Overview
- The 40 cm black Box-leather bag, gifted by Hermès in 2003, was Birkin’s everyday carry from 2003 to 2007 and features made-to-order closed bridges that echo the original prototype.
- Birkin first sold the bag at a 2007 charity auction benefiting a human-rights organization, and it has remained in a private collection since.
- Sotheby’s will display the piece December 2–5 at the St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort during the inaugural Abu Dhabi Collectors’ Week before the live sale.
- The interior includes inscriptions such as “My Birkin bag, my globetrotting companion,” along with her “Jane B” signature and doodles.
- The offering follows July’s €8.6 million sale of Birkin’s original prototype in Paris, the auction record for a handbag.