It’s Jane Birkin’s Hermès Birkin

The fashion world has witnessed one of the facts most amazing of the year: a second -hand bag with more than 40 years behind him has been auctioned and His best bidder He had to pay 8.6 million euros for him.

You will think that In Wallapop There are better offers, but this piece, far from being a simple bag, has become the most expensive bag ever sold. And why so much stir for a bag? Because it is not any bag. It is the Hermès Birkin by James Birkin. The equivalent of the Mona Lisa of the fashion world.

The origins of the Birkin de Hermès. As with the great things, the birth of the Birkin de Hermès bag emerged from an anecdote starring actress Jane Birkin and Jean-Louis Dumas, president of Hermès during a flight from Paris to London. When he was trying to accommodate his luggage, all the belongings of the actress fell to the ground. The actress, frustrated because she didn’t fit her in her bag, told the designer that someone should make a really functional bag. The designer took note of Birkin’s request and outlined the first design of what the actress was asking for a dizziness bag.

Soon, Hermès had already made an exclusive bag for the British actress, marking her with her JB initials on the front flap. The original, large and practical design changed forever The idea of luxury In the female bag.

A widely used bag. Far from keeping it as a museum piece, the actress used the first unit of the mythical Birkin daily and was not known for being especially careful with him. The actress appears In different photos carrying the bag and wearing different adhesives and protest campaigns. The remains of these adhesives can still be seen in the bag that Sotheby’s has auctioned in Paris.

According to publishes CNNHermès sent up to five bags to Birkin (Birkin bags, of course), so the actress was auctioning them for beneficial causes every time the manufacturer renewed it.

First Birkin Birkin Birkin Birkin

The original Birkin auctioned it in 1994, after almost a decade of intensive use, and the benefits were allocated for AIDS investigation. From that moment, the first Birkin retired from the service and became admired as a piece of art and He changed owner again In 2000.

Jane Birkin died in 2023 but, In an interview For the CNN in 2020He said that “when I have died (people) will probably only talk about the bag.”

Jane Birkin’s original Birkin auction. The Birkin auctioned in Paris is the original that Hermès manufactured for Jane Birkin, and that the artist took with him for almost a decade, as certified by the initials of the artist who look under her brooch. The bid began in a million euros, but almost immediately amounted to 6 million euros.

Finally, the hammer fell when the figure reached 7 million euros, which would become 8.6 million adding commissions and taxes. Nine buyers had bid for him from different parts of the world. That price makes the first Birkin the second most expensive fashion object ever sold at an auction. The first most expensive object were some Ruby red shoes of “The Wizard of Oz” that were sold for 32.5 million dollars in 2024, such and as stood out AP.

The new owner. Unlike its previous owner, who kept his precious bag secret for 25 years, the new owner of the original Herkin Birkin has only taken hours in making public Your new collection piece.

The purchase was made on behalf of the company Valuence Japan Inc, based in Tokyo, through the Sotheby’s representative in Japan. The new owner of the Primal Birkin is a circular design company committed to prolonging the life of the products instead of discarding them. A 40 -year -old used bag that remains in perfect condition, overlooks the values it defends.

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