I've been following this bag since it was posted... first on eBay... then under the authentication thread... and now here.
It passed inspection in the authentication thread, but it HAS to be fake!!! The serial number on the creed is the one that belongs to the signature print Garnets, not the leather ones. And, I also recall a purple version of the Garnet - but it was not patent. I too have the smaller patent anthracite one and, trust me, if there was a purple one just like it, she would have been mine by now!
What's really scary is that the bag looks IDENTICAL to a real Garnet!