Authenticate This DOONEY & BOURKE

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oh sorry about the last picture being so small! here it is bigger!
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The bag looks okay but I'd like to see an interior picture to be sure it's authentic. (If authentic, the bag is a Gladstone.) But the wallet is definitely fake. You can probably tell that the interior is plastic. It's not like any Dooney style and the construction is completely wrong. Sorry.
 
here is the inside:

thanks!

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I can't really see the pocket constructions but it looks okay from what I can see.

Is there a red, white and blue tag with serial number? This bag might be old enough that it's from before the tags, but there could possibly be one, or maybe you can see the remnants of where it might have been cut out.

It looks like there are little flaps on the sides of the pocket, right?

Here is an authentic listing to compare.
http://cgi.ebay.com/DOONEY-BOURKE-B...ptZUSQ5fCSAQ5fWHQ5fHandbagsQQsalenotsupported

Your bag looks good but a better picture of the pocket might help.
 
I can't really see the pocket constructions but it looks okay from what I can see.

Is there a red, white and blue tag with serial number? This bag might be old enough that it's from before the tags, but there could possibly be one, or maybe you can see the remnants of where it might have been cut out.

It looks like there are little flaps on the sides of the pocket, right?

Here is an authentic listing to compare.
http://cgi.ebay.com/DOONEY-BOURKE-B...ptZUSQ5fCSAQ5fWHQ5fHandbagsQQsalenotsupported

Your bag looks good but a better picture of the pocket might help.


Yeah, it looks like it has the little flaps on the sides of the pocket. It doesn't have the red/white/blue tag, though.
 
I have had this FOREVER and I have never used it. One of my friends were cleaning out their closets in high school and handed it to me. I highly doubt it's real, because, I don't think she would have handed it to me like that if it was- but you never know! There's a tag inside that says "Made in China," so IDK. TIA!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Crystalizdteras/CIMG2716.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Crystalizdteras/CIMG2719.jpg
 
I have had this FOREVER and I have never used it. One of my friends were cleaning out their closets in high school and handed it to me. I highly doubt it's real, because, I don't think she would have handed it to me like that if it was- but you never know! There's a tag inside that says "Made in China," so IDK. TIA!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Crystalizdteras/CIMG2716.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Crystalizdteras/CIMG2717.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Crystalizdteras/CIMG2718.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Crystalizdteras/CIMG2719.jpg

Although Dooney (like many other companies) has outsourced its manufacturing to other countries including China, this bag didn't come from Dooney. Sorry, but the zipper pull is the giveaway. They never used that type of pull.
 
Hi ladies! Please look at this Dooney & let me know if it's authentic. I might put more pics on in a 2nd thread. Please be patient; I'm still learning how to upload pics on here. Thank you very much!! Marnie
 

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Marnee, your bag is absolutely authentic and gorgeous! It's from their ostrich collection, though it isn't real ostrich but embossed to look the part.
 
Marnee, your bag is absolutely authentic and gorgeous! It's from their ostrich collection, though it isn't real ostrich but embossed to look the part.
:yahoo:Thank you, BeenBurned! I got it at a yard sale and paid $12.00. Now I feel better! I knew I wouldn't carry it if it wasn't real, but it wasn't a lot of money so I took the chance. I appreciate you taking the time to look at it for me.:smile1:
 
:yahoo:Thank you, BeenBurned! I got it at a yard sale and paid $12.00. Now I feel better! I knew I wouldn't carry it if it wasn't real, but it wasn't a lot of money so I took the chance. I appreciate you taking the time to look at it for me.:smile1:

Sheesh! I never find anything good at yard sales or thrift shops. Great find! Congrats!
 
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