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The 10 million dollar bag: Original Birkin smashes records at Paris auction

The first-ever Birkin bag designed by French luxury brand Hermes for celebrity Jane Birkin sold for 8.58 million euros (10 million dollars) at a Sotheby's auction in Paris on Thursday, smashing previous price records for a handbag. The modern design classic, owned by a well-known Paris-based handbag collector, sparked a telephone bidding war up...

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Original Birkin bag up for auction at Sotheby's

The original Birkin bag, created in 1985 after Jane Birkin's encounter with Jean-Louis Dumas, is now at auction. This historic piece, representing the origin of the iconic Birkin, is featured in the Fashion Icons including The Original Birkin auction at Sotheby's Paris on July 10.

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Video: Why Birkin Bags are so expensive

Birkin bags have become the ultimate status symbol, commanding resale prices as high as 500,000 USD for a single bag. Unless you have been chosen by Hermès, resale is likely the only option for obtaining a bag. Luxury resellers like The Real Real in New York have many options available online if you have several thousand dollars lying around....

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After tears for crocodiles, Jane Birkin keeps name on Hermes bag

Following the reports that Jane Birkin has dropped her request to have her name taken off the iconic Birkin bag after PETA released uncovered footage the horrific treatment crocodiles under went the label's suppliers farms, PETA'a founder Ingrid Newkirk commented: "Jane Birkin is a good person, and we think she has been given false assurances by...

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Hermès responds to Peta's exposé on its suppliers 'horror' alligator farms

London - Following a period silence after animal rights organization Peta US published its undercover exposé on the horrific conditions suffered by crocodiles and alligators in farms in Texas and Zimbabwe from which luxury label Hermès acquires its exotic skins from, the fashion brand has issued a statement to the New York Times in response to...

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Peta reveals horrific conditions behind the production of Hermès's Birkin bag

London – Hermès Birkin handbags have enjoyed something of a cult status for a long time now. A fuchsia-colored crocodile-skin Birkin bag recently broke all records and became the most expensive handbag sold in auction at Christie's, selling for an astonishing 222,912 dollars. But most consumers remain in the dark in regards as to how the...