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Please see post #1 for complete Balenciaga authentication rules. All requests must be posted in this thread. Authentications are not done via private message or in any other thread.

See the link below for examples of the photos needed and the format they should be in (clear, close up, forward-facing, no angles, right way up, no bends in tags).

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/required-pics-for-balenciaga-authentication.741442/

A link to the listing in question is required.

It is an authenticator’s right to ignore a request that is not in the proper format. If the listing you are interested in is missing photos it is your responsibility to request them from the seller prior to posting in this thread.

Thanks and be well!
 
in my opinion the bag is authentic, but i will call @muchstuff to guess the colour, she has better settings on the screen to see the nuances and undertones.
leather looks like chevre to me :smile:
Thank you very much ksuromax! The bag feels extra heavy compared to my 2012 G21 city, I literally went through all the pockets twice cause I thought the seller had left things in it because of how heavy it felt. Seller said she received it new as a gift about 10 years ago and I was secretly hoping that it is the 2010 cypress...but then I remembered some posts here mentioned that the chevre leather was discontinued 07/08?
 
Thank you very much ksuromax! The bag feels extra heavy compared to my 2012 G21 city, I literally went through all the pockets twice cause I thought the seller had left things in it because of how heavy it felt. Seller said she received it new as a gift about 10 years ago and I was secretly hoping that it is the 2010 cypress...but then I remembered some posts here mentioned that the chevre leather was discontinued 07/08?
well, we know some of the 09/10 bags had really exceptional agneau, so could be yours ;) let's wait for muchstuff to nail the colour for you
did you mean G12 from 2012? the studs were downsized, they made the bags a lot lighter
 
well, we know some of the 09/10 bags had really exceptional agneau, so could be yours ;) let's wait for muchstuff to nail the colour for you
did you mean G12 from 2012? the studs were downsized, they made the bags a lot lighter
Thank you very much ksuromax! The bag feels extra heavy compared to my 2012 G21 city, I literally went through all the pockets twice cause I thought the seller had left things in it because of how heavy it felt. Seller said she received it new as a gift about 10 years ago and I was secretly hoping that it is the 2010 cypress...but then I remembered some posts here mentioned that the chevre leather was discontinued 07/08?
I'm thinking it's an 07 pine. And, as Ksuro says, the 2012 would be G12 not 21 so it would be lighter.
 
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I'm thinking it's an 07 pine. And, as Ksuro says, the 2012 would be G12 not 21 so it would be lighter.
Out of curiosity, did Balenciaga only make silver tags for city bags and firsts with classic hardware? I would love to find a chèvre city bag with giant hardware and I’ve been searching for ones with silver tags...
 
Out of curiosity, did Balenciaga only make silver tags for city bags and firsts with classic hardware? I would love to find a chèvre city bag with giant hardware and I’ve been searching for ones with silver tags...
Classic only. Plus the early Work bags and there were also some very early Twiggys I read that had silver tags.
 
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well, we know some of the 09/10 bags had really exceptional agneau, so could be yours ;) let's wait for muchstuff to nail the colour for you
did you mean G12 from 2012? the studs were downsized, they made the bags a lot lighter
Sorry, I think I'm using the abbreviations wrong, this is the 2012 giant gold hardware (21?) that I was referring to and yes it is a lot lighter than the green one. Thank you Screenshot_20201110-150626_Poshmark.jpg
 
i bet it's not 2012
Ah, this was my answer re: authentication on the purple. I remember that bag now.

"Authentic in my opinion. I don't think it was LE but it's a S/S 2012 dark violet. EDIT: It's G21 so maybe that was a limited edition as the HW switched over to G12 that season. Don't know for certain. Or maybe there were still a few G21s made."
 
Ah, this was my answer re: authentication on the purple. I remember that bag now.

"Authentic in my opinion. I don't think it was LE but it's a S/S 2012 dark violet. EDIT: It's G21 so maybe that was a limited edition as the HW switched over to G12 that season. Don't know for certain. Or maybe there were still a few G21s made."
yep, colour code stands for Dark Violet, but is it 2012? i thought 2012 shall have a year letter
 
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