Original Birkin Bag sold at Sotheby’s Paris for a record-breaking $8.2 m
The Hermes Birkin bag was sold in Sotheby’s Paris on Thursday for a record 8.6 million euros ($10 million) and was sold to an anonymous Japanese buyer.
Although Sotheby’s did not disclose buyer details, the source of knowledge Artnews The new wife of Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, is an anonymous top on the bag. (However, sources close to Sanchez and Bezos denied her bid.)
A live sales broadcast on Thursday showed that when the price on the paddle was as high as 1 million euros, the nine-minute bid was ten minutes, which was the starting point for advanced bidding.
Calling it a cultural artifact is not an understatement: Because of its stylish name and name, the customized leather tote bag with thick skin has embodied the popular imagination of the Francophone flavor. Very few people forged it; Sex and the city The storyline even focuses on where Samantha is ultimately destined to Birkin.
After Birkin sold it in 1994, the original Birkin passed several private hands to help fund AIDS research. However, it has since begun some public appearances, most notably in exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The package was last offered at auction 25 years ago and said in a sentence by Sotheby’s seller for “Catherine B”. CNN The deal “has made me relive my bid…and the original and indescribable feeling of winning this wonderful package.”
In a statement after the sale on Thursday, Sotheby’s global head of handbags and accessories Morgan Halimi described the sale as a “important milestone” in luxury goods history.
“It is a shocking expression, showing the power of the legend, and its ability to inspire collectors to seek special items with unique origins,” she said in a press release. “Ultimately, the sale of Birkin is also a celebration of the enduring spirit and attraction of its muse Jane Birkin.”
