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 (AP) \u2014 Sketched out on an air sickness bag, the first Birkin handbag \u2014 the prototype for fashion\u2019s must-have accessory \u2014 sold for a staggering 8.6 million euros ($10.1 million), including fees, on Thursday in Paris to become the second most valuable fashion item ever sold at auction.<\/p>

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The winning bid of 7 million euros drew gasps and applause from the audience. The price crushed the previous auction record for a handbag \u2014 $513,040 paid in 2021 for a Herm\u00e8s White Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Diamond Retourne Kelly 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, the original Birkin bag, named after the actor, singer and fashion icon that Herm\u00e8s created it for \u2014\u00a0the late Jane Birkin<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 is in a new league of its own. Only one fashion item has sold at auction for more: a pair of ruby red slippers from \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d, which sold for $32.5 million in 2024, Southeby\u2019s said.<\/p>

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The Paris auction room buzzed with anticipation as the sale got underway, with the auctioneer reminding the crowd that the bag was \u201ctotally unique\u201d and \u201cthe most famous bag of all time.\u201d<\/p>

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The bidding started at 1 million euros but quickly increased, with telephone bidders fighting it out at the end. With Sotheby\u2019s fees included, the total price for the winning bidder from Japan was a cool 8.6 million euros, the auction house said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the starting price, the bids quickly surpassed 2 million euros, then 3 million, 4 million and 5 million, to astonished gasps. When the price jumped from 5.5 million to 6 million euros in one swoop, there were whistles and applause.<\/p>

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The final bids were 6.2 million euros, then 6.5 million, then 6.8 million before the Japanese buyer\u2019s last winning bid: 7 million euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sotherby\u2019s didn\u2019t identify the winner. Nine collectors bidding by telephone, online, and in the room competed in the 10-minute auction battle, with the private collector from Japan beating a last remaining other bidder at the end.<\/p>

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Paris fashion house Herm\u00e8s exclusively commissioned the bag for the London-born Birkin in 1984 \u2014 branding it with her initials J.B. on the front flap, below the lock \u2014 and delivered the finished one-of-a-kind bag to her the following year, Sotheby\u2019s said. The subsequent commercialized version of Birkin\u2019s bag went on to become one of the world\u2019s most exclusive luxury items<\/a>, extravagantly priced and with a yearslong waiting list.<\/p>

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The bag was born of a fortuitous encounter on a London-bound flight in the 1980s with the then-head of Herm\u00e8s, Jean-Louis Dumas. Birkin recounted in subsequent interviews that the pair got talking after she spilled some of her things on the cabin floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birkin asked Dumas why Herm\u00e8s didn\u2019t make a bigger handbag and sketched out on an airplane vomit bag the sort of hold-all that she would like. He then had an example made for her and, flattered, she agreed when Herm\u00e8s asked whether it could commercialize the bag in her name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is no doubt that 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. It is incredible to think that a bag initially designed by Herm\u00e8s as a practical accessory for Jane Birkin has become the most desirable bag in history,\u201d said Morgane Halimi, Sotheby\u2019s head of handbags and fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bag became so famous that Birkin once mused<\/a> before her death in 2023 at age 76 that her obituaries would likely \u201csay, \u2018Like the bag\u2019 or something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, it could be worse,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Height of French chic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sotheby\u2019s said that seven design elements on the handcrafted all-black leather prototype set it apart from Birkins that followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the only Birkin with a nonremovable shoulder strap \u2014 fitting for the busy life and practicality of the singer, actor, social activist and mother who was also known for her romantic relationship with French singer Serge Gainsbourg and their duets that included the steamy 1969 song \u201cJe t\u2019aime moi non plus\u201d (\u201cI Love You, Me Neither\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her bag also had a nail clipper attached, because Birkin \u201cwas never one for long painted nails,\u201d Sotheby\u2019s said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bag that Herm\u00e8s handmade for her, developed off its existing Haut A Courroies model, also has gilded brass hardware, bottom studs and other features that differ from commercial Birkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birkin\u2019s casual, breezy style in the 1960s and early 1970s \u2014 long hair with bangs, jeans paired with white tops, knit minidresses and basket bags \u2014 still epitomizes the height of French chic for many women around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Birkin chatted to Herm\u00e8s\u2019 Dumas on the Paris-to-London flight about what her ideal handbag would be, she\u2019d been in the habit of carrying her things around in a wicker basket, because she felt handbags in the 1980s were too small, Sotheby\u2019s said. She was traveling with her young daughter, Charlotte, and complained that she couldn\u2019t find a bag suitable for her needs as a mother, Herm\u00e8s says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herm\u00e8s later gifted her four other Birkin bags. She kept the prototype for nearly a decade, before auctioning it for an AIDS charity in 1994. It was auctioned again in 2000 and had since been in private hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The previous owner, who identified herself only as Catherine B., told journalists in the auction room that the bag \u201chas all the attributes of a star.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe price is the price of the Herm\u00e8s story,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sotheby\u2019s called it \u201cmore than just a bag.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Birkin has evolved from a practical accessory to become a timeless cultural icon,\u201d it said. \u201cIts presence spans the worlds of music, film, television and the arts,\u201d it added. \u201cIt is a red-carpet staple, a fashion magazine mainstay, and a coveted piece in the wardrobes of celebrities, artists and stylists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Leicester reported from Le Pecq.<\/p>\n

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