Japanese resale mogul Shinsuke Sakimoto, that’s who. The now-revealed mystery buyer placed his winning bid from halfway ...

A massive price tag isn't unheard of in the world of Birkins, but this one is surely the most iconic.

Scuffed, scratched and stained, this black leather Birkin bag just sold for €8.6 million ($10 million), with fees, becoming the most expensive handbag to ever sell at auction.

The Hermès Birkin prototype, originally made for Jane Birkin, sold at a Sotheby's auction in Paris for $10.1 million. What to know about the unique and coveted purse.

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The appreciating value of a Birkin bag on the secondhand market has in some cases outpaced the S&P 500 and the price of gold.

The original Hermès Birkin was made for Jane Birkin in 1985 and is now owned by a private collector from Japan - Mike Daines/Shutterstock A version of the world’s most famous bag has just sold for a ...

Sketched out on an air sickness bag, the first Birkin handbag — the prototype for fashion's must-have accessory — sold for a staggering 8.6 million euros ($10.1 million), including fees, on Thursday ...

Jane Birkin lived a life full of surprises and contradictions as she confronted motherhood, sexuality, fame, consent, abuse, ...

Birkin will forever be known for her devil-may-care style in the '60s and '70s, and with some exceptions, many French Jane Birkin movies aren't well-known to mainstream American audiences.

Today, Sotheby's has 105 Hermès Birkin bags listed for resale on its website ranging from an $8,800 Bordeaux togo Birkin 35 made in 2010 to a $110,000 Alligator Mississippienis Birkin made in 2011.

Now, the original Birkin bag, named after the actor, singer and fashion icon that Hermès created it for — the late Jane Birkin — is in a new league of its own. The bidding started at 1 million euros ...