The selling price crushed the previous auction record set for a bag — $513,040 paid in 2021 for a Hermès White Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Diamond Retourne Kelly 28.

The Himalaya Retourne Kelly 25 bag sold for €352,800 ($346,802) in a Paris auction that ended Thursday, Sotheby’s said.

Jane Birkin’s original Hermès Birkin bag sold for a record-breaking €7 million, with fees totaling €8.6 million, or $10.1 million, this afternoon at Sotheby’s in Paris. It is now the most ...

The previous world record for a handbag was the Hermes white Himalaya niloticus crocodile diamond retourne Kelly 28, which sold in 2021 for $513,040 (£380,000).