Authenticate This LOUIS VUITTON - Read 1st Post BEFORE POSTING!

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Sorry! But Listing pictures are inadequate & Missing ALL required pictures needed to authenticate. Insufficient pictures to give any sort of opinion either way. Pictures need to be taken in Natural Lighting, UP Close, Straight on Without Flash/Glare. Please Read Post 1 carefully. Thank you! :smile:

Please Read------> https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/required-pics-for-lv-authentication.649743/

Hello, could I please get this bag authenticated? Thank you!!

Item: LOUIS VUITTON Damier Ebene Croisette
Item #: 362503
Seller: Fashionphile
Link: https://www.fashionphile.com/louis-vuitton-damier-ebene-croisette-362503

Sorry about that! Please let me know if you need additional pics [emoji4] Thank you!!

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Hi all,

I just received an Epi GM Saint Cloud from my significant other for my birthday. He purchased it off Vestiaire. I can’t seem to find the date code anywhere- where should I be looking?!

I understand that pre-80’s bags don’t have date codes. Could this strap be original, and could this brass naturally tarnish like this? It also seems unusually short. Please share your insights!

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Very nervous and frustrated... awaiting your learned responses. I’d really appreciate any input whatsoever - thank you all in advance!
 
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Dear LV lovers, I am puzzled if this item is real or fake.

Perhaps you can check and advise your opinion? Suppose to be passport holder in Taurillon leather, claimed to be authentic. Size: 15 cm x 11,5 cm. 23 cm when open.

If you check how well it’s done, perhaps it is real, but it doesn’t have LV logo on the front cover and embodied letters are not in gold color. I also can’t find this model of passport cover on inet, which is quite strange on its own. Model number is unknown. Date code is inside. I didn’t buy it yet therefore I don’t have any other close up photos apart from what I posted here.
 

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Perfect! :heart: A little too far away for my desktop Computer (I cannot enlarge pics) but still Okay.

No red flags.

Woop woop! That is So satisfying! Oh and the bag is good too, great :hbeat:
It feels just as good to have figured out how to do this as having that bag. Really thank you so much for your expertise and volunteering here. I can't say it enough. Hope to see you on some other threads!
For full closure, I am adding some zoom in shots for your screen. No pressure. Thanks for making the day bright! :happydance:
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Hello can you please authenticate this.
Item Name: Louis Vuitton speedy 25 monogram
Item Number:29968
Seller ID: Appleproject
Link: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/202651084383
Hello. The authenticator responded to your post already, I am not sure why you are reposting? I think she is stating that all of your posts are for authentication requests and she prefers to help members who post in other areas of the forum then just asking for authentications. Thank you...
 

Hello and welcome! :smile:

Sorry, but this item is a little too Vintage for me to authenticate. Listing pictures are also not the best either, Way too far away & Faint. Thank you for understanding & Good Luck! :smile:
 
Hello, could I please get this bag authenticated? Thank you!!

Item: LOUIS VUITTON Damier Ebene Croisette
Item #: 362503
Seller: Fashionphile
Link: https://www.fashionphile.com/louis-vuitton-damier-ebene-croisette-362503

Sorry! But Listing pictures are inadequate & Missing ALL required pictures needed to authenticate. Insufficient pictures to give any sort of opinion either way. Pictures need to be taken in Natural Lighting, UP Close, Straight on Without Flash/Glare. Please Read Post 1 carefully. Thank you! :smile:

Please Read------> https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/required-pics-for-lv-authentication.649743/


Loving these beautiful clear pictures! :heart: Perfect! :heart:

Just missing: close up non flash/glare trademark square & there should be a heat stamp on the Charm tassel. :ty:
 
Please help me authenticate this bag, i would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you in advanced

Item Name: Louis Vuitton Neo Petit Epi in Cognac
Item Number: 202657239945
Seller ID: yotao85
Link: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Auth-Louis-...sh=item2f2f501389:g:3HMAAOSwHOtcfzfk#rpdCntId

Hello and welcome! :smile:

Sorry! But Listing pictures are inadequate, Way too angled & Faint & Missing ALL required pictures needed to authenticate except for One. Insufficient pictures to give any sort of opinion either way. Pictures need to be taken in Natural Lighting, UP Close, Straight on Without Flash/Glare. Please Read Post 1 carefully. Thank you! :smile:

Please Read------> https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/required-pics-for-lv-authentication.649743/
 
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