New Delhi: A Microscopic bag was sold for over USD 63,000 ( Rs 51 lakhs) at an online auction on June 28.
The sale was hosted by Joopiter — an online auction house founded by American musician and producer Pharrell William, who is also currently Louis Vuitton’s creative director of menswear.
The Louis Vuitton inspired neon-green miniature purse was created by Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF and is “smaller than a grain of sea salt and narrow enough to pass through the eye of a needle.
Measuring 657 by 222 by 700 micrometers — or less than .03 inches across — the handbag, which sold for USD 63,750, was made using two-photon polymerization, a 3-D printing technique usually used to make mechanical biotech structures.
The unidentified purchaser also received a microscope and a built-in digital display for viewing.
The “Microscopic Handbag” is smaller than a grain of sand. The bag was auctioned with its own microscope and viewing screen. The American Musician and Producer Pharrell William, who is currently Louis Vuitton’s creative director of men’s wear is the founder of the online auction house.
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