Lost COA, what can I do?

Ah that's really an unfortunate incident. Hopefully you can find the COA somewhere. But assuming that you are not going to find it, explain the situation to the face-up artist. Some may be willing to do the commission if you can provide the purchasing record. Also you can tell the company about the lost certificate and see if they can give you a new one, or any other proof of legitimacy. The chance might be slim but it doesn't hurt to try.

 

In twelve years, I've never had even one artist demand a COA - or any other proof of legitimacy, for that matter - and every one of them that I've commissioned from has had strict rules about not painting recasts. Honestly, I think that the best and most experienced artists can spot a fake right away. Poor resin quality, poor casting, missing markings in the headcap, etc. - there are many signs. However, if you do happen to run across one who needs some sort of proof, I think that pointing them to this thread, the sales threads and your receipts should be enough.

 

It’s worth asking. I bought a second hand Migidoll without one: sent them screencaps from the buyer, her details and photos of the head &serial no. They confirmed legitimacy & sent a new CoA for him. Hopefully you can do it that way!

 

That's great! I hope they'll do it for you.

 

So I think I can say with 100% certainty that fairyland will not replace the coa it even says no replacements on the coa itself... however, there any many minifee heads that have no coas (older, event head, etc), so I wouldn’t worry about it too much - I would contact the old owners and see if you can trace it to the original owner and get a copy of the order from fairyland/denverdoll/dolkus to prove legitimacy. My minifee siean came before cards of legitimacy and I bought her off of the MP and since she no longer had her manual/box, I was able to get a copy of her order info from fairyland. Sometimes the order information is the only thing we will have!

that said, the coa is most important to buy replacement parts from fairyland. The coa itself doesn’t usually have a lot of information on it... I cannot directly prove what sculpt it is, just what doll(s) were in that order (which presumably, if you bought direct could tell you, but if it was an order where someone bought multiple dolls or a dealer, it could be a lot more difficult)

 

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Only 2 of the dolls I've ever bought have come with COAs. For some reason Bambicrony was ahead of the curve in 2009. Almost none of the older dolls have COAs. For my secondhand dolls without a COA, I suppose there's no way for me to prove the legitimacy because the PMs here are long gone and most of the users haven't logged in for years. There's no way for me to see if they could get the order info. Some of the companies have even revamped their site and dumped all their past order info (Iplehouse). Heck, even one of the companies (DoD) is shut down! I'm pretty sure Migidoll sold over email back when my 2 heads were made. Also, I'm pretty sure fake Fairyland COAs exist, although their codes probably won't match the doll. Fairyland did not offer COAs when I last ordered from them.

What I'm really trying to say is not every legitimate doll has a COA. I doubt a faceup artist would require severe vetting to prove authenticity, but if you're not planning to sell the doll, there's little issue. Things happen (or never happened in the first place) and it's okay. The most important thing is that you know your doll is legit.

 

Yeah... I hate to be the barer of bad news there! But, if they are a newer minifee and were bought through denverdoll, it might be possible to at least have the card that denverdoll sends out with their dolls remade if that was lost too, if you ask them. Worst case they say no But they only recently started making them post-Minifee Maya release, I think... maybe someone else knows exactly when? But I don't think a faceup artist would ask you for the CoA unless they felt that something was off about the doll head, so I wouldn't worry too much.