Jane Birkin’s original hermons bag sells M7 m in auction of Sotbi

The original birkin bag, which has set the template for the most prestigious OYY Xerry in the history of fashion, has been purchased in € 8.6m (£ 7.4m; $ 10.1m), which has become the most valuable handbag sold at the auction.

In 1985, a black leather bag was made for singer Jen Birkin. She sat next to the boss of the luxury fashion house Herms on the flight and hugged her luggage.

She asked why they did not make big bags, so he drawn the design of a new, more practical but still desirable object on the aer’s sick bag.

The pattern he made was sold to a private collector in Japan, Paris in Paris on Thursday, and crossed $ 513,000 (8 378,000; € 439,000) over the previous record sales.

The auction house has said that a 10 -minute bidding war between “nine prescribed collector” is “electrification”.

Morgan Halmie, the world head of Sothebi and the fashion, said that the price “is an amazing display of” the power of the collector to look for exceptional objects with the power of the legend and its unique provisions. “

She continued: “Birkin prototype is just like that, the initial point of a fantastic story that has given us the modern sign, birkin bag, the world’s most prestigious handbag.”

Total includes a commission and fee in the total € 8,552,500. Sothebei did not publish pre -auction estimates.

After creating a bag for Anglo-French singers and actresses, Herms placed the bag in commercial product and it remained the most special status symbol in fashion.

In some styles, including celebrities like Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham and Jennifer Lopez, there are thousands of dollars worth thousands of dollars and wait for years.

The origin has some unique features, such as the initials of Birkin on the front flap, an unscrupulous shoulder strap, nail clips she attached to the strap, and where she put stickers for supported reasons, such as Madisins.

Birkin, who died in the age of 76 at the age of 76, owned the original bag for a decade and donated to auction for auction for AIDS charity in 1994.

It was later purchased by Catharyn Benier, a luxury boutique in Paris, which was 25 years before selling it on Thursday.

In 2021, the previous record price of the handbag was set by the white Himalayan Niloticus Crocodile Diamond 28, Sothebi said.