A Hermes bag once owned by Jane Birkin will be auctioned in Abu Dhabi on December 5, after the original bag sold for a record of more than $10 million, Sotheby's announced on Tuesday.
Dubbed the 'Birkin Voyageur', the late actress' black leather bag has an estimated value of between $230,000 and $430,000.
Gifted to the Birkin by Hermes in 2003, it is one of four owned by the actress after the original bag was auctioned off to raise money for an AIDS charity in 1994.
This bag was first auctioned in 2007 to help a human rights organization and ended up in a private collection.
"The actress' sale of Birkin bags to raise money for charities she cared deeply about became a tradition for Jane Birkin, with Hermes replacing them each time," Sotheby's announced.
The first custom-made Birkin bag sold for nearly 8.6 million euros ($10.1 million) in Paris in July, making it the most expensive bag ever auctioned.
"To present not one, but two of Jane Birkin's personal Hermes bags in a single year is historic," said Morgane Halimi, Sotheby's global head of handbags and fashion.
The Birkin Voyageur stands out with a handwritten note in French from the actress herself, engraved inside: "My Birkin bag, my companion in the world."
The bag will be on display in Abu Dhabi from December 2 to 5.
The famous actress passed away in 2023 at the age of 76.
