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There's a great guide, with pictures, to Dooney & Bourke AWL colors here:

http://www.ebay.com/gds/Dooney-Bourke-Collection-AWL-COLORS-17-PHOTOS-/10000000004439029/g.html

Yours definitely looks like Bone to me too!
According to that guide, it looks like it'd be bone with bone trim although bone trim is darker than bone AWL.

From that guide - upper left:
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There's a great guide, with pictures, to Dooney & Bourke AWL colors here:

http://www.ebay.com/gds/Dooney-Bourke-Collection-AWL-COLORS-17-PHOTOS-/10000000004439029/g.html

Yours definitely looks like Bone to me too!

According to that guide, it looks like it'd be bone with bone trim although bone trim is darker than bone AWL.

From that guide - upper left:
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Thanks so much you two! I believe that it is indeed bone with bone trim. According to that guide, that means that this bag was released sometime between 1997-2001. I've only seen one or two bags with bone trim before so it's nice to know now that there is such a thing. Catbird, I'd especially like to thank you much for providing me with the link to that guide! Previously, I had just been using scans of old Dooney and Bourke catalogs that a collector had sent me. This guide is definitely a great resource in addition to those catalog scans.
 
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.

I'm pretty sure this is fake but would like confirmation before I report it. What say you, purseforum experts?
 
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.
Sorry. I must have missed this one. I'm glad you bumped it because it's a fairly "good" fake.

Feel free to report.
 
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