Crazy About Birkin Bags

Photos show that in Asian the authority is auctioning HERMES Birkin bags that were forced taken from their owners. People line up and hope to win the used Birkin bags.

47 Birkin Bags Will Be Auctioned at Christie's

South Kensington – This May, Christie’s will hold their second series of ‘Elegance’ auctions – presenting a range of luxury items from stunning jewels and classic watches through to exotic Hermès handbags and even dog accessories, as well as highly sought after Lalique glass mascots and vessels. The sales will take place on 25 and 26 May 2011, and provide collectors and savvy fashionistas with the perfect opportunity to indulge in the rarest and most beautiful examples by their favourite designers.

Click on the link below to view the catalogue online

ELEGANCE: HERMES HANDBAGS, JEWELS AND WATCHES

My Birkin Bag Says: Thanks Leonie from Christie's South Kensington for sending us about the auctions.

You can bid online.

£100,100.00

Jane Birkin donated her own Birkin Bag supporting the Red Cross to raise funds for the people affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The auction received 97 bids and ended yesterday for £100,000.00 ($170.000 USD).

Here is the link for the eBay page

My Birkin Blog Says

Your have a chance to win Jane Birkin's Birkin Bag and help Red Cross Japanese Relief

You can bid for an outstanding item: first released in 1984 and created for Jane Birkin by Jean-Louis Dumas, President of Hermes at the time, the Birkin bag is still to this day one of the most iconic fashion items, and practically impossible to get.

In order to help the victims of the recent disasters in Japan, Jane Birkin has very kind-heartedly accepted to donate her own Birkin bag, given to her by Jean-Louis Dumas himself. The bag is signed by Jane at the bottom and on the inside pocket and has been customised by her (as seen on the pictures).

Auction Runs April 4-11, 2011 on eBay Item Number: 270729316205

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Jane Birkin: ‘There’s no fun in a bag if it’s not kicked around’

The Telegraph

Jane Birkin talks of her nonchalant relationship with the luxury Hermès handbag named in her honour, ahead of eBay charity auction.

Picture the scene. Style icon of the moment, Alexa Chung, using her must-have Mulberry satchel, named in her honour, as a rain-shield while its contents dangle in a plastic carrier bag? Never going to happen. Is it even possibleto conjure an image of avid Birkin collector Victoria Beckham - whose collection of over 100 differing models is said to be worth £1.5 million - adorning hers with stickers?

But that's exactly what the charmingly down-to-earth Jane Birkin does with the bag, which costs upwards of £5,600, that Hermès created in her honour.

The British style icon and actress has told Vogue.com: "I always put on stickers and beads, and worry beads. I always hang things on my bags because I don't like them looking like everyone else's."

While we collectively scrape our jaws from the off the floor, it is worth mentioning additional nuggets bestowed from the 64-year-old's 'un-precious' school of thought: "I never have more than one bag at a time. I think one is already quite enough. Also, I hate changing bags, so I never have the thing of having ten bags."

In fact, Birkin says she has only owned four of her namesake totes since Hermès boss Jean-Louis Dumas created the bag back in 1984. The story goes that Dumas was sat next to Birkin on a flight from Paris to London, and the two got talking about how she was struggling to find the perfect weekend bag after the contents of her straw bag fell to the ground from the overhead locker.

Fittingly, for a woman who obviously doesn't consider a bag to be a piece of 'arm candy', two Birkins from her personal collection have previously been donated to charity auctions, and the same fate awaits number three: from today the black Birkin that has been toted around the world with the actress-turned-activist for the past five years will be auctioned to raise money for the Red Cross relief work in Japan.

Birkin also revealed that she is lobbying Hermès to diversify the iconic model, urging them to: "make it out of plastic or, even more fun, make it out of cardboard. Then it wouldn't be so heavy."

The only other person who might share Birkin's affection for customing is Lady Gaga. The highly-styled pop sensation was pictured last year with a white version of the infamous Birkin that had been inked with the Japanese alphabet, in what looked suspiciously like black marker pen....

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Hermès Bags Inspired By Film Beauties Lead a $1.2 Million Paris Sale

artinfo.com

2010.11.17

PARIS— Artcurial's semiannual Hermès vintage sale is an unusually warm and affable affair, where long-time lovers of the luxury brand who return season after season have gotten to know their fellow auction-goers. Many items are not priced excessively, so even someone with pockets of average depth can afford to indulge in a little leather case or a pair of gloves. The big fall auction that raked in €904,000 ($1.2 million) last week had impressive hauls, affordable treasures, and surprising items from Hermès history.

The 637 lots had a sell-through rate of 89.5 percent, with the top lot, a blue crocodile Birkin bag, selling for €37,714 ($52,640). Crocodile Birkin bags were the stars of the show, in fact, with a pale green model scoring €35,236 ($49,181) and a black number fetching €27,801 ($38,804) — even outperforming the jewelry, with a yellow gold Vendôme necklace selling for a comparatively slight €11,476 ($16,018). A white gold and diamond ring netted €2,805 ($3,915), the same price attained by a white calfskin Kellybag of "average condition" with "wear and tear," according to the catalogue.

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My friend Richard told me Christie's has been auctioning HERMES Birkin bags from time to time. You can view the Birkin bags currently on auctions or were sold at Christie's.

Visit the Christie's site

Click Advanced under the search button on the top right corner

Search by Keyword: Choose "Upcoming Sales" or "Past Sales"

Enter Keyword (s): Type in Birkin

Then you will see the list

When you click on each item, it tells you more information about that particular bag.

Hope you enjoy this article.

MBB

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Just a few weeks ago we showed you models and their Birkin bags.

Now Naomi Campbell is auctioning hers off on November 10! Her pale green Alligator Birkin will go to a new home at the Hermès house’s vintage auction as a charity event for the White Ribbon Alliance. The charity is close to the supermodel’s heart, as she’s a global ambassador. Naomi is nothing if not charitable, and this is a huge donation on her part.

With this news, she’ll follow in the path of Jane Birkin and Princess Stephanie, who both gave away their iconic bags.

My Birkin Blog Says | We will keep you posted as soon as we know where and when you can take this Birkin bag home.