Vintage Guerlain Perfume Bottle Sells For $55,000

by Verena von Pfetten | 4:53 pm, June 3rd, 2010

An engraved bottle from 1870 that once held Guerlain perfume went up for auction in France on Tuesday, and boy did it sell. The flacon, which was engraved with the house of Guerlain’s original address, was expected to go for 20,000 to 30,000 Euros, but instead sold for 45,600 Euros, or about $55,570 at today’s conversion rates.

We read a lot of stories about old bottles of wines or cognacs that go for insane amounts of cash, but this is the first time we actually got it. Not that we’d ever pay $55,000 for an empty bottle, but this vessel is gorgeous and, though empty, certainly holds some fashion history. We’d love to know who originally owned the perfume, and how the bottle has spent the last 140 years.

[via The Independent.]