!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hermes.com\/us\/en\/content\/106191-birkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Herm\u00e8s<\/a> says, and fashion history was made.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/10\/12a2c839-f16c-430e-9044-3a76ecc07fa0\/thumbnail\/620x392\/811c97dc42cc8adc7a243faaa9f6c9d2\/gettyimages-2223619977.jpg#\" alt=\"COMBO-FRANCE-FASHION-AUCTION-HERMES-BIRKIN \" height=\"392\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/10\/12a2c839-f16c-430e-9044-3a76ecc07fa0\/thumbnail\/620x392\/811c97dc42cc8adc7a243faaa9f6c9d2\/gettyimages-2223619977.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/10\/12a2c839-f16c-430e-9044-3a76ecc07fa0\/thumbnail\/1240x784\/c21c964c33dbbe56d5d2559886379af6\/gettyimages-2223619977.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Left: Jane Birkin&#8217;s original bag. Right: Jane Birkin in Paris in 1985. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Alaid Jocard\/Jacques Demarthon\/AFP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The Original Birkin bag is a true one-of-a-kind \u2014 a singular piece of fashion history that has grown into a pop culture phenomenon that signals luxury in the most refined way possible,&#8221; Morgane Halimi, Sotheby&#8217;s global head of handbags and fashion, said in a statement announcing the auction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the decades since, the Herm\u00e8s Birkin has become an iconic, highly in-demand and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hermes-birkin-bags-pierre-alexis-dumas-60-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">expensive<\/a><\/span> luxury accessory. The bag is now made in a variety of colors, sizes and leather types. Sotheby&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/buy\/fashion\/handbag\/hermes\/birkin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">resells a range<\/a> of Birkin bags for between $5,000 and $220,000. Herm\u00e8s artistic director Pierre-Alexis Dumas <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hermes-birkin-bags-pierre-alexis-dumas-60-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">told &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; in December<\/a><\/span> that only a few craftspeople are trained in how to make the bag, so there is always more demand than supply.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whatever we have, we put on the shelf and it goes,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/kerry-breen\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kerry  Breen<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. 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