The record-setting sale comes amid a luxury resale boom.

"It is a one-of-a-kind piece, completely apart from any other handbag, or any other Birkin," says Morgane Halimi, Sotheby’s Global Head of Handbags and Fashion On Thursday, June 5, Sotheby’s announced ...

Handbags are more than merely accessories in the world of luxury. HS: This is such an enormous part of your lives now and I often find myself surprised at even the budgets for these high-end luxury ...

A well-worn black leather Birkin bag, bearing scuffs, scratches, and stains from years of use, has just made auction history. Selling for an astonishing €8.6 million (Dhs39.5 million), including fees, ...

Jane Birkin's 'The Original Birkin' handbag is going up for auction as part of the Paris Fashion Icons sale on July 10 Then-Hermès CEO Jean-Louis Dumas made the bag for actress Jane Birkin in 1984 "It ...

Jane Birkin's original Hermès Birkin Bag sold for $10.1 million at auction through Sotheby's on July 10, making it the most expensive ever sold. Her original Birkin prototype has several unique ...

Jane Birkin's original Hermès Birkin Bag sold for $10.1 million at auction through Sotheby's on July 10, making it the most expensive ever sold. Her original Birkin prototype has several unique ...

(CNN) — 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 hammer fell ...

The original Birkin bag made for Jane Birkin is set to be sold at auction house Sotheby's in Paris on July 10. ALAIN JOCARD,GILLES LEIMDORFER/AFP via Getty Images It cost a whole bag of money. The ...

The luxury handbag world is as exclusive and expensive as it gets. Led by Hermès, which produces the coveted Birkin, fashionistas and collectors alike jockey for position on the waitlist for the ...

If you thought buying a new Birkin was an expense, the bag that just sold at Sotheby’s blew the usual six-figure price out of the water. Of course, this was no run-of-the-mill Birkin, but the original ...