If you thought Himalaya Birkin The most rare bag on earth is, think again. Now-Prototype of Econic Harmes Purses, Custom-Med for its name, Jane BirkinFor the first time auction in 25 years, killing Sothabi block on 10 July.
Birkin was specially designed for an actor and singer in 1984, when he told the gene-louses Dumas that he needed a bag that adjusted his everyday life. “I think I have attracted it on a sick bag-or not-Bimar bag. And [Dumas] Said ‘I will make it for you’, ” Birkin told Circulation From the front line of Fall of Harmes 2012 show.
Birkin, who Death in 2023Donated the original purse in 1994 to benefit French AIDS Charity, Association Solidarite Sida. It was re-purchased in 2000 by the Paris-based collector and owner of the vintage store Catherine Benear.
Sothabi sent a bag on a world tour ahead of his adjacent sales, displaying it in his Paris and Hong Kong Messen. Benier had earlier dropped it out for exhibitions at Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It has now returned to New York, and will be viewed in the auction house galleries from today to 12 June.
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