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:
    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!
 
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#17,602
I have a little red Penelope Baguette purse I just love and seems brand new -- is it too good to be true? I would very much appreciate it if someone could let me know whether this purse is a lady or (sob!) a tramp. Here are some pictures:
Penelope1.jpg PenCreed.jpg pentop.jpg purseinside.jpg PenPocketa.jpg Pursehangtag.jpg

Penelope1.jpg
 
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#17,603
Couturexec said:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/172336151151
Seller: patino2020
True vintage Bonnie cashin coach British tan leather messenger bag/brief case
Creed: k9z-5266
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It's a genuine Beekman Brief from 1999 and has NO connection whatsoever with Bonnie Cashin. Not only was the style only introduced around 1991 which was about 17 years after Cashin had cut ties with Coach, but she passed away just a few months after this particular example was made. Technically it's not quite vintage yet either.
 
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#17,605
BeenBurned said:
No problem. I do understand that it's stressful to buy from strangers when you don't know whether they're honest or not. And while many of us do buy online and many of us have been fooled by fakes in the past, those of us who still shop online have decided that we do have the stamina to deal with it.

And while there's nothing wrong with being concerned, there are others who just can't take the stress or they just don't feel comfortable putting all their faith into a stranger's opinion of authenticity even if that stranger has more experience than they.

Every buyer is different and has different levels of tolerance in the chances they're willing to take.

I don't know how many items you've bought online but based on what I saw, it looks like you did just fine on the Longchamp and on the Coach.

Happy shopping and good luck.
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Thankyou for your kind understanding. And FYI, I use to think that the Coach wallet is fine just because it made for Coach Factory Outlet -- not Coach Store (more clearly can see it from the tag in picture i posted before). About how many bags i bought lately, its not too much, just couple of bags. I want to convince myself about the authenticity through this forum. Actually i have one Dooney&Bourke wristlet left right now and i want it to be authenticated. Please help me out. I'll post it later in Dooney&Bourke thread. Thank you so much BeenBurned.
 
#17,609
houseofcoach999 said:
Never came across one like this in my short hunting experience.
Item: Shoulder bag
Creed: none
Link:http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-Shoulder-bag-/122161927743?&_trksid=p2056016.m2516.l5255
Seller: egilberg
Comment: what's the name and style # of this bag?
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Seller says it is a one of a kind sample. Sample bags can't be authenticated since there is no authentic standard to compare them to. There is no way to prove it is really a sample or if it was really made by Coach.
 
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