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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!
 
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fashionmaudel said:
Hello - submitting this one for authentication. The pics aren’t the best but hopefully they will do. The seller was having a hard time getting the ones I needed. Any idea what color it is?
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Sorry but I have to ask you to resubmit with the pics right way up and full size. I have to save all the pics and manipulate them myself if I want to see them properly. And the thumbnails don't always allow for a good close up.
 
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luckyblackdress said:
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I also included photo next to a RGHW, in case it is a bootleg with just OFF colored HW.

Thanks in advance.
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I've looked at this again (and again) and the colour may not be as off as I originally thought in some of the pics. It's so hard to tell when you can't see the bag IRL. I do think there were some GGH bags where the gold was quite a strong colour, and the natural light doesn't make it look as coppery. Anyway I asked Corey from RDC and she thinks she recalls seeing that leather anomaly at some point. She also said that the original giant hardware was 18K plated (I didn't know that!) so the colour was a rich gold. She also mentioned that the colour of the leather can sometimes affect the way you perceive the colour of the gold. I'm going with authentic.
 
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Pink_addict said:
Hi, i am planning to buy this mini giant stud mini city bag shw. The seller said it was bought in 2018, and said it has no mirror from the beginning. Does anyone know if balenciaga ever made a city bag without mirror? And also the back of the zipper, is it embossed in “B” or “BB”?
Is there any website to check the serial code since the seller said since 2018 the year card is not included? Thank you.

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@ksuromax @muchstuff can you please give me an opinion on the authenticity of this mini city bag? Thank you so much
 
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Pink_addict said:
@ksuromax @muchstuff can you please give me an opinion on the authenticity of this mini city bag? Thank you so much
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@ksuromax already replied, post # 17321. Typically the outlet bags I've seen have an "O" on the end of the top line of the tag back, this bag doesn't although the colour code is incorrect and we've seen that on quite a few outlet bags. The question of mirrors has come up before and we've had TPFers reply that they've purchased outlet bags that didn't come with mirrors. I don't see anything that screams fake but you have to realize that these bags can be hard to authenticate because they fall outside the normal parameters for what we know of the season the tag indicates. (F/W 2019). Did the seller say where she purchased it? It might be worth asking. If she says outlet then I think we can assume it's authentic.
 
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muchstuff said:
If we assume the HW is actually gold not rose gold (and it still looks too pink/copper in the outdoor pics to me) it would be an 07 bouton d'or. GGH was only in production from 07-09 (excepting for some LE stuff like dark violet). I have to admit most of the markers look OK to me, but the colour of the HW looks off and that inside pocket...@ksuro what do you think on this? Was some of the early gold HW a stronger colour or am I just making that up?
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Yes, you are :lol: it was strong yellow gold, no any pink hue in it (that's why i never had, and never will own one)
I can only say, that without actually holding and inspecting the bag inside out i would sign myself off, as i am afraid i cannot give a solid answer when a few features are not what i i expect them to be.
It might be an authentic bag with some abnormalities (still see no reason how why they would add a leather strap inside the pocket?), or it is just a good fake, but from the pics i just can't tell. sorry :)
 
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ksuromax said:
Yes, you are :lol: it was strong yellow gold, no any pink hue in it (that's why i never had, and never will own one)
I can only say, that without actually holding and inspecting the bag inside out i would sign myself off, as i am afraid i cannot give a solid answer when a few features are not what i i expect them to be.
It might be an authentic bag with some abnormalities (still see no reason how why they would add a leather strap inside the pocket?), or it is just a good fake, but from the pics i just can't tell. sorry :smile:
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It’s a tough call.
 
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Pink_addict said:
Hi ksuromax, thanks a lot for your advise. Does this mean that this bag is authentic? Its just that this bag is an outlet product?
And also the stud posisition on the last picture which is a bit crooked also bugs me for its authenticity.
Thank you so much :smile:
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W tags made for boutiques were made differently, G12 hw was officially discontinued in 2016 (if memory serves me well), but i saw with my own eyes W-tag bags in the outlet in Italy in 2019 summer with the tags like yours, and G12 hw, so, yes, i'd say the bag is legit, but it is an outlet production. Nothing is wrong with that, just the colours will not match the official seasonal colours, and there might be slight variation on the features (dif tag, like yours, for example)
 
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ksuromax said:
W tags made for boutiques were made differently, G12 hw was officially discontinued in 2016 (if memory serves me well), but i saw with my own eyes W-tag bags in the outlet in Italy in 2019 summer with the tags like yours, and G12 hw, so, yes, i'd say the bag is legit, but it is an outlet production. Nothing is wrong with that, just the colours will not match the official seasonal colours, and there might be slight variation on the features (dif tag, like yours, for example)
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Did you notice if the “O” is now lacking on the outlet bags? And W is F/W no? Did I screw up my chart again? :lol:
 
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