May 28, 2018 How to Authenticate Vintage Dooney & Bourke for Personal Use or to Resell on Online #Poshmark - Duration: 18:19. How To Restore Your Vintage Leather Handbag - Duration: 15:57. Dooney & Bourke offer high quality purses with a unique, distinguished style. Over time, these bags can become soiled, much like any other fabric accessories. While prevention and protection are always key, there will come a time when the purse must be cleaned to keep its pristine look. The Dooney & Bourke brand is universally celebrated for exceptional quality and fine crafting of equestrian-inspired handbags and accessories. When you buy a vintage Dooney, you're investing in a product with exquisite quality with timeless appeal. Take a moment to learn more about how Dooney crafts their bags: Watch Video by clicking on link below Dooney & Bourke-An American Original Video.
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Argus dcf license key. Dooney & Bourke bags sold for between $200-$380 in the 1980s and 1990s which invited knock offs and fakes to flood the market. But it only takes a few seconds to spot the difference in materials, workmanship and feel of the great Dooney & Bourke handbags, briefcases, totes, wallets and other items in the All Weather Collection.
To help, authentic Dooney & Bourke items have some identifying features. Note that in the early 1980's before the AWL (All Weather Leather) bags went into production, the Equestrian bags, for example, were made of wonderful bridle leather but it was NOT waterproof. Also those early bags, because they were not AWL bags, did not have the Duck Leather seal or the Brass Duck fob as these signify the waterproof aspects - like water shedding from a duck's feathers. So bear that in mind as you shop for authentic bags. There are some absolutes but some anomalies along the way also. To the best of my knowledge and by researching in my vintage Dooney & Bourke catalog collection, here's the scoop.
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Dooney & Bourke Bag Trim Designation There are 3 main trim colors on original AWL Dooney & Bourke handbags. © 2013 Horsekeeping LLC © Copyright Information | |
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About Registration Tags
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Very early bags have no sewn in cloth regitration tags.
The first sewn-in tags (1983-1984) were fairly large green rectangles sewn flat into the bag that said:
The first sewn-in tags (1983-1984) were fairly large green rectangles sewn flat into the bag that said:
Dooney & Bourke
DB
Made in USA
DB
Made in USA
After 1985, the tags were red, white and blue and were sewn as tabs inside the bag in conjunction with a seam. They say:
Dooney & Bourke, Inc.
Made in USA
and they have a registration number on the back.
Made in USA
and they have a registration number on the back.
Some more recent bags (1990s) have been manufactured in the US but assembled elsewhere, such as Costa Rica. Those bags have red, white and blue sewn-in tags that say Dooney & Bourke Inc. but the tag does not say Made in USA. Instead there is often a (leather or cloth) tag underneath the red, white and blue tag that says where the bag was assembled such as the example above which shows a blue cloth tag that says 'Assembled in Costa Rica.
In these assembled-overseas bags, there is a registration number on the back of the red, white and blue tag and the letter it stars with indicates the country where the bag was assembled.
C indicates Costa Rica
H, J, K and L indicate China
I indicates Italy
M indicates Mexico.
H, J, K and L indicate China
I indicates Italy
M indicates Mexico.
How To Restore Vintage Dooney Bourke
This registration tag system was used when Dooney & Bourke was producing a limited amount of collections. As the company got larger, it no longer assigned individual registration numbers to each bag.
Tags removed or snipped? Often we will see tags that are snipped or partially or completely torn out of the bags. If a tag is snipped but is mostly still there, it probably indicates that the bag was sold at an outlet store - it is likely authentic but might have been an overstock or slightly imperfect bag. If a tag is completely ripped out, leaving only a few red and white threads, I am always suspicious. Such bags might be authentic but it would be difficult to authenticate them without a registration number.
Since there are so many knock-off designer bags out there, it pays to do a little homework before you buy. We only sell authentic Dooney & Bourke leather handbags. We feel Dooney & Bourke bags from the 1980s and 1990s are the best bags you can find. They are extremely high quality, made in USA, registered bags.
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