**Authenticate This Dooney & Bourke item!**

[Nyria]

So you don't think they'd have a fake out there then?
I'm trying to learn about Dooney but there is so little info out there~

[temo]

Thanks Ladies! What do we know about that paisley print? Is there other products? ( I did see a wallet on ebay with the same print inside. Hmmm. . .)
Ever seen scarves? Do we know what year this bag came out? Does it have a name? Is the leather softer than the usual all weather leather? Sorry for all the questions . . .but I'm wowed! Thanks again!!!

[Kathyy]

hopson, I am afraid the person that contacted you was correct, the purse and wallet are both fake. If you cannot pull the duck patches off the pieces, cut them and throw them away. Sorry, try asking before bidding here or on the ebay board. Real AWL is very nice to own!

[Kathyy]

temo, there is the cutest tassel tote with that pattern on the outside on ebay. I do love the print! It is a classic pattern perhaps you can find a scarf that isn't Dooney?

[Nyria]

Originally Posted by Kathyy

hopson, I am afraid the person that contacted you was correct, the purse and wallet are both fake. If you cannot pull the duck patches off the pieces, cut them and throw them away. Sorry, try asking before bidding here or on the ebay board. Real AWL is very nice to own!

How can you tell they are fake from those pics? I often find Dooney's at thrift stores around here and I can't figure out how to tell just by looking at them like that (I look for a tag etc.)
Thanks

[Kathyy]

There was a wonderful auction posted somewhere on this sub forum, a CD of photos of real and fake DB. Also try reading some of the guides on eBay. Some have photos, some have lists of things to look for.

Look for unlined leather, tan vinyl fabric backed pockets if bag is tan trimmed, brass hardware that is marked brass, it is rare to find magnetic closures. Seams may be covered with leather or fabric, rivets may be stamped DOONEYBOURKE, interior may be lined with tan vinyl, duck will be sewn on. Wallets have a stamp in a rectangle and the pockets have moire fabric lining in my experience. Bags are heavy! They are quality leather. The tan trim gets beat up unlike fake vinyl which looks good until it cracks.

I am where you are on Dooneys on so many brands. Sure is fun learning! Even more fun when you find the real thing. I was making notes and posting on a board before I bought when I was learning about classic leather Coach. My husband found the first real Dooney at a thrift store! Guess he was listening after all!


http://cgi.ebay.com/Dooney-Bourke-Mo...QQcmdZViewItem

[Nyria]

I have read those ebay ones over and over again
I can kind of get lucky around here at thrift stores because a lot of people don't even know what Dooney & Bourke is so they pass over it :)
I gues it;s taken me about a year to distinguish LV so I'll have to start my brain up again for Dooney LOL
THANKS

[midg613]

Originally Posted by hopson1969

i just got these off of ebay and did not like them so i relisted them. someone sent me email saying these were fake. are these two items real or not hlep anyone

fakes

[angelica]

Originally Posted by Nyria

2 comments on this a) What is with that mail in card that is pictured with it? What's the point of that - is it suppose to show authenticity? because he/she shows the exact same card with another bag (it;s bent in the exact same places) http://cgi.ebay.com/New-NWT-Dooney-a...QQcmdZViewItem b) Why wouldn't someone who sells a lot of Dooney show all the proper tags and such? That seems odd to me.

Here's what I think:

a. The yellow card is a mail in registration card. It has the serial code of the bag on it and should match. Outlet bags may not come with one as they are final sale/no repair only (and the majority of new dooneys from what I see are outlet bags). The cards are always shoved into the small pocket/body of wristlet hence the bending.

b. Some people may be unaware of the fakes. Call me slow but I had no idea counterfeit dooneys existed before tpf.

[Cocoapuff]

Hello,

Is this fake? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=012

The color says camel but looks nothing like the camel on the website at http://store.dooney.com/OA_HTML/ibeC...?section=21276

perhaps camera differences?

[wcofer28]

I just bought that same exact bag this weekend, at the Williamsburg, VA outlet. I paid $94 plus tax for it. And that one looks just like mine. The camel color in the outlet varied from bag to bag--some were light, some darker. Mine is a darker tan color. LOVE this bag!

[aliciabee23]

Is this annalisa authentic?!?! I would appreciate any help! I have never bought a Dooney bag and the large, green, annalisa is what I have been searching for! Thanks in advance ladies!!

[aliciabee23]

ahhh sorry here is the link for the above post!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/Dooney-Bourke-An...QQcmdZViewItem

[cadillactaste]

I had a question...This seller has NEW without tags......I am just new into Dooney...Their site I don't see any with the leather goose patch on the purse...(Is there a name for that goose/duck patch?) This seller calls this bag new...I thought the patch with the leather duck/goose was vintage bags...Embarressed by my ignorance~

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...EWA:PIC&ih=012

[KatsBags]

Cadillactaste...that bag is a FAKE!!!!

Don't be embarassed...we all have to learn sometime.

BTW...it's a duck...because water rolls off their All Weather Leather bags like water off a duck's back