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

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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:
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    Listing number:
    Seller and site where listed
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  • FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Where purchased or how obtained
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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.
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#17,027
houseof999 said:
Thank you @whateve! Is the strap replaceable? Can I order one from Coach?
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If you find another strap, you can use it. However, it is highly unlikely you'll find one. You can't order one from Coach. They haven't made these bags in nearly 20 years. The color would be hard to match. If you don't mind the texture of the leather not matching, you could use a different strap and just slide it through the loops and hook the ends together. You could also do this with a chain strap.
 
#17,029
houseof999 said:
Item: coach mini bag
Creed: G4E-4413
Seller: Janie1950
Link: https://item.mercari.com/gl/m772834621/
Comment: if this Madison Gracie, didn't it come with a long strap? Seller claims it's not meant to have a strap.
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REALLY? Then send her a link to this post and ask her what that long thin piece of leather running through the loops on the underside of the flap is supposed to be.

4413_4414_4417_Madison 2-tones-Spr1996.jpg 4413_Gracie-1997Source -sm.jpg
 

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whateve said:
The wooden dowel appears to be too long and the ends are raw wood. On authentic bags, the ends of the dowel are leather covered. The font of the creed is wrong for the plant and year. The rivets on the straps are wrong.
After looking at poisonmama's other listings, I discovered that 4 out of 5 of her Coach bag listings are fake. Don't buy from poisonmama!
ETA: I think poisonmama knows those bags are fake. Her one authentic item is listed at a higher price than the others.
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Thanks for the info on the bag, I'm impressed that you can tell that the dowels are too long! No worries about me buying....should have known, I guess the name says it all!
 
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