I recently purchased a vintage papillon on ebay, and I do not doubt the authenticity of the bag. It has treated leather straps (not cross-grain), and an old "eclair" zipper with a leather pull-tab:
I brought the bag to LV (Boston) to have the zipper replaced because it was separating from the bag. They just called me back claiming that they can't fix it because the previous owner had the zipper replaced elsewhere (she told me that the eclair zipper is not one of theirs).
I am 99.99999% sure that LV used eclair zippers (as well as talon zippers) on their vintage/French Company bags. I think that the people at my LV don't know the history of French Company bags very well, and just assume that my Papillon is an authentic vintage bag with a non-LV zipper.
I really want to get my zipper fixed, and I don't want to take it elsewhere because then LV REALLY will never touch my bag again! Any suggestions/advice???
I brought the bag to LV (Boston) to have the zipper replaced because it was separating from the bag. They just called me back claiming that they can't fix it because the previous owner had the zipper replaced elsewhere (she told me that the eclair zipper is not one of theirs).
I am 99.99999% sure that LV used eclair zippers (as well as talon zippers) on their vintage/French Company bags. I think that the people at my LV don't know the history of French Company bags very well, and just assume that my Papillon is an authentic vintage bag with a non-LV zipper.
I really want to get my zipper fixed, and I don't want to take it elsewhere because then LV REALLY will never touch my bag again! Any suggestions/advice???