Christie's handbag auction is one of the rare occasions when Hermès' iconic crocodile handbags, Louis monogrammed suitcases Vuitton and vintage quilted Chanel gather in one place to find new wearers willing to shell out for them dizzying amounts.
Business Insider and Christie's present the 5 most expensive bags the auction house has ever sold.
5. Chanel Chinese Matryoshka Evening Bag
Price - $ 32500 (≈ 2 mln. 315 thous. rubles)
The most expensive Chanel bag sold at Christie's was the elegant and original Métiers D'Art Paris-Shanghai Black Lucite Matryoshka evening bag with gold fittings. It was sold on June 19, 2018 at Christie's in New York for $ 32,500.
4. Hermès Ginger Birkin Goat Leather Bag
Price - $ 109500 (≈ 7 mln. 802 thous. rubles)
One of the most expensive Hermès bags sold at Christie's is the Metallic Bronze Chèvre Leather Birkin 25 with gold hardware. She found her new owner on December 12, 2017 at Christie's in Paris, where € 100,000 ($ 109,500) was offered for her.
3. Hermès Black Crocodile Birkin Bag
Price - $ 209,553 (≈ $ 14 million) 930 thous. rubles)
The most expensive limited edition Hermes So Black bag sold at Christie's was black bag made of matte crocodile skin Niloticus Crocodile So Black Birkin 30 with rare fittings PVD. It was sold on May 29, 2019 at Christie's in Hong Kong for HK $ 1,625,000 ($ 209,553).
2. Hermès Crocodile Kelly Bag
Price - $ 241,789 (≈ 17,227,000) rubles)
The most expensive Hermès Kelly Bag (a bag created in honor and for Grace Kelly) sold at Christie's was Rare Matte White Crocodile Leather Bag Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Retourne Kelly 25 with Palladium fittings. It was sold on November 25, 2019 at Christie's in Hong Kong for HK $ 1,875,000 ($ 241,789).
1. Hermès Crocodile Birkin Bag
Price - $ 384,285 (≈ $ 27 million) 380 thous. rubles)
The most expensive bag ever put up for auction at Christie's was the closest relative previous Kelly Bag - model in matte white crocodile skin Niloticus Himalaya Birkin 30 with diamond fittings. She found her new (and apparently very wealthy) owner on November 29, 2017 at Christie's in Hong Kong, where she was sold for 2,980,000 HDK ($ 384,285).
