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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
    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.
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I'm new so I don't know if I'm posting this in the right place, so if it's not right, I'm sorry! Can someone help me with authenticating this bag? I just got today, ordered it off of ebay. Once I got it, I can't find the creed No. anywhere! It's a brown, bucket style bag, but the top is weird, not like one I've seen before. The seller is gusabbie, here is the link to the sold bag...http://www.ebay.com/itm/172432886172?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT - - The creed # is H8P-4148. Any help would be much appreciated!! It says on the creed it was made in Costa Rica?? Thank you!
 

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#18,843
buckinghnt said:
I'm new so I don't know if I'm posting this in the right place, so if it's not right, I'm sorry! Can someone help me with authenticating this bag? I just got today, ordered it off of ebay. Once I got it, I can't find the creed No. anywhere! It's a brown, bucket style bag, but the top is weird, not like one I've seen before. The seller is gusabbie, here is the link to the sold bag...http://www.ebay.com/itm/172432886172?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT - - The creed # is H8P-4148. Any help would be much appreciated!! It says on the creed it was made in Costa Rica?? Thank you!
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Welcome to the purse forum! You are in the right place. There is no need to post photos if we can view them in the online listing.

It's authentic. It was made in 1998. Coach used to make many bags in Costa Rica. It was one of the first plants outside of the US. If you want to search by number, only use the numbers after the dash, which is the style number: 4148. Here are a bunch of them on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/sch/Clothing-Shoes-Accessories/11450/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=coach+4148
 
#18,844
Good Evening Authenticators,
Please authenticate these Coach bags:

Item: Vintage Women's COACH Black Leather Satchel Purse
Listing number: 152328150209
Seller: elijah0817
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/152328150209?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Item: COACH~ CLASSIC *WILLIS*~BAG~9927 BLACK LEATHER/SILVER TRIM~VERY GOOD CONDITION!
Listing number: 332054031013
Seller: p8ncam
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/332054031013?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Item: Vintage Coach Willis Bag • Light Blue Leather • Handle & Strap
Listing number: 42207033973
Seller: pointriders
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coa...20629e8&pid=100005&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=332054031013
Comments: Thanks in advance for your time and expertise.
 
#18,845
SEWDimples said:
Good Evening Authenticators,
Please authenticate these Coach bags:

Item: Vintage Women's COACH Black Leather Satchel Purse
Listing number: 152328150209
Seller: elijah0817
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/152328150209?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Item: COACH~ CLASSIC *WILLIS*~BAG~9927 BLACK LEATHER/SILVER TRIM~VERY GOOD CONDITION!
Listing number: 332054031013
Seller: p8ncam
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/332054031013?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Item: Vintage Coach Willis Bag • Light Blue Leather • Handle & Strap
Listing number: 42207033973
Seller: pointriders
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-Willis-Bag-Light-Blue-Leather-Handle-Strap/142207033973?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=2&asc=38530&meid=5f73316240414e08923ac3d5220629e8&pid=100005&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=332054031013
Comments: Thanks in advance for your time and expertise.
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All are fine.
 
#18,847
sallellen said:
I have one more vintage Coach that belongs to me. I'm especially wondering about the holes on either side and if they're for a strap or hangtags. 11 x 7 x 2.5. Thanks very much!
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Sorry for the late addition, but here 's a link to a previous posting (#14400 on page 960) that shows two styles of straps that were used on bags from this era that employed the gommet hole strap attachment (there were several styles that did):

http://forum.purseblog.com/threads/authenticate-this-coach.889527/page-960#post-30088719
 
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#18,849
Hello Ladies,

Please authenticate the following item:
Item: Classic Navy Coach Handbag - Madison Collection
Listing #: 152343995966
Seller: mee01113f0m
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/152343995966?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Comments: Got too excited when I received the additional pictures I requested and did a BIN. :sad: Serial number starts with an "N" and the word "which" looks like "wxich." I've requested additional clearer pictures of the creed from seller.

Thanks as always!

Coach Creed.jpg Coach 4404 #1.jpg Coach 4404 #2.jpg
 
#18,850
LadyEdwards said:
Hello Ladies,

Please authenticate the following item:
Item: Classic Navy Coach Handbag - Madison Collection
Listing #: 152343995966
Seller: mee01113f0m
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/152343995966?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Comments: Got too excited when I received the additional pictures I requested and did a BIN. :sad: Serial number starts with an "N" and the word "which" looks like "wxich." I've requested additional clearer pictures of the creed from seller.

Thanks as always!

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The pictures are pretty small. I think it is authentic and the "which" will look correct once you see it up close. The N month code is an error we've seen often in Italian creeds. I would have been excited too! Chapin bag and wallet with original dustbags, wow!
 
#18,851
whateve said:
The pictures are pretty small. I think it is authentic and the "which" will look correct once you see it up close. The N month code is an error we've seen often in Italian creeds. I would have been excited too! Chapin bag and wallet with original dustbags, wow!
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Thanks, I realized the "N" month code could be an error, but the "which" had me going...:-s
 
#18,853
whateve said:
Welcome to the purse forum! You are in the right place. There is no need to post photos if we can view them in the online listing.

It's authentic. It was made in 1998. Coach used to make many bags in Costa Rica. It was one of the first plants outside of the US. If you want to search by number, only use the numbers after the dash, which is the style number: 4148. Here are a bunch of them on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/sch/Clothing-Shoes-Accessories/11450/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=coach+4148
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Thank you very much!! I was worried on this one and wasn't sure. Thanks again!!
 
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#18,855
Hyacinth said:
"Carriage", actually. I think buggies are usually open and only use one horse and seem to have been more common in the US, carriages can be open(?) or closed and will usually have 2 horses - England's rainy weather almost demands a top that can be raised and secured against the weather, that's one of the privileges of the up-and-coming middle and upper classes. Or at least that's the impression I've gotten from Jane Austen films.

ETA - And naturally, several websites I've just read say something completely different - that a Carriage is any kind of horse-drawn passenger vehicle. So call it whatever you want. :biggrin:

And the Carriage emblem has been on or in many Coach bags and other items for maybe 6 years now. You also have to look at the leather used for that patch. Highly textured leather like that is almost impossible to stamp and get as smooth an impression as you could on smooth leather
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I've always thought of it as a coach, for some reason. ;)
 
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