The well-worn prototype crushed the old record for the highest sale of a handbag, and became the second most expensive fashion item ever auctioned.

Jane Birkin’s original Hermès Birkin bag sold for $10.1 million at Sotheby’s, becoming the world’s most expensive handbag., ...

The first-ever Birkin bag designed by French luxury brand Hermes for celebrity Jane Birkin sold for 8.58 million euros (RM42.6 million) at a Sotheby’s ...

Sketched out on an air sickness bag, the first Birkin handbag — the prototype for fashion’s must-have accessory — sold for a ...