crocodile birkin bag
A crocodile Birkin handbag, though not one of the bags that was sold at the Sotheby's auction.
  • Billionaire Joseph Lau sold $3.2 million worth of luxury handbags at a Sotheby's auction.
  • The Hong Kong mogul has been a fugitive since 2014, when he was convicted of bribery and money laundering.
  • Lau is a prolific collector who's purchased roughly 1,500 Hermès bags, Bloomberg reported.

A Hong Kong billionaire just sold $3.2 million worth of Hermès and Chanel handbags at auction.