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:
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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.

Thank you and be safe!

 

[whateve]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/262640985845

Seller: Eric-duong

Coach brown glove-tanned
cowhide leather shoulder bag

Creed# 63098833

authentic.

 

[houseofcoach999]

Thank you @whateve ! Much appreciated!

 

[Smithlady]

I'm new here and am seeking your expertise in my search for a Willis purse. Could you authenticate these? If I've missed something let me know. Thank you so much!

Item: Willis
Creed: C8C-9927
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/272390592293?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Seller: 72camaro350

Item: Willis
Creed: B4C-9927
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/152260178780?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Seller: gunnplay

 

[Biermama]

NOT buying this, just curious if the little metal tag (pic #6) are a marker of bags of this era?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintag...879253?hash=item281f5cfb95:g:QKUAAOSwknJXxnoF

 

[RL Bernstein]

NOT buying this, just curious if the little metal tag (pic #6) are a marker of bags of this era?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintag...879253?hash=item281f5cfb95:g:QKUAAOSwknJXxnoF

Indeed the small black metal COACH tag was employed for several years (from the late 1960s - very early 1970s) to identify their bags. Specific to the Bigmouth style shown, the earliest versions of this bag (which had a different strap) were identified using a small black metal Bonnie Cashin (in the same location behind the kisslock as the COACH one on this particu;ar listing) along with a red fabric COACH LEATHERWARE A BONNIE CASHIN DESIGN tag on the inside of the flap. Later versions (with the 2" wide guitar straps) were identified with the COACH metal tag, that in turn was replaced by the COACH cartouche imprint (sometime in the early 1970s (1972 or so)).

Other historic contributions are welcome as I may be off a bit in my year assignments.

 

[Biermama]

Indeed the small black metal COACH tag was employed for several years (from the late 1960s - very early 1970s) to identify their bags. Specific to the Bigmouth style shown, the earliest versions of this bag (which had a different strap) were identified using a small black metal Bonnie Cashin (in the same location behind the kisslock as the COACH one on this particu;ar listing) along with a red fabric COACH LEATHERWARE A BONNIE CASHIN DESIGN tag on the inside of the flap. Later versions (with the 2" wide guitar straps) were identified with the COACH metal tag, that in turn was replaced by the COACH cartouche imprint (sometime in the early 1970s (1972 or so)).

Other historic contributions are welcome as I may be off a bit in my year assignments.

Thanks RL, that's the kind of info I love to learn!

 

[lshcat]

Hello, I just need an expert's additional confirmation on this, before I break the news to my Aunt, please? She thinks it's real. Thank you so much.

Item Name: ? Tag: "Legacy" Tote
Link: None.
Photo attached.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello, I just need an expert's additional confirmation on this, before I break the news to my Aunt, please? She thinks it's real. Thank you so much.

Item Name: ? Tag: "Legacy" Tote
Link: None.
Photo attached.

View attachment 3482510

Yes, sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

The creed patch stitching is a mess, the hardware especially the Carriage emblem and Coach logo have problems, there should be a serial number in a bag that size and from that time period, the "Made In China" tag is wrong, the handles or strap should never be covered with clear plastic, and style 21194 is a Legacy Archival Rambler that should look like the picture below. I hope your aunt can get her money back.

 

[Hyacinth]

I'm new here and am seeking your expertise in my search for a Willis purse. Could you authenticate these? If I've missed something let me know. Thank you so much!

Item: Willis
Creed: C8C-9927
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/272390592293?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Seller: 72camaro350

Item: Willis
Creed: B4C-9927
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/152260178780?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Seller: gunnplay

They both look ok.

 

[lshcat]

Yes, sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

The creed patch stitching is a mess, the hardware especially the Carriage emblem and Coach logo have problems, there should be a serial number in a bag that size and from that time period, the "Made In China" tag is wrong, the handles or strap should never be covered with clear plastic, and style 21194 is a Legacy Archival Rambler that should look like the picture below. I hope your aunt can get her money back.

Thank you so much! And for all this extra information/ammunition, for her to try for a refund too.. I appreciate it!

 

[marissa214]

Hi kind authenticators! I'm selling a couple of bags from my personal collection and since I bought them off ebay (one within the past 4 months and one about 6-7 years ago) I just wanted to double check their authenticity, though I'm pretty sure they're good to go. Maybe you can also help me on the identification of one.

First is a Zoe XL in dark brown.

Second is a men's messenger bag I bought sometime around 2009 off ebay or CL. It's navy canvas.

Thanks so much!

 

[houseofcoach999]

Item: unknown crossbody
Link: none (seller thought it was fake when I asked for creed but after emailing me the creed photo)
Creed: 027-3125
Comment: I am guessing this is also part of the Carriage Classics line? What was the name of this one? It was either 9X9 or 10X10

 

[Smithlady]

They both look ok.

Thank you so much!

 

[Couturexec]

Ummm.....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/152264477420
Seller: lary_2014

 

[rydera]

Hello, everyone. I'm new to the forum, but have been an avid bag collector/hoarder for years. Coach is one of my loves, and I'm just venturing out of retail and looking to add some vintages to my collection. Can anyone ID/authenticate this vintage bag made in Italy? It seems to be along the lines of a Greensboro bag from the Sheridan collection. Google has given me pics of a solid black one, and a black with tan trim, both from second-hand sales sites. I know the fastener is odd. Is it real vintage Coach?