Authenticate This PRADA
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Did you buy this??
The original listing has ended and the pictures have been deleted. I need photos of the style. Did the seller mention the age of this item in the original listing??
I did buy this and the link still works for me (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Prada-Tote-Vela-Sport-Granato-Camo-/283030807529?). I have attached photos and screenshots from the original ad for your reference.
I took my own photos which I have attached in my previous posts so I am not attaching again.
Thanks again for all your help
Hi, would really appreciate if someone could me authenticate this bag, as i am no expert. Thank you!
Item Name: Prada Medium Saffiano Lux Galleria Double Zip
Listing number: N/A
Seller ID: N/A
Link: https://www.therealreal.com/product...iano-lux-galleria-double-zip-tote-OD2Hcx8NXcY
Comments: I just received this bag, and I'm really questioning its authenticity. It was a preowned piece, but it seems to have been loved a lot harder than expected. Hoping it's not a fake, and just really well used. Thanks!
Item Name: Prada Medium Saffiano Lux Galleria Double Zip
Listing number: N/A
Seller ID: N/A
Link: https://www.therealreal.com/product...iano-lux-galleria-double-zip-tote-OD2Hcx8NXcY
Comments: I just received this bag, and I'm really questioning its authenticity. It was a preowned piece, but it seems to have been loved a lot harder than expected. Hoping it's not a fake, and just really well used. Thanks!
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Thank you for the quick response! Hope these help.
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We really need some pictures without flash, using natural light or ambient room lighting.
Thank you for providing so many clear photos. I have been consulting with other, much more experienced, Prada authenticators on this one. And our thoughts are all the same...there is something very strange about this bag, the listing and the cards. As far as we can recollect, this red camo was only fairly recently released and various hallmarks on the bag confirm our thoughts about this. However, those cards absolutely DID NOT come with this bag originally, unless it is a fake. The fakes of all the nylons are extremely good and it is almost impossible to make any assessment just from the photos. Usually, it's the quality of the fabric which is noticeably different, and of course, that doesn't show in photos.
My gut feeling is that the bag is a recent, excellent copy. You may wish to engage another authentication service which, for a fee, will provide you with a letter of authenticity, or non authenticity, which you can then use, if necessary, to pursue a claim through ebay's usual procedures.
Sorry I can't be more helpful, or bring you better news, on this one.
Thank you very much for your detailed response. I spoke to the seller and she said she bought it from Saks herself. She claims she may have gotten cards mixed up. She believes she purchased it in 2016 or 2017.
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Sorry, I'm trying to get you a few clearer images. Hopefully these will work. Again, thank you for taking a look.
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That absolutely gels with what we all thought for the date of the bag. Unfortunately for the seller, as far as I am concerned, she is not to be trusted. She has fake cards for something, whether she claims she mixed them up or whatever. Those fake cards tell me that something she owns, and which may resemble the bag she listed, is a fake. Given that you seem to have already received the bag, and that your detailed pictures do appear to be of an authentic item, I don't think you have been "bait and switched". Maybe you got lucky this time. I still have grievous doubts about the honesty of the seller.
Can you please find the "Made in ..." little grey/black tag and post a photo? That will also help with authentication.
I've looked, but there is no tag. There is however, a hole where the tag would have been. The hole is located to the left of the inner logo, in the upper back corner.