Authenticate This Balenciaga

[Vlad]

IMPORTANT READ-ME

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!

 

[Damunyas]

Please help me to check this balenciaga authentic?

 

[muchstuff]

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It appears to be a Whistle bag. While the tag looks good to me I'm not really familiar with the style so let's see if anyone else is. @ksuromax ? @peacebabe ?

 

[im_urgoddess]

Actually I'm going to hold off on the colour. Can you ask the seller if the bag's ever been dyed?
And I've noticed you have two different links on your original post. Are all of these pics from the same bag? If they're not we need to start over.

Oh it’s the same bag. The seller said the bag color is lighter in person as she couldn’t get a perfect lighting. And it is the original color.. it also looks shiny to me at first that’s why I came here for help

 

[muchstuff]

Oh it’s the same bag. The seller said the bag color is lighter in person as she couldn’t get a perfect lighting. And it is the original color.. it also looks shiny to me at first that’s why I came here for help

If you do purchase you can post your own pics in good light on the identify this thread ( a pic outside would help) and we can take another look at the colour.

 

[im_urgoddess]

If you do purchase you can post your own pics in good light ( a pic outside would help) and we can take another look at the colour.

I'm actually questioning the seller about it. Haha coz I’m about to buy it, good thing I took a look on this thread again. Well, she said it’s not shiny in person and the smell of it would prove the authenticity as well.. - I’m not even sure and have no idea of th smell hah

 

[muchstuff]

I'm actually questioning the seller about it. Haha coz I’m about to buy it, good thing I took a look on this thread again. Well, she said it’s not shiny in person and the smell of it would prove the authenticity as well.. - I’m not even sure and have no idea of th smell hah

She probably means it smells like leather. The G21 hardware was first made in 2007. This bag has a pocket on the bag of the mirror. Last season for that was S/S 2008. (There was a mix of mirror/no mirror in that season). So we can infer that it has to be either a 2007 or S/S 2008 bag. Now the only pinks in those seasons (unless the charts are missing a colour) are bubblegum and magenta. This doesn't look to me like bubblegum, and the colour of the zipper tape is too bright for that colour. It may be, as I said, a 2008 magenta, but its really hard to tell because her pics show the bag's colour looking so different in various pics. You could ask her to take a pic or two in daylight outside, and we could look at that. I've asked a couple of the authenticators to take a look as well.

 

[ksuromax]

It appears to be a Whistle bag. While the tag looks good to me I'm not really familiar with the style so let's see if anyone else is. @ksuromax ? @peacebabe ?

me neither, but all regular markers are fine in my opinion

 

[ksuromax]

I'm actually questioning the seller about it. Haha coz I’m about to buy it, good thing I took a look on this thread again. Well, she said it’s not shiny in person and the smell of it would prove the authenticity as well.. - I’m not even sure and have no idea of th smell hah

She probably means it smells like leather. The G21 hardware was first made in 2007. This bag has a pocket on the bag of the mirror. Last season for that was S/S 2008. (There was a mix of mirror/no mirror in that season). So we can infer that it has to be either a 2007 or S/S 2008 bag. Now the only pinks in those seasons (unless the charts are missing a colour) are bubblegum and magenta. This doesn't look to me like bubblegum, and the colour of the zipper tape is too bright for that colour. It may be, as I said, a 2008 magenta, but its really hard to tell because her pics show the bag's colour looking so different in various pics. You could ask her to take a pic or two in daylight outside, and we could look at that. I've asked a couple of the authenticators to take a look as well.

i agree with muchstuff, it does look like Magenta 08 to me, too
the colour might look slightly off coz the bag is 10 y/o and could have faded? we don't know if during all this time the Owner used any lotions/creams, etc, or got caught if the rain regularly? you get my point?
it's authentic, as Muchstuff said, but it's a bag with some history behind it, and it's sometimes a bit difficult to define the colour/year from a first glance just because it can change a little bit over the time and the signs/markers that we would be looking for could be not there
but it's still in great shape and will serve well for many more years to come!

 

[jejekoko]

Hi, I’m back with another Bal bag saw this bag on Carousell and i think it’s a really old Bal city. Just thought the price is really cheap so here i’m checking if its authentic before buying it The bag has been redyed so seller mentioned that it looks and feels a little plastic-like. Please help me authenticate this bag Thanks a lot!!!

 

[ksuromax]

Hi, I’m back with another Bal bag saw this bag on Carousell and i think it’s a really old Bal city. Just thought the price is really cheap so here i’m checking if its authentic before buying it The bag has been redyed so seller mentioned that it looks and feels a little plastic-like. Please help me authenticate this bag Thanks a lot!!!

nothing screams fake, but
the back of the tag is not clear to read (light reflection)
zipper head shot is not sharp enough
bale is fully covered by the finger
it looks optimistic, but we need pics in proper format, please

 

[jejekoko]

nothing screams fake, but
the back of the tag is not clear to read (light reflection)
zipper head shot is not sharp enough
bale is fully covered by the finger
it looks optimistic, but we need pics in proper format, please

Thank you so much! Ive added extra pics hopefully these help!

 

[ksuromax]

Thank you so much! Ive added extra pics hopefully these help!

thanks for the pics, authentic in my opinion

 

[jejekoko]

thanks for the pics, authentic in my opinion

Thank you so much for ur help!!!!

 

[ksuromax]

Thank you so much for ur help!!!!

my pleasure

 

[Damunyas]

It appears to be a Whistle bag. While the tag looks good to me I'm not really familiar with the style so let's see if anyone else is. @ksuromax ? @peacebabe ?

Thank for ur comment .