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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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@luckyblackdress I've done a bit more research and have found other bouton d'or bags with the leather inside the back pocket! I think I may have referred to the colour as 07, my error, it's S/S 08. It was a time of change with the leathers and pockets on mirrors so it's entirely possible that a pocket could show up on a S/S 08 mirror. So I think we've solved your mystery, it has every appearance of being an authentic bag IMO. Sorry it took so long but the colour of the HW in the first set of pics really threw me off.
 
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ksuromax said:
Re missing O, i think this is a matter of the local legislation and rules for marking the merch, probably that's why we see this inconsistency, some areas don't care, some do, hence we see the O on a few, but not on all
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I wish they'd just be consistent with the colour codes! The code on this bag is the 2012 code for bleuette.
 
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muchstuff said:
@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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Hi @muchstuff thank you so much for the oponion. Yes the seller said that she bought that in outlet in italy. Do you have any reference website to check the balenciaga color code? I cannot find any in the google. ☺️ Thank you so much.
 
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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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Hi @ksuromax, yes the seller said she bought it at the outlet. So presumably this bag is authentic, however comes with really messed up label and serial code . Thank you so much dear
 
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@ksuromax @muchstuff
I found this other bag, this is is listed as never been used. Can you please help me to authenticate this.
This is a year 2020 mini city metallic edge. I saw this same color and style also at my local balenciaga boutique. Thank you dear .
 

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Pink_addict said:
can you share the complete year code till 2020?
i was looking at lovebbags or yoogis closet site but the serial code stopped at 2017..
thank youu
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recent years:
SS21 - T / AW21 - S
SS20 - V / AW20 - U
SS19 - X / AW19 - W
SS18 - Z / AW18 - Y
SS17 - B / AW17 - A
SS16 - D / AW16 - C
SS15 - F / AW15 - E
SS14 - H / AW14 - G
SS13 - J / AW13 - I
SS12 - L / AW12 - K (with K consistent letter ID started)
further you can find in the Ref library (or on Yoogi's/LoveBBags)
 
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