From a Chanel flap bag set with diamonds to a Birkin shaped like a Paris boutique, these are the ten most expensive handbags ever sold. Real auction results from Sotheby's and Christie's, crocodile, platinum and gold, two of Jane Birkin's own bags, and at number one the worn black prototype that sold for about $10.1 million in Paris in July 2025.

In this video: #10 Chanel Diamond Forever Classic Bag #9 Hermès Kelly 32 So Black Feather #8 Hermès Birkin 20 Faubourg Neige #7 Diamond Himalaya Birkin 30 #6 Diamond Himalaya Kelly 28 #5 Louis Vuitton Millionaire Speedy #4 Ginza Tanaka Platinum Birkin #3 Hermès Sac Bijou Birkin #2 Le Birkin Voyageur #1 The Original Birkin

Ranking uses auction results where they exist (hammer price plus fees, converted to US dollars at the time of sale) and reported prices otherwise; every reported figure is marked as such on screen. The Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse is mentioned but not ranked, because its $3.8 million figure is a valuation, not a sale.

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Photo credits (Wikimedia Commons): HK Central Sotheby's at Chater House Auction preview female luxury handbags September 2025 N13P 03 — MATOWU HAUDOSM (CC0) HK Central Sotheby's at Chater House Auction preview female luxury handbags September 2025 N13P 04 — MATOWU HAUDOSM (CC0) HK 灣仔北 Wan Chai North 香港會展 HKCEC 佳士得 拍賣 Christie's Auction 預展 preview basket handbags May 2023 Px3 01 — FARANLWO Sotaeizee (CC BY-SA 4.0) HK 灣仔北 Wan Chai North 香港會展 HKCEC 佳士得 拍賣 Christie's Auction 預展 preview handbags May 2023 Px3 01 — FARANLWO Sotaeizee (CC BY-SA 4.0) HK 灣仔北 Wan Chai North 香港會展 HKCEC 佳士得 拍賣 Christie's Auction 預展 preview handbags May 2023 Px3 02 — FARANLWO Sotaeizee (CC BY-SA 4.0) HK 灣仔北 Wan Chai North 香港會展 HKCEC 佳士得 拍賣 Christie's Auction 預展 preview handbags May 2023 Px3 03 — FARANLWO Sotaeizee (CC BY-SA 4.0) HK 灣仔北 Wan Chai North 香港會展 HKCEC 佳士得 拍賣 Christie's Auction 預展 preview handbags May 2023 Px3 05 — FARANLWO Sotaeizee (CC BY-SA 4.0) HK 灣仔北 Wan Chai North 香港會展 HKCEC 佳士得 拍賣 Christie's Auction 預展 preview handbags May 2023 Px3 10 — FARANLWO Sotaeizee (CC BY-SA 4.0) HK 灣仔北 Wan Chai North 香港會展 HKCEC 佳士得 拍賣 Christie's Auction 預展 preview handbags May 2023 Px3 11 — FARANLWO Sotaeizee (CC BY-SA 4.0) HK 灣仔北 Wan Chai North 香港會展 HKCEC 佳士得 拍賣 Christie's Auction 預展 preview handbags May 2023 Px3 12 — FARANLWO Sotaeizee (CC BY-SA 4.0) HK 灣仔北 Wan Chai North 香港會展 HKCEC 佳士得 拍賣 Christie's Auction 預展 preview handbags May 2023 Px3 13 — FARANLWO Sotaeizee (CC BY-SA 4.0) HK 灣仔北 Wan Chai North 香港會展 HKCEC 佳士得 拍賣 Christie's Auction 預展 preview handbags May 2023 Px3 14 — FARANLWO Sotaeizee (CC BY-SA 4.0) HK 灣仔北 Wan Chai North 香港會展 HKCEC 佳士得 拍賣 Christie's Auction 預展 preview handbags May 2023 Px3 15 — FARANLWO Sotaeizee (CC BY-SA 4.0) HK 灣仔北 Wan Chai North 香港會展 HKCEC 佳士得 拍賣 Christie's Auction 預展 preview handbags May 2023 Px3 29 — FARANLWO Sotaeizee (CC BY-SA 4.0) HK 灣仔北 Wan Chai North 香港會展 HKCEC 佳士得 拍賣 Christie's Auction 預展 preview handbags May 2023 Px3 30 — FARANLWO Sotaeizee (CC BY-SA 4.0) Croc Birkin bag — Ohconfucius (CC BY 3.0) Hermes Birkin-2 — Theorb, derivative work by Regi51 (Public domain) Hermes Birkin — Theorb (Public domain) Hermes Ostrich Birkin Bag — Wen-Cheng Liu (CC BY-SA 2.0) Pink Birkin bag — Yvette Religioso-Ilagan from Philippines (CC BY 2.0) Hermès, 24 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, Paris 8e 2-2 — Polymagou (CC BY-SA 4.0) Hermès, 24 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, Paris 8e 3-1 — Polymagou (CC BY 4.0) Hermès, 24 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, Paris 8e 4-3 — Polymagou (CC BY 4.0) Hermès, 24 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, Paris 8e 1-1 — Polymagou (CC BY-SA 4.0) Chanel boutique, Rue Cambon, Paris 2009 — ashton (CC BY 2.0) Rue Cambon — Amarena7 (CC BY-SA 3.0) Nile crocodile head — Leigh Bedford (CC BY 2.0) Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) and Egyptian geese Serengeti — Charles J. Sharp (CC BY-SA 4.0) Snow peaks of Himalaya. IncredibleIndia — Shashankk Rai (CC BY-SA 4.0) Himalaya mountain range with peaks covered in snow — Asdelhi95 (CC BY-SA 4.0) Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from LegCo — Sparktour (CC BY-SA 4.0) Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre 1 — Minghong (CC BY-SA 4.0) Victoria Harbour skyscrapers — Wilfredor (CC0) Hong Kong Night Skyline — Base64, retouched by CarolSpears (CC BY-SA 3.0) International Commerce Centre on Victoria Harbour — Wilfredor (CC0) Abu Dhabi skyline - corniche 2 — Sabithnav (CC BY-SA 4.0) Seine and Bridge — Vitold Muratov (CC BY-SA 4.0) Illuminated street corner at blue hour - facade of the building Fujiya in Ginza Chuo-ku Tokyo Japan — Basile Morin (CC BY-SA 4.0) Boutique Louis Vuitton, 101 avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8e 1 — Polymagou (CC BY 4.0) Avenue des Champs-Élysées - magasin Louis Vuitton — Gzen92 (CC BY-SA 4.0) Round Brilliant Cut Diamond — Petragems (CC BY-SA 4.0) Gold bullion bars — Stevebidmead (CC0) Gold Ingots on white background — Szaaman (Public domain) Platinum (Element - 78) 1 — James St. John (CC BY 2.0) Large platinum nugget (replica) (Ural Mountains, Russia) 1 (17337624135) — James St. John (CC BY 2.0) Black feathers of bird close up — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Public domain) Close up of black swan — Anilsahu84 (CC BY-SA 4.0) Monte Carlo Stadtansicht beim Hafen — Evelyscher (CC BY-SA 4.0) Monte Carlo (94681324) — Herry Lawford from Stockbridge, UK (CC BY 2.0)

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