Another Jane Birkin Hermes bag sells for $2.86M in Abu Dhabi

• A Hermes Birkin bag, formerly owned by Jane Birkin, sold for $2.86 million at an auction in Abu Dhabi on December 5.
• This "Birkin Voyageur" model, gifted to Birkin in 2003, fetched about six times its estimated price.
• The sale follows the record-breaking $10 million sale of Birkin's first prototype bag in July.
• Birkin often sold her bags for charity; another one is set for auction on December 15 to fund the Jane Birkin Foundation.
• The Birkin bag, created for Jane Birkin in 1984, remains a highly prized and exclusive fashion item.

Why It Matters: It reveals the soaring value of celebrity-owned luxury items at auction.