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:
  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!

 

[Hyacinth]

NM

 

[nursebetty]

Could someone please authenticate this coach?
Item: Tan Willis 9927
Listing number: 486095820
Seller: UCCVintage
Link: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/486095820/coach-vintage-natural-tan-distressed?ref=hp_rv

I'm really new to the Coach brand, and I have done a lot of research on this bag, but I still am not sure how to spot a copy. Any help would be appreciated!

Thank you

 

[nursebetty]

Also this one:
item: name not listed - black cross body bag
Listing number: 506457913
Seller: HalfPintLeather
Link: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/506457913/vintage-coach-crossbody-bag-vtg-black

 

[nursebetty]

And one final guy:

Item : City bag
Listing number: 497653020
Seller: HalfPintLeather
Link: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/497653020/vintage-coach-crossbody-city-bag-vtg

It looks like a bit of a challenge, but I love that old patina ( one for the rescue forum, I guess. )
Thank you again!

 

[Eril55]

Would someone please authenticate this handbag?
Item: *** AUTHENTIC COACH BLACK LEATHER HANDBAG ***
Listing number: 122350602730
Seller: gottagiddyuphorse
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTHENTIC-COACH-BLACK-LEATHER-HANDBAG-/122350602730?nma=true&si=Ecx%2F46zd0MkZhNK5HfcddyqM2P8%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Comments: I asked for creed from seller because it's hard for me to make out in the photo..it is- https://www.google.com/search? H1069-16359P
I am new to this website so please let me know if there is anything I am leaving out Thanks! Know what bag this is and how old it is?

 

[Eril55]

Did my post not come through on everyone else's end? Because I am seeing my post on this thread?? (Back up just a few posts)--Here is the link again..I can't get the pictures to attach separately, but they are on this link if you scroll down. Just want to make sure this is authentic. The creed is H1069-16359P. Wondering why there is a "P" at the end?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTHENTIC-C...zd0MkZhNK5HfcddyqM2P8%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[Hyacinth]

Could someone please authenticate this coach?
Item: Tan Willis 9927
Listing number: 486095820
Seller: UCCVintage
Link: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/486095820/coach-vintage-natural-tan-distressed?ref=hp_rv

I'm really new to the Coach brand, and I have done a lot of research on this bag, but I still am not sure how to spot a copy. Any help would be appreciated!

Thank you

Also this one:
item: name not listed - black cross body bag
Listing number: 506457913
Seller: HalfPintLeather
Link: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/506457913/vintage-coach-crossbody-bag-vtg-black

And one final guy:

Item : City bag
Listing number: 497653020
Seller: HalfPintLeather
Link: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/497653020/vintage-coach-crossbody-city-bag-vtg

It looks like a bit of a challenge, but I love that old patina ( one for the rescue forum, I guess. )
Thank you again!

1- There are just too many details that can indicate a specific bag is fake. A lot of them involve the creed and serial number stampings or the date codes and that's best left to the experts. There's a lot of good information in this thread, but you have to be extremely careful with other online sources of information. Except for the Salearea Guides at Ebay and maybe less than a dozen other guides, most online guides are useless or just plain dangerous.

The Willis is genuine but looks to be in rough shape. I'm wondering if those small black spots mentioned in the description might be mildew. Portland Oregon gets a LOT of rain, and only about half the homes have central A/C so humidity can be a problem. Bags from sellers in Japan that are from a similar coastal-type climate can have the same issues.

2- genuine Swinger, style 4040 from the Lightweight line and made around 1990

3- probably OK, but normally we can't authenticate bags unless the serial and creed stampings are clear and readable. Looks like it's from the late 1980s.


We suggest using extreme caution when buying from Etsy since they have a dismal track record for ignoring reports of fake items. There are a few infamous sellers there who regularly and KNOWINGLY mix real and fake and the fakes are never removed even when reported by other regular members.

 

[nursebetty]

1- There are just too many details that can indicate a specific bag is fake. A lot of them involve the creed and serial number stampings or the date codes and that's best left to the experts. There's a lot of good information in this thread, but you have to be extremely careful with other online sources of information. Except for the Salearea Guides at Ebay and maybe less than a dozen other guides, most online guides are useless or just plain dangerous.

The Willis is genuine but looks to be in rough shape. I'm wondering if those small black spots mentioned in the description might be mildew. Portland Oregon gets a LOT of rain, and only about half the homes have central A/C so humidity can be a problem. Bags from sellers in Japan that are from a similar coastal-type climate can have the same issues.

2- genuine Swinger, style 4040 from the Lightweight line and made around 1990

3- probably OK, but normally we can't authenticate bags unless the serial and creed stampings are clear and readable. Looks like it's from the late 1980s.


We suggest using extreme caution when buying from Etsy since they have a dismal track record for ignoring reports of fake items. There are a few infamous sellers there who regularly and KNOWINGLY mix real and fake and the fakes are never removed even when reported by other regular members.

Thank you so much, Hyacinth!

 

[Hyacinth]

Did my post not come through on everyone else's end? Because I am seeing my post on this thread?? (Back up just a few posts)--Here is the link again..I can't get the pictures to attach separately, but they are on this link if you scroll down. Just want to make sure this is authentic. The creed is H1069-16359P. Wondering why there is a "P" at the end?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTHENTIC-COACH-BLACK-LEATHER-HANDBAG-/122350602730?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&nma=true&si=Ecx%2F46zd0MkZhNK5HfcddyqM2P8%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Your first post didn't even show up for me until at east 20 minutes AFTER your second post. I answered the second one and asked if there was a previous post you were referring to because I couldn't find one even after reloading that forum page and the previous one several times (I deleted my answer after your first post showed up. These forums can get a bit wonky at times and it's always best to reload pages once or twice, and to make sure your question was actually posted.

The bag looks genuine and was made in 2010. I think it's one of the hundred or so Madison styles but don't have the exact name.

The "P" after the serial number means it was a Pilot bag which means Coach only made a small number as a "test run" to check buyers' reactions before committing to a full production run.

 

[Eril55]

Your first post didn't even show up for me until at east 20 minutes AFTER your second post. I answered the second one and asked if there was a previous post you were referring to because I couldn't find one even after reloading that forum page and the previous one several times (I deleted my answer after your first post showed up. These forums can get a bit wonky at times and it's always best to reload pages once or twice, and to make sure your question was actually posted.

The bag looks genuine and was made in 2010. I think it's one of the hundred or so Madison styles but don't have the exact name.

The "P" after the serial number means it was a Pilot bag which means Coach only made a small number as a "test run" to check buyers' reactions before committing to a full production run.

Thank you so much!

 

[jillhives]

Please check this bag for me, is it a Chester from the 90s?
Item: Vintage Coach Back Leather Round Crossbody Handbag # 9901/ USA
Seller: nanushe54
Item number: 262858074421
link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coa...074421?hash=item3d338fe935:g:kYcAAOSwUKxYlUwK

 

[Hyacinth]

Please check this bag for me, is it a Chester from the 90s?
Item: Vintage Coach Back Leather Round Crossbody Handbag # 9901/ USA
Seller: nanushe54
Item number: 262858074421
link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coa...074421?hash=item3d338fe935:g:kYcAAOSwUKxYlUwK

Yes, and genuine. Probably from around 1992.

 

[katev]

Item: British Tan Willis 9927
Seller: Goodwill, $6.99
Comments: It looked and felt genuine to me but the creed patch is different from the vintage Coach bags that I used to buy. My guess is that it is a newer Willis made in 2013 - if I am reading the serial number correctly. Please give me your opinion and thank you in advance for your assistance.

 

[jillhives]

Yes, and genuine. Probably from around 1992.

Thanks a bunch! Happy Sunday

 

[whateve]

This is fake, isn't it?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Coach-...763080?hash=item3f75f27308:g:nlIAAOSwtfhYqVMy
seller: alessandrobarcelo
Name: RARE Coach Butterfly Green Enameled Charms Key Chain Ring!!
# 272561763080