The price was the highest on record for a fashion item, Sotheby's said.

Jane Birkin's original Hermès bag has sold for a record-breaking €8.6m (£7.4m; $10.1m) at an auction in Paris.

Jane Birkin’s Hermès bag has just sold at Sotheby’s in Paris for a record-breaking $10 million, becoming the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction after a dramatic bidding war.