Jane Birkin's original Hermès bag—made by designer Jean-Louis Dumas after the actress couldn't find a purse large enough to ...

The Hermès Birkin prototype, originally made for Jane Birkin, sold at a Sotheby's auction in Paris for $10.1 million. What to ...

The unique and original Birkin bag that fashion house Hermès made for actor and singer Jane Birkin sold for 7 million euros ...

"the designer bag created while sitting on the airplane was sold at auction last thursday by the auction company sotheby's in ...

Bids opened at €1 million and quickly escalated, with nine collectors driving up the price to gasps and applause at the Paris ...

The well-worn prototype crushed the old record for the highest sale of a handbag, and became the second most expensive fashion item ever auctioned.