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Papillon Trunk 2021, made in France. Made to me as a gift, no receipt, no QR code. Please check the authenticity using the photo of the bag.
 

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Hey guys, I found this forum via reddit and would need your help.
My friends mother died and she had a loooot of handbags. She isn't attached to most of them and asked me if could help her selling them since I sell stuff all the time. I am no expert in handbags/purses and could really use some help here.
This Alma bag has no tag/code in it but I found out that the pre 1980s used to not have any tags is that correct?
Also what threw me off was that the "Made in France" was in lowercase "made in france" which apparently to random forum posts is normal as well? The quality of the bag is good. It feels "right" if you know what I mean. Let me link a couple of photos I took here
 
hey there my first authentification
we were thrown off by the "made in france" but according to other forum posts I found - LV did that in the 80s?

Item: LV Alma
Item #: none (pre 1980s(?))
Seller : none. My friends mother died and would like to sell it ourself but arent sure.
Link:
 
Hi lovely’s, can you please help me authenticate this LV speedy style HL with lock (no strap) . Want to know if I have the green light to purchase :) and what do you think is a fair price?. Thank you all!! :)
 

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Hi, Was wondering if anyone knows if this bag is Authentic? I was told it was bought in Austin, TX LV store.
It's called Galleria GM.
Your help is much appreciated.

Thank you
 

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I recently got a preloved Odeon PM in Damier Ebene

Although it states on the website it is authenticated I do not see a made in stamp in the bag and I paid over 2k for this bag so I would hope to God it’s real.

I have a few pictures to show the bag

Any thoughts? Hopefully it’s real omg
 

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