Authenticate This DOONEY & BOURKE

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Thank you--BeenBurned and blah956!! Can you tell me why the numbers are different than the older D&B's. Why a K? What year was this made? I have more to come!! Just if I can remember what I did--LOL!! Thanks again for all your wisdom!!:D:D
 
Thank you--BeenBurned and blah956!! Can you tell me why the numbers are different than the older D&B's. Why a K? What year was this made? I have more to come!! Just if I can remember what I did--LOL!! Thanks again for all your wisdom!!:D:D

as far as older, do you mean from the 90s and/or 80s?

while i do not have a definite answer regarding dooney and bourke, most handbag brands will "run out" of style sequences and will start a new. i have an old all weather leather bag that has A5 in it.

in your pic, it has hard to tell what the first few numbers/digits are.
 
It starts with a K than numbers. It also also has made in china..which threw me. When did they start making them in China? I really love the bag. I guess I was used to the older ones. Like you stated-- the ones that have A- . Was this made in the 2000's? What does the K mean. Thanks for your help!
 
It starts with a K than numbers. It also also has made in china..which threw me. When did they start making them in China? I really love the bag. I guess I was used to the older ones. Like you stated-- the ones that have A- . Was this made in the 2000's? What does the K mean. Thanks for your help!
I believe that K is one of the codes for made in China bags.
 
Hello~

I just got a boatload of "Dooneys" yesterday. One of our local TS was having a clearance, so I got quite a few. :yahoo: Now i need to authenticate, they all have their tags and heavy hardware. Most are AWL, no idea what years. One looks like it might be a Carabao (sp), and got a couple of those heart-fob ones, a tassel bag and a little chocolate mini duffel bag. Anyway, I'm trying to bone up on reading the tags here, will be posting some pics but don't want to inundate y'all with the lot, so trying to weed out the obvious ahead of time.


So... how do you read the tags? for example, this carabao type bag has a number on the back of the tag, and another on the inside, a little sticker type with another number on it. The outside one begins with a "J", btw. That's for this one in particular, but in general, what do you look for on these tags? Thank you so much!

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