STARBUCKS FAKE ICON MUGS GUIDE
STARBUCKS FAKE ICON MUGS GUIDE
BY MARTIN KANZ & JAMES Y. KU | V2.5 | AUGUST 14, 2014
STARBUCKS FAKE ICON MUGS GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
? INTRODUCTION ? LIST OF FAKE MUGS ? CHECKLISTS
? FAKE MUGS CHECKLIST ? ?FALSE FRIENDS? CHECKLIST ? SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISONS
WHY DO WE NEED THIS? WHICH ICON MUGS HAVE BEEN FAKED?
HOW TO IDENTIFY FAKE MUGS? THESE ARE NOT FAKES! [IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER]
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INTRODUCTION
? IS THIS AN OFFICIAL STARBUCKS GUIDE? No. This is an unofficial guide made by collectors for collectors. Any information given in here may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
? THERE'S FAKE GUCCI, FAKE PRADA, EVEN FAKE FAKES. WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? WHY DO WE NEED THIS GUIDE?
1. To keep things fun: Let's have this guide, but apart from it let's focus on what collecting mugs is all about: trade mugs and have fun.
2. To protect our community: If someone wants to buy himself cheap mugs which are fake, nobody cares. BUT some mug collectors are trading fake mugs to other people knowingly or unknowingly for real mugs. That has to stop.
3. To protect our investments: Nowadays, even a very rare mug has been sold by a fake mug seller via ebay. Although the mug has not yet been confirmed to be a fake, counterfeits of such valuable mugs may pose a serious threat to any existing collection of value.
4. There may be legal implications connected to the buying/selling/trading/possession of fake mugs, depending of your jurisdiction.
? WHY ARE THERE NO SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISONS FOR SOME OF THE FAKE MUGS? Side-by-side comparison charts are the easiest way to identify fake mugs. However, this guide is work in progress, so more comparison charts may be added in future versions.
? I HAVE ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS OR QUESTIONS TO THIS GUIDE, WHAT SHALL I DO? GREAT! GET IN TOUCH WITH US VIA EMAIL KANZ@ OR ON FACEBOOK: MARTIN.KANZ2 OR KUYUFAN.
!!! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER): JONATHAN ALDI G., ALICE CHAU, DIDS CONSING, CATHERINE GALVEZ, MING-JIING HSIEH, KAIWEI HSU, CINDY IRVINE CAGLE, NONIE ISAAC, ANTHONY JAO, JEY KIN, ANARGYROS KOURTIS, TOM KUELLMER, WENG-LI LIEN, JENN YI LIU, ROMAN MANUYLOV, ROB NEUTELINGS, MARY OHLERT, NIK RIELO, BRENDA ROGERS DONNELL, SANDRINE ROPH?, MARTIN STRICKER, JANICE CERES SUAREZ, HAN SUDJUNADI, DUY TRAN, HILLARY USHER, JEFFERSON UY, RONALD VAN DAM, NANCY WHITAKER !!!
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LIST OF FAKE MUGS
ANALYZED 74
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TO DO 8
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Mugs with a have been analyzed, most of them with a side-by-side comparison. However, some of the fakes are hard to recognize (HTR) with no side-by-side comparison available since no obvious design differences specific to that mug exist (use ?How to identify Fake Mugs? instead).
Mugs with a have not yet been analyzed in detail for this guide, if you possess one of these fakes please get in contact with us!
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FAKE CONFIRMED
Abu Dhabi Acapulco
? Amsterdam Antwerp Argentina Aruba Athens Australia Bahamas Bahrain 1 Bali Barcelona Beijing Berlin Brasil Buenos Aires California Chicago Chile China Ciudad de Mexico Copenhagen Cozumel
Cura?ao Cyprus Dubai El Salvador England 2 Florida Geneva Gold Coast Guanajuato 2 Guangzhou Guatemala ? Hamptons Hangzhou Harbin
(HTR, KBI: RS 2012) Hong Kong India ? Indianapolis Jacksonville Jeddah ? Jinan Jordan Kuwait Lebanon
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London Macau Madrid Melbourne Moscow
(HTR, KBI: RS 2013) Nanjing New Orleans New Zealand Niagara Falls Ningbo Oman ? Oslo Paris Philippines ? Prague Puerto Rico
(HTR, KBI: CS 2011) ? Puerto Vallarta 2 Qingdao ? Quebec Riyadh Sanya Shanghai
Sharm El Sheikh Shenzhen Singapore (blue) South Island Spain Stockholm Suzhou Sydney Taiwan Tokyo Turkey United Arab Emirates Vietnam 2* Xiamen
FAKE SUSPECTED ? Brisbane
KBI: Known bottom imprint(s) RS: Regular Series CS: Collector Series *fake mug is easy to recognize: Made in China, Collector Series, 2010.
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STARBUCKS FAKE ICON MUGS GUIDE: CHECKLISTS
HOW TO IDENTIFY FAKE MUGS (1/2)
THE BEST WAY TO IDENTIFY FAKE MUGS IS TO USE THE SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON CHARTS IN THIS GUIDE. HOWEVER, THERE ISN'T A CHART FOR ALL FAKE MUGS, SO FOR THE REST OF THE MUGS YOU WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS CHECKLIST. JUST GO THROUGH THE LIST BULLET BY BULLET. THE MORE BULLETS OF THIS CHECKLIST APPLY TO YOUR MUG, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT YOU'RE HOLDING A FAKE IN YOUR HANDS.
? Origin: So far, all known fakes have ?Made in China? on the bottom. So if your mug is ?Made in Thailand?, it's not a fake.
? Year: So far, almost all known fakes are dated 2010 or later on the bottom (exceptions: Athens and Tokyo are dated 2009).
? SKU tag: Some fake mugs have a fake SKU tag on the bottom. This means such a tag or even a price tag does say nothing.
? Price: Mugs that are being offered below their retail price are likely to be fake. Retail prices of icon mugs do differ from country to country. A list of mug prices in every country is available in the files section of ?Starbucks Best Collectors? group on facebook.
? Starbucks Font: Letters of ?Starbucks Coffee? on the front of the mug are misaligned.
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FAKE
ORIGINAL
SKU Sticker on an original mug.
Starbucks font: Fake mug has thin ?C? and the letters from ?BUCKS? are positioned higher than ?STAR?
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