WALL STREET JOURNAL WSJ
Wall Street Journal
SAN ANTONIO, Texas—The handbag had all the hallmarks of a classic Chanel: sumptuous, quilted leather, sparkling gold hardware, delicate stitching. Just a couple of things were off.
“The leather is too symmetrical,” said Zekrayat Husein, studying the bag through a microscope, “and each pebble is not supposed to be the same size.” It was a good fake, she said, but worthless compared with the $11,000 that the Chanel flap bag fetches at retail.
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You Spent $6,000 on a Secondhand Chanel Bag. Now Find Out if It Is Real. - WSJ
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