Authenticate This DOONEY & BOURKE

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Thank you.

Here's another one:

Item: VTG DOONEY & BOURKE WEATHER LEATHER PEBBLE CROSS BODY/SHOULDER BAG BLACK & TAN
Listing: 171723855903
Seller: annstreasures
Link:http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-DOONEY-...903?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27fb8a181f

Comment: Duck emblem in the wrong place. Strap ends and buckle wrong. Bottom feet wrong type, and there are only four of them.
Yes it's fake. I wonder if annstreasures is reading because she ended the listing early.
 
Yes it's fake. I wonder if annstreasures is reading because she ended the listing early.

Maybe so. I didn't report it, waiting for confirmation from you. Thanks again!
Well, hopefully if she's reading, she'll have future bags authenticated before listing them. When fakes are posted on public forums where hundred (or thousands) of lurkers read, those fakes can result in dings to their ebay accounts.
 
I really don't know much about DB purses and I tried researching this purse before I bought it but could not find much so I went ahead and bought it but now I'm having doubts. I got it on Threadflip and figured out it is part of the Bayou collection and that some of those bags did have nickel? hardware and not the brass but I keep looking at how the tag is stitched in and can't tell if it's just the picture or if this is a fake bag. Like I said I already bought it but I just would like to know. Thanks for your help!

http://www.threadflip.com/items/1255525-dooney-bourke-brown-embossed-mini-messanger
 
I really don't know much about DB purses and I tried researching this purse before I bought it but could not find much so I went ahead and bought it but now I'm having doubts. I got it on Threadflip and figured out it is part of the Bayou collection and that some of those bags did have nickel? hardware and not the brass but I keep looking at how the tag is stitched in and can't tell if it's just the picture or if this is a fake bag. Like I said I already bought it but I just would like to know. Thanks for your help!

http://www.threadflip.com/items/1255525-dooney-bourke-brown-embossed-mini-messanger
The bag shown in the listing is authentic. As long as you received the same item, you're fine.
 
I really don't know much about DB purses and I tried researching this purse before I bought it but could not find much so I went ahead and bought it but now I'm having doubts. I got it on Threadflip and figured out it is part of the Bayou collection and that some of those bags did have nickel? hardware and not the brass but I keep looking at how the tag is stitched in and can't tell if it's just the picture or if this is a fake bag. Like I said I already bought it but I just would like to know. Thanks for your help!

http://www.threadflip.com/items/1255525-dooney-bourke-brown-embossed-mini-messanger


MamaDuck, I had been watching that item! I'm so pleased that someone from The Purse Forum got it and that is indeed authentic!
 
Item: TAN ALL WEATHER LEATHER SMALL DOONEY AND BOURKE SHOULDER BAG
Listing: 221720158915
Seller: bluezangel
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TAN-ALL-WEA...HOULDER-BAG-/221720158915?hash=item339f8d22c3

Comment: A few things are out of kilter here (and not just the flap!) That roundish perforated piece above the clasp, and the clasp itself for that matter, look cheap. The trim looks vaguely vinyl. It looks like they were trying to copy The Little Bag, but the strap attachments are wrong. Nice try.
 
Item: Vintage CREAM IVORY WHITE DOONEY & BOURKE SHOULDER BAG PURSE


Listing number: 171717637064


Seller: goldeelocks1


Link: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=171717637064


Comments: I'm unsure if this is authentic or not due to the zippers. I have never seen zippers with pull tabs like this on a vintage Dooney and Bourke.

It's authentic.

I'm glad to hear that it's authentic as I have already won it.

You wouldn't happen to know the name for this particular color and the year of the bag would you?
It looks like a zip top camera bag:
http://www.horsekeeping.com/Dooney/MISC/995-R217-ziptop-camera-bt.htm
 
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