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In a world where trends fade overnight and luxury goods lose their shine, one handbag has managed to defy the rules of fashion economics. The Hermès Birkin straddles the line between luxury and ...

A massive price tag isn't unheard of in the world of Birkins, but this one is surely the most iconic. Sotheby's auction house just sold Jane Birkin's original Hermès bag, designed and named after the ...

The original Birkin bag made for Jane Birkin is set to be sold at auction house Sotheby's in Paris on July 10. ALAIN JOCARD,GILLES LEIMDORFER/AFP via Getty Images It cost a whole bag of money. The ...

"Selling her Birkin bags to raise funds for charities she cared deeply about... became a tradition for Jane Birkin, with Hermes replacing them every time," Sotheby's stated. The first custom-made ...

PARIS — Sketched out on an air sickness bag, the first Birkin handbag — the prototype for fashion's must-have accessory — sold for a staggering 8.6 million euros ($10.1 million), including fees, on ...

One of the most legendary handbags in high fashion history, the original Le Birkin bag has just sold for a whopping €8.5 million ($10 million). The stylish, if battered, black leather bespoke piece ...

A used-up, decades-old Birkin bag has proven that the luxury accessory does indeed appreciate in value as time goes by. The selling price crushed the previous auction record set for a bag — $513,040 ...

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 hammer fell at a ...

The original prototype Hermès Birkin bag that belonged to the now-iconic accessory’s inspiration, the actor and singer Jane Birkin, sold for over $10 million at a Sotheby’s auction on Thursday in ...

Jane Birkin's original Birkin bag has found a new owner. The black leather Hermès purse—designed by the French label's former chief executive Jean-Louis Dumas in the early '80s during a chance meeting ...