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

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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.
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  • FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
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    Listing number:
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  • FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
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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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#20,251
Hyacinth said:
Creeds can change. The only time you can compare details in creeds and serial numbers is between bags made in the same plant, month and year and with the same style number. It's fine, but it's NOT vintage since it was made in 2007..

Please read the six Salearea COACH Guides posted at Ebay, especially the ones about creeds and serial numbers, to see how and why those details can change.
http://www.ebay.com/gsr/i.html?uid="salearea"&rmvSB=true
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Will do, thanks for the authentication and the info!!
 
#20,259
BeenBurned said:
I hope the seller is responsive and does the right thing.

I hold a special disdain for sellers who mix authentic and fake items because buyers tend to "trust" them when they see multiple items, decent feedback and they tend to assume honesty and integrity. It's not always the case.
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I have directed the seller to your posts and she advised that she would have the item info checked by an eBay recognized authentication site. He/she subsequently called this forum into question. Is there a way that I might contact you privately?
 
#20,260
  • Item: Coach Round Cross Body Chester Bag Number 0519-218
    Listing number: Etsy 485829430
    Seller: ProVintageGear
    Link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/485829..._search_query=chester&ref=shop_items_search_1

  • Hello this is my first post here, please let me know if I have formatted correctly and posted in the right place. I am in search of what I think is a medium chester or canteen bag (I have a mini that I love but would like the same style but bigger).
  • Possible red flags on this bag: Is the color right? It doesn't appear to have a patina for a bag that is 25-30 years old.
  • In the collage image it looks a little ragged. This might just be from improper storage.
 
#20,263
jillhives said:
  • Item: Coach Round Cross Body Chester Bag Number 0519-218
    Listing number: Etsy 485829430
    Seller: ProVintageGear
    Link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/485829..._search_query=chester&ref=shop_items_search_1

  • Hello this is my first post here, please let me know if I have formatted correctly and posted in the right place. I am in search of what I think is a medium chester or canteen bag (I have a mini that I love but would like the same style but bigger).
  • Possible red flags on this bag: Is the color right? It doesn't appear to have a patina for a bag that is 25-30 years old.
  • In the collage image it looks a little ragged. This might just be from improper storage.
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It's authentic and I believe the style is a Chester.
 
#20,264
Hyacinth said:
Other than the back of the turnlock, what else indicates the clutch is fake? I'm not counting the hangtag because that was probably added later. The Coach stamp on the front is iffy but the picture angle isn't the best. The detail of the ticking stripe seems to match another photo in my files of a genuine item, but that's the only turnlock clutch pic I seem to have.

If the turnlock was ever replaced with a non-Coach piece, many of them have indentations on the back. We can't use only the turnlock to prove something's counterfeit.

ETA - I found a few more photos of the 7171 Turnlock Case from 1995-96 in my files, one with the Coach stamp just like on the one being questioned and the other with the stamp under and hidden by the flap. All 3 have the same lining and inside pocket zipper pull.

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I haven't saved many examples of this style to my files. I'm curious about the inside zipper ends. On one picture I have in my files (with the stamp up high) there are zipper stops.
7171 turnlock case 1996 cosmetic case with lozenge near top and outlet stamp.JPG
There are also zipper stops in this listing by a tpfers: http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-RED-L...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

In this listing, which has the lower stamp, there are no zipper stops. http://www.ebay.com/itm/112299782231?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Do you think this was a change Coach made when they moved the logo stamp?
 
#20,265
Ebkbay said:
I have directed the seller to your posts and she advised that she would have the item info checked by an eBay recognized authentication site. He/she subsequently called this forum into question. Is there a way that I might contact you privately?
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Personally, I think it would be difficult to find a better system of peer review, with different experts weighing in who have nothing to gain. I've been very impressed with the knowledge and resources on display here; every opinion can be backed up with amazingly detailed records. A paid authenticator, on the other hand, could have a bias in favor of whoever is paying for the service.
 
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