Original Birkin bag sells for record 8.6M euros in Paris auction<br /><br />The original Birkin bag is sold at auction for 8.6 million euros ($10.04 million) on July 10, 2025 at Sotheby’s Paris, which the auction-house said was a record for a fashion item in Europe. The starting price was at 1 million euros ($1.17 million), and bids from the floor, from the phone and on the internet quickly went higher and higher. The buyer, who made the winning bid via telephone through a representative in the room, was a Japanese collector, Sotheby’s said. The coveted designer bag was created after Franco-British actress Jane Birkin met Hermes CEO Jean-Louis Dumas on a flight in 1984 and told him she needed a bigger, functional bag, while travelling with her young daughter Charlotte.<br /><br />REUTERS VIDEO<br /><br />Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe <br />Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net <br /> <br />Follow us: <br />Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook <br />Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram <br />Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter <br />DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion <br /> <br />Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital <br /> <br />Check out our Podcasts: <br />Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify <br />Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts <br />Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic <br />Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer <br />Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher<br />Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein<br /> <br />#TheManilaTimes<br />#WorldNews<br />#Birkin
