Authenticate This DOONEY & BOURKE

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Hello! I am an eBay seller and am hoping to authenticate this Dooney. It appears to be the calvary troope saddle bag after research however it is missing the red white and blue made in USA tag and doesn't appear to have been cut or taken out. The rivets and fonts seem to look correct to me though. Thank you in advance!IMG_8611.JPGIMG_8612.JPGIMG_8613.JPGIMG_8614.JPGIMG_8615.JPGIMG_8616.JPGIMG_8617.JPGIMG_8618.JPGIMG_8619.JPG
 
Hello! I am an eBay seller and am hoping to authenticate this Dooney. It appears to be the calvary troope saddle bag after research however it is missing the red white and blue made in USA tag and doesn't appear to have been cut or taken out. The rivets and fonts seem to look correct to me though. Thank you in advance!View attachment 4862111View attachment 4862112View attachment 4862113View attachment 4862114View attachment 4862115View attachment 4862116View attachment 4862117View attachment 4862118View attachment 4862119
It's fine.
 
Hello!!
I found this and I love it and wonder if it’s authentic:

I’m not sure what the style is called
It’s sold by Brittany&Josh on Mercari


Thank you very much!
 
Hello!!
I found this and I love it and wonder if it’s authentic:

I’m not sure what the style is called
It’s sold by Brittany&Josh on Mercari


Thank you very much!
Authentic.
 
Hi! I’m hoping you can authenticate this Dooney that I purchased on eBay. The listing states that it’s black but it’s very clearly blue. I did a little digging online and I think it’s an Arrowhead Essex. I’m not positive that those came with the blue trim though. Dimensions are 10”w x 8”h x 4”d. Thank you!


Item: Dooney and Burke Cross Body All Weather Leather Black Pebbled Solid
Listing number: 264869126203
Seller: happyplush
Link:


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Hi! I’m hoping you can authenticate this Dooney that I purchased on eBay. The listing states that it’s black but it’s very clearly blue. I did a little digging online and I think it’s an Arrowhead Essex. I’m not positive that those came with the blue trim though. Dimensions are 10”w x 8”h x 4”d. Thank you!


Item: Dooney and Burke Cross Body All Weather Leather Black Pebbled Solid
Listing number: 264869126203
Seller: happyplush
Link:


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This particular bag is authentic.

With some of Dooney's blue bags, it's extremely hard to tell whether the bag is black or blue. Sometimes it's necessary to put it side by side with a definitely black item to determine whether it's black or blue.

Note also that the seller, happyplush has another ID, shopabbygirl with a history of listing fakes. This post is from over a year ago but the seller relisted the same fake about a week ago. (It's been removed.)


ETA: Isn't this the same bag again? Did she refuse to sell because the bidding didn't go high enough? Now it's listed at $50.99.
 
She had BOTH listings up at the same time. Which I didn’t notice until after I had already placed a bid. Definitely shady behavior. I certainly won’t be buying from her again.

edit: she did send the bag to me - so either she listed it twice at the same time or used photos from it for more than one listing.
This bag was very clearly blue even without comparison to a black bag. The only way it looks black is if you’re in very poor lighting. I have to wait a few more days till I can leave negative feedback since the cost to ship it back would be almost the same as what I paid for it.
 
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Hello @BeenBurned ! I found this super cool bag at a thrift shop today. Could you please take a look and let me know your thoughts? Thanks!

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@whateve @BeenBurned do you know if this was meant to come with a key? I see some ‘alto flap lock’ vintage Dooneys online and some have a key but most of these pictured don’t have one.
 
Hello @BeenBurned ! I found this super cool bag at a thrift shop today. Could you please take a look and let me know your thoughts? Thanks!

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@whateve @BeenBurned do you know if this was meant to come with a key? I see some ‘alto flap lock’ vintage Dooneys online and some have a key but most of these pictured don’t have one.
Found it!
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She had BOTH listings up at the same time. Which I didn’t notice until after I had already placed a bid. Definitely shady behavior. I certainly won’t be buying from her again.

edit: she did send the bag to me - so either she listed it twice at the same time or used photos from it for more than one listing.
This bag was very clearly blue even without comparison to a black bag. The only way it looks black is if you’re in very poor lighting. I have to wait a few more days till I can leave negative feedback since the cost to ship it back would be almost the same as what I paid for it.
You received a bag that isn't the color as it was described so you can open a SNAD (significantly not as described) dispute. Seller will have to pay return shipping and once received by the seller, your refund will be your total payment amount so you won't be out anything.
 
Hello @BeenBurned ! I found this super cool bag at a thrift shop today. Could you please take a look and let me know your thoughts? Thanks!

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@whateve @BeenBurned do you know if this was meant to come with a key? I see some ‘alto flap lock’ vintage Dooneys online and some have a key but most of these pictured don’t have one.
Sorry for the delay. I didn't realized I'd missed this. My Dooney notifications are spotty.

The bag is authentic.
 
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