The authentic Birkin bag It is planned to be sold at auction this summer, but fashion lovers still have the opportunity to see it closely before it becomes private again.

The most iconic bag in the world, the original originally manufactured for English singer, actress and idol of style Jane Birkinis on display at Sotheby’s in Manhattan from June 6th to June 10th and will then return to Paris for her latest public presentation at the Paris Auction Gallery from July 3 to 9. It will be sold at the fashion icons auction on July 10, but the initial offer has not yet been revealed.

“At this stage we will privately communicate it to potential bidders,” Morgan Khalimi, head of bag and fashion for Sotheby’s worldwide, told the New York Times. “Obviously it’s a unique piece, completely different from any other bag or any other Birkin. We break a record with Birkin bags on a regular basis on auctions. It is worth it because of what is and those who have happened because of this bag. “fill in.

The authentic Hermès Birkin bag owned by Jane Birkin was exposed to France for the first time last October as part of the Excellence à la Française exhibition in Paris. The bag, which has become one of the most recognizable luxury accessories in history, had previously been introduced twice – at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2018 and at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 2020.

This style of bag was born 40 years ago, after a random meeting on a short flight from Paris to London, Jane Birkin and Hermès CEO Jean -Louma Douma. Traveling with her little daughter, Charlotte, the actress and singer explained that she preferred the big bags and that she had resorted to the use of a wicker basket she had bought in Portugal in the late 1960s, as most bags were very small. During the flight, the contents of her basket fell on the dummy, who was sitting next to her, which triggered a discussion about designing a larger bag. The dowry later incorporated data from the existing Haut à Courroies plan of Hermès and the complete original was delivered to Jane Birkin in 1985. The house requested permission to use its name for the bag.

The first bag had seven unique features that were never repeated in later Birkin models, which were completed years later and do not carry any of these original design details and so the original is unique.

The Birkin bag sold is unique in its kind – not only as the original, but also because it carries the initials of the English singer, it is visible to decades of everyday use has old UNICEF stickers inside. The auction house characterizes it as the bag that changed the history of fashion.