A black leather handbag once carried by Jane Birkin has become the most expensive bag ever sold at auction, fetching a staggering €8.58 million (approximately $10 million) during a Sotheby’s sale in Paris on Thursday.
The Hermès Birkin bag, custom-made for the late British-French singer and actress in the 1980s, attracted intense interest from collectors around the world.
A prolonged bidding war, conducted via telephone, lasted more than 10 minutes before the final hammer came down.