Hello lovely ladies of PF. I am hoping someone can help me here. I purchased a vintage Tiffany bead bracelet from eBay (my first mistake) and when I received it it was quite evident to me that it's authenticity was questionable.
-It has has 16 beads https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B17G9l88ckqcMnlrRUdSVU1jNjg/edit?usp=sharing
The inner chain that the beads are strung on is NOT a fox-link chain. I have put the small bead bracelet I personally purchased from Tiffany's next to the one I got on eBay: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B17G9l88ckqcYzAyaExZMGZ3VmM/edit?usp=sharing
-The bracelet has an additional jump ring at the end: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B17G9l88ckqcelFtaHhlUjlxcFE/edit?usp=sharing
-The round disk dangle tag that has the "Tiffany and Co" stamped on it does not have the
© (copyright) symbol next to the T.
I have contacted the seller and she told me she bought it from another person and says its real. Here is a snipit from her response to me which raises some serious flags:
Hi there,
Well I called a Tiffany store and I asked general questions. What I was told is that depending on the size sold there would be 16-18 silver balls. In plain fact that certain sizes had the amount of balls to acomodate that length.
I was also told that there never has been a set chain for any of their lines. Over the years it has changed and really all the different chain says is a date line.
I purchased this bracelet as a Tiffany Bracelet and it is halmarked as a Tiffany bracelet. It was purchased by me as preowned it may have been modified by the original owner but I can assure you it is a Tiffany & Co bracelet. It was also pointed out to me that just like every designer they have two models. One sold in high end stores and one model sold in outlet stores.
I can 100% assure you it is what it is named. Any differences may be age, store quality, or past owner modification. All pictures in the listing show exactly what you purchased so there was no deceipt.
She continues to claim its from an outlet store which is so infuriating. I have opened a dispute and am hoping this gets resolved ASAP however some knowledgeable insight into this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you ladies, & I hope you're all having a fantastic day
-It has has 16 beads https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B17G9l88ckqcMnlrRUdSVU1jNjg/edit?usp=sharing
The inner chain that the beads are strung on is NOT a fox-link chain. I have put the small bead bracelet I personally purchased from Tiffany's next to the one I got on eBay: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B17G9l88ckqcYzAyaExZMGZ3VmM/edit?usp=sharing
-The bracelet has an additional jump ring at the end: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B17G9l88ckqcelFtaHhlUjlxcFE/edit?usp=sharing
-The round disk dangle tag that has the "Tiffany and Co" stamped on it does not have the
© (copyright) symbol next to the T.
I have contacted the seller and she told me she bought it from another person and says its real. Here is a snipit from her response to me which raises some serious flags:
Hi there,
Well I called a Tiffany store and I asked general questions. What I was told is that depending on the size sold there would be 16-18 silver balls. In plain fact that certain sizes had the amount of balls to acomodate that length.
I was also told that there never has been a set chain for any of their lines. Over the years it has changed and really all the different chain says is a date line.
I purchased this bracelet as a Tiffany Bracelet and it is halmarked as a Tiffany bracelet. It was purchased by me as preowned it may have been modified by the original owner but I can assure you it is a Tiffany & Co bracelet. It was also pointed out to me that just like every designer they have two models. One sold in high end stores and one model sold in outlet stores.
I can 100% assure you it is what it is named. Any differences may be age, store quality, or past owner modification. All pictures in the listing show exactly what you purchased so there was no deceipt.
She continues to claim its from an outlet store which is so infuriating. I have opened a dispute and am hoping this gets resolved ASAP however some knowledgeable insight into this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you ladies, & I hope you're all having a fantastic day
