<P>For more than twenty years, the Herm&#200;s Birkin bag has been the iconic symbol of fashion, luxury, and wealth. With a fabled waiting list of more than two years to purchase one, the average fashionista has a better chance of climbing Mount Everest in Prada pumps than of possessing this coveted carryall. Unless, of course, she happens to know Michael Tonello. . . . </P> <P>With down-to-earth wit, Michael Tonello chronicles the unusual ventures that took him to nearly every continent&#151;and from eBay to Paris auction houses and into the lives of celebrities and poseurs alike&#151;on the road to becoming a successful entrepreneur and Robin Hood to thousands of desperate rich women. </P>