Celine 16 entered the record in 2019: structured flap satchel with a fold-over profile and tucked clasp, carried by top handle or strap, in shiny calfskin, grained editions, with clasp and minimal fittings hardware and the fold-over flap with clasp.
Named for 16 rue Vivienne, the house address, and built for the Slimane relaunch era.
The model has remained in the maison's catalog across eras; this file anchors on its documented history and makes no claims about current lineups or prices, which is why it reads the same in ten years.
The full collector's file for this model, era details, and the authentication walk-through are on the writing schedule; the record above is permanent.
Celine hands the dater a gift no other maison offers: in September 2018 the house removed the accent from its logo, citing its own 1960s collections, so a bag marked CÉLINE belongs to the Philo era and earlier, and a bag marked CELINE is September 2018 or later, full stop. An accented logo on a Triomphe, an Ava or a 16, models born after the change, is a contradiction no serial stamp can rescue. The interior stamps themselves do not read as a calendar, so date by era instead: the logo form, the model's documented birthday, and the size roster of its year, remembering that sizes have birthdays too, like the phone-dimensioned Teen Box of 2018. For any serious purchase, route through a platform authentication program: eBay physically inspects qualifying handbags in transit.
Model histories and date-code systems compiled from documented maison history, resale-industry authentication references, and period documentation, cross-checked across independent sources.