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UNBELIEVABLE: Prototype hermes bag designed for jane birkin sells for 7 million | History Defined

Jane Birkin Hermès

Jane Birkin's original Hermès handbag has sold for €7 million (about £6 million) at a Sotheby's auction.
The sale took place in Paris on Thursday during Haute Couture Week, generating intense bidding.
The iconic bag was first conceived in the 1980s when Birkin asked then-Hermès head Jean-Louis Damas for a larger, more practical bag for mothers.
After designing the bag in 1984 with dedicated space for baby bottles, Hermès named the item after Birkin with her consent.
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