Hello, just wondering if anyone could help me out here. I recently purchased some Tiffany items that I am having inspected in the "Authenticate" forum. They are fully refundable, so if I find out they are not authentic it's not a huge deal. I know that T&Co is the only authorized retailer of Tiffany products, etc, but since it was risk-free I figured I'd take the chance. Anyway, on with my question
Two of the items came with little "hangtags" that have Tiffany & Co. printed on the shinier side of the tag and "Made Expressly for Tiffany & Co. in Germany" (for the German-made product and Italy for the Italian one) on the rougher, more textured side of the tag. Now, I have never seen these hangtags on products I have purchased directly from Tiffany's. Although I have purchased many silver items from the store over the past 10 years, I haven't made any purchases directly from the store in maybe 2 years. Are these tags a relatively new practice? Or are they indicators of fakes? Thanks in advance for your input!!
Also - has the stock for the care cards changed? I quite often did not receive care cards from Tiffany's, so I only had one to compare to. It was a more textured piece of paper than the one I recently received from my order in question. Also, the lettering on my authentic card is darker and appears slightly higher-up on the card.
Again thanks for your time and input!!