The huge amount on Thursday blew past what auctioneer Sotheby’s had said was the previous record for a handbag. The bidding started at 1 million euros or $1.17 million and quickly became stratospheric ...

PARIS — Hermès is the height of luxury and a simple purse drawn on an air sickness bag has earned millions of dollars at a ...

The first-ever Birkin bag designed by French luxury brand Hermes for actress Jane Birkin sold for 8.58 million euros ($10 million) at a Sotheby’s auction in Paris on Thursday, smashing previous price ...

The first-ever Birkin bag designed by French luxury brand Hermes for celebrity Jane Birkin sold for 8.58 million euros ($10 ...

A regular Hermès Birkin bag is worth thousands of dollars. But the one that started it all, Jane Birkin’s original prototype, ...

The fashion accessory was born of a fortuitous encounter on a London-bound flight in the 1980s with the then head of Hermès, ...

The Paris fashion house exclusively commissioned the bag for the London-born star in 1984 — branding it with her initials J.B ...

Scuffed, scratched and stained, this black leather Birkin bag just sold for €7 millon becoming the most expensive handbag to ...

The original Birkin bag, sketched by Jane Birkin on an air sickness bag in the 1980s and commissioned by Hermès, sold for €7 ...

The original Birkin bag is off the market, and it has broken the record for the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction.

The history of Jane Birkin’s Hermès legacy - The first Birkin bag ever created was sold in Paris for roughly £6 million.