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But several Birkin bags were also stolen, including a Hermès Birkin 25 Camel Swift worth £20,000 and a Birkin 30 Black Togo costing £18,000.

The original Hermès Birkin bag made for actress, singer and fashion icon Jane Birkin in 1984 is up for auction today -- and it's expected to make history.

The Hermès Birkin prototype, originally made for Jane Birkin, sold at a Sotheby's auction in Paris for $10.1 million.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

Jane Birkin's original Hermès bag—made by designer Jean-Louis Dumas after the actress couldn't find a purse large enough to fit of all her belongings—was sold for $10.1 million at an auction.

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.

Hermes Birkin handbag sells for £7.4m at auction The record selling price for the original Birkin handbag "is a startling demonstration of the power of a legend", Sotheby's auction house says.

The namesake bag owned by late British singer-actress Jane Birkin just sold for $10 million at auction.

The original Birkin, named after the British actress and singer, is now also the second most expensive fashion item to ever be sold, after it went under the hammer at Sotheby's in Paris on Thursday.