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Jenny Garnsworthy

Original Hermes Birkin becomes most valuable handbag ever sold at auction

Actress Jane Birkin with her husband Serge Gainsbourg (PA) - (PA Archive)

Actress Jane Birkin’s original Hermes Birkin has sold for 8.6 million euro (£7.4 million) – becoming the most valuable handbag to ever be sold 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.

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