The first Birkin bag, the prototype for Fashion’s Must-Have Ascessory, was built in Auction 10 July and was sold for stunning EUR 8.6 million ($ 10.1 million), including fees.
The cult handbag from the French luxury label Hermes Gold sold at the Sotheby auction as part of the sale of the Paris Fashion icon that has become the most expensive handbag that has ever sold in the auction.
Now the original Birkin bag, named after the actor, the singer and the fashion that Hermès created – the late Jane Birkin – in the new league.
Who bought OG Birkin?
While Sotheby’s did not identify the buyer of the original Birkin bag, he said the Hermes bag went to Japan an unidentified “private collector”. According to Sotheby’s, buyers from Japan made an offer over the phone.
Since OG Birkin was sold for $ 10 million, social media has reached a detective regime and has tried to find out who this “private collector” from Japan is.
Some people said that Japanese buyers Birkin “has more than 80 pieces – of which 30 are rare or exotic leather”.
According to Japan Times, Birkin Bag Cuulence is Japan buyer, a luxury goods retailer based in Tokyo.
Japan’s valuation, which specializes in reuse, is a key subsidiary of Valunce Holdings Inc. Founded in 2011, luxury seller primarily buys, auctions and sells first -class goods, precious metals, bags, jewelry, art objects, art objects and other valuable items both in Japan and international.
The Paris fashion house Hermès exclusively entrusted the bag for London born in Birkin in 1984-he marked it with its initials JB on the front flap under the castle-the following year gave her a finished unique bag, Sotheby’s said.
10 minutes, 9 candidates and sold
As the auction of the original birkin began, the tension was cooked in the room.
The auction room buzzed with anticipation when the sale ran, with the auctioneer reminiscent of the crowd that the bag was “completely unique” and “the most famous bag of all time”.
After it came, there was a 10 -minute intensive session of tenders that started at 1 million euros, which grew as quickly as possible.
The initial price ran around 2 million euros, then 3 million, 4 million and 5 million, to breathe in breath. When the price jumped out of 5.5 million to EUR 6 million in one swoop, there was whistles and applause.
The final offers were EUR 6.2 million, then 6.5 million, then 6.8 million before the last winning offer of the Japanese buyer: 7 million euros.
The bid war was among the nine collectors, while the telephone applicants fought at the end. Buyers from Japan received the final offer and the Birkin bag was sold for $ 10 million.
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