Jane’s original Birkin bag made history, selling for €8.6m at Sotheby’s Paris, more than any handbag has ever sold at auction.

The Hermès Birkin prototype, originally made for Jane Birkin, sold at a Sotheby's auction in Paris for $10.1 million. What to know about the unique and coveted purse.

"the designer bag created while sitting on the airplane was sold at auction last thursday by the auction company sotheby's in paris for 10 million dollars (minus fees), going to a parisian collector who owned it for about 25 years.