The winning bid for the original Birkin bag set a record for the most valuable handbag ever sold at auction, Sotheby's said.

A massive price tag isn't unheard of in the world of Birkins, but this one is surely the most iconic.

The sale now holds three titles: the most valuable handbag ever sold at auction, the new record for fashion item sold in Europe, and most valuable luxury item ever sold at Sotheby’s Paris. The current ...

The Hermès Birkin prototype, originally made for Jane Birkin, sold at a Sotheby's auction in Paris for $10.1 million. What to know about the unique and coveted purse.

The original Hermès Birkin bag, which acted as the blueprint for what would become one of the most desirable celebrity status symbols in the world, will go under the hammer in Paris next month.

It’s not just any Birkin bag — it’s the Birkin bag. The original Hermès model made for actress, singer and fashion icon Jane Birkin in 1984 is up for auction today — and it’s expected to make history.

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.

A fortnight ago, at Sotheby’s in Paris, the bag Hermès executive Jean-Louis Dumas made for Jane Birkin – the original Birkin ...

A regular Hermès Birkin bag is worth thousands of dollars. But the one that started it all, Jane Birkin’s original prototype, sold for 8.6 million euros at Sotheby’s Paris, or $10.1 million, setting a ...

The very first of the famed Hermès Birkin handbags, owned by actor Jane Birkin, sold at auction on Thursday for $10.1 million dollars.

The Hermès' Birkin prototype originally made for and owned by Jane Birkin was sold by Sotheby's for $10.1 million in Paris on July 10 Birkin's iconic handbag, which debuted in 1985, was bid on in ...

Jane Birkin's original Hermès bag—made by designer Jean-Louis Dumas after the actress couldn't find a purse large enough to fit of all her belongings—was sold for $10.1 million at an auction.