Is this indeed a fraudy Fendi wallet?
Item Name: Fendi Regimental Black Stripe Clutch Wallet Checkbook Coated Canvas Leather Box
Item Number: 261062943671
Seller ID: collectibles888
Link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261062943671?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_736wt_811
This auction has ended so seller's pics not available there to public. My pics are below. This is a vintage wallet of sorts - Fendi doesn't make it anymore though I'm not sure what year range it's from - it's pre-hologram. (It was listed in new condition, which is is.)
I bought this to replace my worn-out Fendi wallet of exactly the same type. Here are the main concerns I see with the alleged authenticity of this one I just bought, aside from that it's a little ... sleek ... and smooth:
1) On mine the top of the credit card slots have stitching; this one doesn't... just a little foldover of the material. (If you were to pull cards out on a daily basis I would expect that little flap to pull up.)
2) Fendi metal nameplate has the word Italy almost running off to nearly the edge - my old one doesn't. Also nameplate seems a little thinner and different gold sheen.
3) Fendi embossing on leather (frontside of where the wallet snaps) has wording in different position from mine.
4) No authenticity card included. (Seller didn't say there would be one but did list this as a Fendi wallet.)
5) The serial numbers (or whatever they are) on the outside of the box do not match the serial number stamped on the wallet. (Seller's auction only provided pic of numbers on box, not number on wallet.)
The numbers are, on box: 80051/0/B10/DO
201002-00G
On wallet: 2318-80051-068
6) Maybe the box is real, but I did notice the Fendi on the front is a label, not in perfect position. Although there were Fendi logos stamped on the tissue and inside of the box lid.
7) Cardboard was in the compartments of the wallet, but there was no tissue wrapping of the metal parts as I'd heard there might be. (Not sure if Fendi really did that.)
Here are my pics. After them I'm including a couple pics from my old worn-out Fendi wallet details for comparison.
The pic below shows a different layout of wording on the embossing vs. my old Fendi (whose pic is toward the end).
The pic below shows the top of the credit card slots do not have stitching (my old Fendi does), and also the end of the word Italy on the little goldtone plate is running down almost off the edge - it isn't on my old Fendi.
And here are more pics of the one in question and its box (box is different number than serial inside wallet).
The rest of these are pics of my ancient Fendi for comparison:
It's probably easiest to see the differences on the embossed leather and the little goldtone nameplate if you open up a new window to compare side-by-side.
Thanks very much, by the way!!
