The item’s creator used Louis Vuitton branding without permission.

A Brooklyn-based art collective called MSCHF has sold a miniature handbag for 63,750 dollars at an auction in New York City.

A microscope is necessary in order to view the design of the tiny object measuring 657 x 222 x 700 micrometers, so it was included in the lot. The item is smaller than a grain of salt, which can pass through the eye of a needle. 

It is made of photopolymer resin and was created using a 3D printing technology often used to make tiny mechanical models and structures.

MSCHF is known for its controversial designs including shoes that contain human blood, trainers with holy water in the soles, a cologne that smells like WD-40, and giant red rubber boots.

This time, the team decided to take the trend of small handbags to the extreme.
"There are big handbags, normal handbags and small handbags, but this is the final word in bag miniaturization," the MSCHF said in a social media post.

In spite of fetching a good final price for the miniature bag, the seller might be in a legal trouble. The item features the branding of the luxury handbag designer firm Louis Vuitton, with no connection to it. With means the MSCHF will be involved in a new lawsuit over inappropriate branding.

It already happened in the past, with Nike and Vans, so the creative collective will surely seek for a settlement solution with Louis Vuitton this time around.