Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

[Vlad]

IMPORTANT READ-ME

Please post authenticity questions related to COACH in this thread. No PMs please.
For further information, please refer to the first post on page 1 of this thread.

Please follow the following requests:

• Before you submit a request for authentication, please search this thread to make sure that the item has not previously been authenticated by searching the seller ID and/or item number. This is not a thread to ask general questions about COACH, please refer to our main Coach forum for such information.
• Note that authenticators have the right to refuse any requests. This is a free service, but it is imperative that you help our authenticators by using the following format:
• FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
  Item:
  Listing number:
  Seller and site where listed
  Link:
  Comments:
  
  
• FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
  Item:
  Where purchased or how obtained
  Comments:

BASIC PICTURES REQUIRED (but more may be requested): If necessary pictures are in the listing, it's not necessary to upload and duplicate them.

• Front of item
• Back of item
• Full clear and legible creed text and serial number
• Made in tags (when available)
• Measurements
• For bags with turnlock closures, show pictures of back of female side of turnlock
• For bags with magnetic snaps, show pictures of the male part of the snap so that the numbers and letters on it can be read
• If applicable, search interior of bag and/or pockets for small white tag with production information and include a picture of that.

Thank you and be safe!

 

[Flossy72]

Authentic

AUthentic.

LOL. It's the real deal.

Authentic.


Authentic. (Verify that the item you buy is the same as shown in the pictures. CL is notorious for having stolen pictures.)

Authentic

Thanks been burned....i'm new to this coach hunting and all tips are appreciated! Do you reccomend just having the pics loaded on my phone to compare?

 

[BeenBurned]

Thanks been burned....i'm new to this coach hunting and all tips are appreciated! Do you reccomend just having the pics loaded on my phone to compare?

That probably wouldn't hurt.

 

[JOODLZ]

Authentic

AUthentic.

LOL. It's the real deal./QUOTE]

Thanks, BeenBurned...and ha ha

 

[Hyacinth]

Item: small handbag
Link: https://item.mercari.com/gl/m421698608/
Creed: H4N-4145
Seller: TNP
Comment: ID too please?

Item: Coach Purse
Link: https://item.mercari.com/gl/m486000013/
Creed: D8G-9966
Seller: shykas91
Comment: N/A

I have a very bad feeling about the first one. The color doesn't seem be have been available in that year, and the year code just isn't right. Not only are N plant codes from the US in 1994 almost impossible to find although I've seen maybe 3 probably genuine ones, but that same style 4145 doesn't even appear in my catalogs until Holiday 1997, when it's described as "NEW". The font of the probably-fake 1994 bag is also different from the other 3 I've found - they have a font very similar to the mid-90s C and D plant stamps. I do NOT recommend it, and the seller's poor quality photos are another red flag. I only have a few photos of that 4145 style and they all have 1997 year codes. Below is an example of one of the genuine 1994 N-plant bags made in the US. Compare it to the probably-fake green one

The second one seems ok.

 

[KatieHog]

It looks ok.
Good to know. Thank you.


BTW, when the auction or selling link already includes the photos we ask for including the creed stamp and serial number, it's not necessary to add them to your question too.

 

[houseofcoach999]

Thank you @Hyacinth I love that lime green but I've seen a few more fakes in that color that turned out to be fake here so had to ask!

Item: Suede handbag
Creed: E1K-8164
Link: https://item.mercari.com/gl/m890441488/
Comment: ID please?

 

[houseofcoach999]

Item: Crossbody
Creed: B4C-4115
Link: https://item.mercari.com/gl/m640545203/
Comment: n/a

 

[houseofcoach999]

Item: Ergo hobo(?)
Link: https://item.mercari.com/gl/m830851871/
Creed: E8G-9039
Seller: Dougi

 

[Hyacinth]

Item: Ergo hobo(?)
Link: https://item.mercari.com/gl/m830851871/
Creed: E8G-9039
Seller: Dougi

Sorry, the pictures just aren't clear enough for authentication, and the G plant code doesn't have more than a small handful of provably genuine examples in my files. Mercari really needs to allow more photos in their listings, and to include some kind of Zoom feature, it's really hard to see any important details. You and the seller aren't even seeing the same serial number, and I can't read it either.

Maybe someone else can take a look

 

[Hyacinth]

Item: Crossbody
Creed: B4C-4115
Link: https://item.mercari.com/gl/m640545203/
Comment: n/a

Genuine

 

[Hyacinth]

Thank you @Hyacinth I love that lime green but I've seen a few more fakes in that color that turned out to be fake here so had to ask!

Item: Suede handbag
Creed: E1K-8164
Link: https://item.mercari.com/gl/m890441488/
Comment: ID please?

You know that the Girlie Bags are only about 10x8x1 inches? Are you looking for a small bag like that?

 

[Couturexec]

Seller: Clicktoshop2014

https://www.ebay.com/itm/122157087192

 

[houseofcoach999]

You know that the Girlie Bags are only about 10x8x1 inches? Are you looking for a small bag like that?

Is it good? It's not too small for me. The Wendie and Abbie demi are too small for me.

 

[houseofcoach999]

Sorry, the pictures just aren't clear enough for authentication, and the G plant code doesn't have more than a small handful of provably genuine examples in my files. Mercari really needs to allow more photos in their listings, and to include some kind of Zoom feature, it's really hard to see any important details. You and the seller aren't even seeing the same serial number, and I can't read it either.

Maybe someone else can take a look

Thank you! Mercari is weird in a way because I can zoom in on the app but not if I am on PC.

 

[Biermama]

Got from GW and I'm clearly no expert, but I'm having some hinky vibes: the leather is seriously 'elephant skinny', especially in comparison to the overall wear of the bag, the serial number looks off somehow (not just the no hyphen), and I'm not sure if it's a thing for the d-rings, but they are not solid/continuous. Am I cuckoo or is this indeed faux. Thanks so much
ETA: forgot measurements: 9x6x2