A rare Hermès handbag has set a new record for the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction – going for HK$1.72m (£146,000).

The fuchsia diamond-encrusted crocodile skin 2014 Birkin was sold to an anonymous phone bidder at Christie’s international handbags and accessories auction in Hong Kong. Wow this is so amazing how a handbag could cost that much, i guess you are suprise too.

The previous record for the most expensive handbag sold at auction stood at $218,000 (£144,000), for a gold and diamond piece once owned by Elizabeth Taylor, in 2011. A Hermès Birkin sold at $203,150 (£133,000) in a heritage auction the same year.

The sale price of the handbag was above the highest estimate at HK$1.5m (£127,000), with the final cost including buyer’s commission... Click to see photos : http://www.timeless9ja.com/2015/09/the-most-expensive-bag-ever-sold-at.html