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Jane Birkin’s original Hermès Birkin bag sold on Thursday at Sotheby’s in Paris for €8.6 million ($10.1 million), breaking the global record for most valuable handbag ever sold at auction.
The 10-minute bidding battle for the legendary black leather handbag opened at €1 million. Of the nine prospective buyers who participated in the auction, the Birkin was ultimately sold to a private collector in Japan who bid via telephone through Sotheby’s Japan director Maiko Ichikawa.
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