Original Birkin bag sells at auction for record 8.6 million euros

Auction Highlights - Original Jane Birkin Hermes bag sold for €8.6% million [1][2] - Only one fashion item has ever sold for more at auction, a pair of Wizard of Oz slippers at $32.5% million [1] - Bidding for the Birkin bag started at €1 million [1] - A Japanese buyer bid €7 million [1] Birkin Bag Details - The original Birkin bag was sketched on an airplane vomit bag [2] - Hermes commissioned the bag for Birkin in 1984 with the JB initials [3] - The previous record for a handbag at auction was $513,000 [2] Cultural Impact - Birkin joked her obituaries would mention "Like the bag" [3]