tiffany silver mesh bag

Does anyone know of a place to get Tiffany pieces authenticated...or a site that would help with hallmark and stamps for them? I have a mesh purse in need of research : )

Thanks, as always.

ps - I'll post a pic when my batteries charge and, yes, this is yet another item my mom purchased at a yard sale.

 

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wow. very nice!

I use this site a lot for sterling hallmarks....they do have a few tiffany. It might be a place to start.

http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_T.html

 

I AM NOT AN EXPERT but frankly, I can't imagine that being a fake. It's just gorgeous!

 

Love that purse.

 

Pinky, thanks! I'm looking now.

Don't think it's a fake at all, just kind of curious the year. Also curious as to why one Tiffany bag I saw - only diff was it had a store name etched into the side bar - was worth $850 while many mesh bags are in the $80-125 range. Is Tiffany the magic word, d' you think?

 

The Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks has a page on Tiffany Dates, and a recommendation for a book that has more info.

Don't know much about mesh purse pricing--except that some are sterling and some aren't. Perhaps that explains part of th e discrepancy (with the collectibility of the Tiffany name explaining the rest of it?)

 

Yes, I saw that page. It's more helpful for flatware than the bags. I'll keep looking and if y'all have more info, I'd love it. VERY helpful!

 

I'd march right into a Tiffany store with it, to see what I might glean. I've always found them very helpful. Of course, I would look at some jewelry, and maybe take in something of theirs for repair, at the same time.

Yes, Tiffany is the magic word.

 

Oh, Joules...I wish I could march into a Tiffany store. I live in Albuquerque though. *sniffles*

 

That's right, you sure are. (We've only recently gotten one here.) I used to like visiting the old store, on Wilshire Blvd. but then they moved across the street, and it just wasn't the same.

 

I used to go into the one in NYC among others. Oh, how spoiled was this window shopper!

 

there's a makers mark, yes. It's an M G. I've not found anything similar in all my researching. Help is greatly appreciated!

 

Did you see the similar/same purse on RL? Not a bunch of info but very interesting.

 

Hi, misgrossmyer! I did. You mean Ruby Lane, right? If so, that's why I am not just listing it on etsy. Did you see the price?

 

I just spoke to my friend, who used to be the archivist at Tiffanys, about your bag and she said she only glanced quickly at the photos, as she is frantically trying to pack for a move. She said it is probably 1920s, but emphasized that she just did a fast look, and that it was retailed by Tiffanys, but not made by them. She said you can probably find the silver mark in Dorothy Rainwater's book on marks (hers is now packed away), to see who made it.