The world’s most expensive handbag was scratched, worn, and covered in remnants of old stickers.
In July 2025, Jane Birkin’s original Hermès handbag sold for €8.6 million at Sotheby’s Paris.
The world’s most expensive handbag was scratched, worn, and covered in remnants of old stickers.
In July 2025, Jane Birkin’s original Hermès handbag sold for €8.6 million at Sotheby’s Paris.
“We might be able to hear better downstairs,” Vanessa Pettorelli weaves me between racks of vintage clothing and frantic 20-year-olds grabbing bundles of Vanessa’s personal pieces with slices of Welldun pizza in their free hand towards a staircase that leads to the empty staff rooms.