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Hello and good day fellow enthusiasts! I have two D&B bags that I just bought at a yard sale, in excellent condition, for an awesome low price, and I would like to have a little more assurance with them, that they are in-fact REAL Dooney & Bourke handbags, or to see if you all think I wasted my time and money buying them!!

Now, I have been around the block a bit! I sell online, and have recently expanded my antiques business to include a separate store for newer, tech, and more fashionable, and brand name items! I have educated myself on things I'm running into out in the wild, learning values, different names and brands, anything of value in the fashion sense, trying to learn so I can stick to a price range where I can flip things to make a few bucks, but not to cheat anybody by selling something saying it is something it's not!! I've looked just about everything up now online on various sites, and I'm pretty good with Louise Vuitton, Coach, Prada, D&B and some other name brands, when it comes to telling when I'm holding a fake! I've seen a bunch now that I know are fakes! Sometimes a true counterfeit item can still be tricky of course, and I'm not up on the exact styles or names given to different styles that can sometimes be helpful telling the difference of real, fake or counterfeit items!

I have also been learning all about the Dooney & Bourke Brand, how to spot fakes, and have already started to purchase a few to re-sell, but I want to make sure what I have is REALLY made by Dooney & Bourke, or at least become more confident to the notion, before I offer them for sale in my store! Now, I'm not trying to break any forum rules here! I'm not offering the bags for sale in this post. You'd have to go to my online store for that, when I do get them posted, and I don't mean this as an advertisement either! I know this is a bit long, I am a bit of a talker, but this is my first of possibly many posts here and I wanted to make a little introduction of myself!! Lol!! I am sure you seasoned enthusiasts know a lot more than I do and I am really glad I found the forum and hopefully some help!

Ok, I'll get to the bags I need authenticated now!
BAG #1
The first, is a medium size bag, made of real stiff leather, (Brown) and a softer leather, like sheep skin (White), the whole bag has that new leather smell still, and it does have an impression like marking on the backside of the bag with a "fleur de lis" symbol, saying- 'Genuine Florentine Vacchetta Leather'! It has real brass hardware & zippers, the strap is removable with the keyhole type slot and post on the sides, All the stitching is perfectly done and is the same color everywhere on the bag, it has the braided leather pieces on the zippers like other Dooney's, the inner tag is the red white -n- blue, with the number on the back side, although it doesn't say made in USA, it has a separate small black tag, that I think said made in china, but has worn slightly! Uhhh, Lets see, oh, the tag on front has the name in script w/1975, no duck logo and it's real leather!
I'd like to know if the bag is in-fact, seemingly genuine, and what the 'style' of the bag would be called! This is for the white -n- brown bag with the two little pockets on the front! Any help is so truly appreciated!

BAG #2
The smaller bag is more of a concern for me! Although it does meet several certain things it needs to, to check out, I'm just un-sure because I'm not a seasoned collector of these bags! It is made of a strong, thick canvas type denim material, with the flying 'DB' overlap pattern with real leather handle and side stripe, the seams all match and line up nicely, it's all brass hardware, No leather patch-tag-badge on the outside for the name, but has one on the top zipper pull w/name & D&B in a shield and the one on the inside of the bag, on the sidewall being of leather, saying only 'Dooney & Bourke', No date or duck logo! It does have the same red, white -n- blue tag saying 'Dooney & Bourke Inc.' with the serial # on the reverse and a small white tag beside it saying made in China! It's mostly the variation with no badge on the outside of this bag, and the no date or duck logo being on the one inside the bag that concerns me most with this smaller bag!

I couldn't find one like either of these bags in this forum and from the details of other posts, I'm really starting to believe they are both real! There are so many online photos of the so many different D&B bags, and I still yet to find one that matches this or the first one really closely! And trust me, I've spent hours now looking through all the different styles and types of D&B bags here and all over the place, new and old, and yet there are still so many I haven't seen! Any help from you all with authenticity and any info on style names for these bags is very greatly appreciated!

I know this is a long post and I am sorry for taking up so much space on the forum wall! I hope I haven't lost to much of your attention, I really just don't want to be spreading fake name brand bags around to honest people! I really have a growing interest in the bigger name brand items, and would even enjoy helping others someday with all of what I have learned, to help keeps folks safe from all the cheap copy-cat fakes out there! I do enjoy speaking about these things and learning as much as I can, especially with experienced, like-minded people, like the many of you here! I don't have folks around me to do this with, so I'm really glad I've found and joined this fantastic forum, dedicated to all the nice fashionable things we enjoy in life!! Thanks again for any input and all of your help!!
I will be sure to check back daily to see all of your responses and to keep an eye on all the different topics of interest! Thanks a-mill!

BAG #1
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Here is the second bag I'm asking about:
BAG#2

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If anyone needs more photos than this to make a better judgement, just let me know! I only loaded a few to show the parts of the bag that I believed mattered most for authenticating!

Thank You All Again For Having Me Here, And For Any Help With This!!
Welcome!
Both are authentic. Sorry, I don't know the style names.
 
Welcome!
Both are authentic. Sorry, I don't know the style names.

Thanks Catbird9!! I really did feel they were real, but I truly needed another opinion!

I'll tell you now why I questioned and what also threw me off about the authenticity of these two bags that passed all the tests! I had listed them both on eBay just after getting them, and right after, my listings were taken down by eBay, for counterfeiting reasons! So, this really bugged me out, I had no idea as to why? I was pretty sure they were real, they feel like quality, top-notch bags! They passed all the criteria for being real, etc... I had listed them as "handbag/purse", I left the product line and styles blank, so as not to advertise them as something that I simply wasn't sure of, so I knew that me listing them as something they weren't wasn't the issue!

Well, after I got off here last night, I was looking around online some more, very curiously discouraged over the whole matter, and I realized suddenly what may have caused my two listings to get taken down!! I spelled the word "BOURKE" wrong!!! Yep that's right, I realized this when typing into google, that I was spelling it 'BURKE'! I saw on one of the pages that it took me to that I had made this mistake, then I really started to think things through, about if I had done this when I listed the bags that first time, and if this would cause eBay or any of the legal teams and lawyers or the programs they have in place that monitor all the listings, to take down a listing, simply because a brand-name word was mis-spelled!!

Well, right after I realized all this and thought about it, I figured it had to be the issue!! I couldn't get to the first listings anymore to check! After they take one down for those reasons, the listing itself doesn't show up in your seller dashboard under your ended or unsold listings or anywhere on your seller hub dashboard! So , I couldn't really check to see if this was for certain the problem, so I thought about it and came to the conclusion that I was definetaly spelling it wrong every time I had ever typed it! And this would probably cause a listing to be pulled, because it infringed upon their intellectual property rights! It was mis-leading to their brand name!

Now, I'll tell you, I was still a little skeptical about going in and re-listing the handbags, using the proper grammar this time of course! Because when they remove a listing, they tell you that they have rules against any member attempting to sell counterfeit items, it's their policy, yada, yada, yada, that repeated attempts will lead to account suspension and that whole mess! I really didn't know what to do???

Here I had two really nice, possibly great brand-name handbags, that I paid good money for! Not that it was a whole lot, I did get a great deal on them, and the fact that they were in such Great Condition and so clean just had me going crazy because the listings I did for these bags, both, had already been removed and I really wasn't 100% sure why?? They really seemed like genuine Dooney & Bourke handbags! (notice I spelled it right this time) I really wanted to at least get what I paid for them back out of them! I don't invest money to take a loss! It was a proud moment when I was standing at that ladies house looking through her sale items spread out in her yard, found the two best items there and was able to secretly and very fast like, check them out for all the little details I know of, to authenticate them! Then to take'em to her and finagle on the price a little more and walk away with them both, for little of nothing, it felt like a serious score for that morning!! I really was on a ledge as to what to do!!

Ok, I'll get to the end of my little story! I did relist the one bag last night! I took the chance, hoping my account wouldn't get suspended for breaking their policy! I used the same photos I had originally taken, made sure to spell everything correctly, and crossed my fingers, said a little prayer, and clicked 'list item'!! I figured I'd see with the one first, if it got taken down again, with everything spelled correctly this time, then I wouldn't re-list the smaller! Well here it is 24 hours later and the listing is still up and visible to the world! They took my first listings down with-in about an hour last time, so I'm pretty sure it's all good this time!! I really, really felt comfortable with saying they were real, genuine D&B handbags, when I first listed them, so hopefully you can understand my frustrations with this whole deal, and my need to tell this little story here today... I was ready to just give up almost. If I can't list something that I was near 100% sure of, checked and checked and checked! Only still to come up with the answer that they are real! How the heck can I run this new store of mine if I get listings shut down and have to question my best judgement? Even wondering if I have to be licensed to sell these goods? Would it be this whole mess every time I tried to sell something??

Anyhow, I'm really grateful for your help as a second opinion on these two bags!! I'm super stoked I found this forum finally and joined! I'll get lots of great use and gain some useful knowledge from all of you more seasoned members and authenticators here! I've never seen this site under any of the google searches I've done, surprisingly, cause I've been doing a bunch of research here these last couple months on all these types of items and brands! I'm gonna go get the other bag listed in my store, so I'll cut this off here!! Thank you again Catbird9 so much, and any other comments are still welcome and greatly appreciated, unless they are about the length of my little narrative here!! Lol!! Future posts will not be this long! I just had to let everyone here know what had really went down with these two D&B handbags, and how I stumbled upon this beautiful purse forum! I can finally laugh about it I suppose, Ha Ha....!! Thanks Again, Good Night!
 
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Hello D&B authenticators,
I’m somewhat new to Dooney & Bourke (esp. vintage) and would sincerely appreciate your help authenticating this bag. I do not know the name of it, and did not purchase it myself. My aunt purchased it for $5.00 from a resale store and gave it to me for my 50th birthday this past Friday. :-/
I hope my photos are helpful; if not, please let me know if there are any others I can add. Thank you!
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Hello D&B authenticators,
I’m somewhat new to Dooney & Bourke (esp. vintage) and would sincerely appreciate your help authenticating this bag. I do not know the name of it, and did not purchase it myself. My aunt purchased it for $5.00 from a resale store and gave it to me for my 50th birthday this past Friday. :-/
I hope my photos are helpful; if not, please let me know if there are any others I can add. Thank you!
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It's an authentic Classic Satchel. What a great buy and a great gift -- Happy Birthday!
 
I can't find this style on Horsekeeping. It is about 9 1/2 inches long, 9 3/4 inches tall, and 5 inches deep. No inside pockets. The buckle is marked solid brass. If authentic, can you ID? Thanks!
 

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I can't find this style on Horsekeeping. It is about 9 1/2 inches long, 9 3/4 inches tall, and 5 inches deep. No inside pockets. The buckle is marked solid brass. If authentic, can you ID? Thanks!
It's authentic. I believe it's a called Small Vintage Drawstring, style R764.
A couple are currently on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NWT-Vintage-Dooney-Bourke-AWL-Drawstring-CROSS-BODY-Green/142899703937
https://www.ebay.com/itm/401447028442
Horsekeeping has examples of the larger version (style #R758) with the padded shoulder strap.
 
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This bag was removed from Ebay for 'Trademark Violation'. It feels like good quality leather but I've never seen the emblem before - any help identifying the style and authenticating is greatly appreciated!

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This bag was removed from Ebay for 'Trademark Violation'. It feels like good quality leather but I've never seen the emblem before - any help identifying the style and authenticating is greatly appreciated!

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Authentic in my opinion.

If it measures about 13.5 x 12 x 5 it's probably a Champsac from the Fairfield collection.

Here's the QVC listing, from around 2009-2010:
https://www.qvc.com/Dooney-&-Bourke-Leather-Fairfield-Champsac.product.A94773.html

There are several on eBay.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&rt=nc
 
Hi all, I'm not familiar with Dooney, but my bff is, and I bought this for her. It came to me so funky, I'm wondering if it is mis shaped because it's fake, or because it was SHOVED haphazardly by the mailman into the box. I wasn't sure which photos to include, so here is all of them lol If I need to post a better pic, let me know. I don't want to give her a fake bag, and I'm going to have to research how to get the shape back...

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Hi all, I'm not familiar with Dooney, but my bff is, and I bought this for her. It came to me so funky, I'm wondering if it is mis shaped because it's fake, or because it was SHOVED haphazardly by the mailman into the box. I wasn't sure which photos to include, so here is all of them lol If I need to post a better pic, let me know. I don't want to give her a fake bag, and I'm going to have to research how to get the shape back...

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It's authentic. You can restore the shape somewhat by stuffing it lightly with small towels warm from the dryer, and standing it in a warm humid place (bathroom, laundry room) for a couple of days.
 
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