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.

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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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houseof999 said:
I am afraid you will have a tougher time than I did. My fake bag's serial number started with the letter P which makes it an obvious fake with an invalid serial number. (IIRC the first letter stands for the month it was made) I had to email them repeatedly with photos of hardware, where it was made in, any logo etc. I had given them links to eBay's guide to fake serial numbers, links to authentication from TPF and had me send the bag to them for them to inspect and decide if it was fake. They still insisted the bag was authentic and decided to refund me as a one time courtesy.

Your bag has what looks like a valid serial number to an inexperienced eye and I highly doubt PM authenticators know all the reasons that @whateve mentioned above that makes it a fake. I hate to be a pessimist but it's not looking good given my experience with them.
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And this is why I wouldn't use nor recommend PM. JMHO.
 
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Tracynali said:
View attachment 3621180 View attachment 3621181 View attachment 3621182 View attachment 3621183 View attachment 3621184 View attachment 3621185 View attachment 3621180 Hi! i found this bag at a thrift store, the serial number checks out but i cannot find a similar design..anybody have authenticity thought?
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whateve said:
Someone painted it. The bag is authentic but Coach's version was all blue. More opinions are welcome.
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Not only painted it but did a lousy job doing so. And what's with that giraffe spotting?

@Tracynali - to clarify, just because a serial number "checks out" (your words) or seems to match the correct style of the bag doesn't necessarily mean that the bag is authentic. The counterfeiters do manage to put seemingly "correct" serial numbers on fakes although that's not the case with your bag.
 
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BeenBurned said:
Not only painted it but did a lousy job doing so. And what's with that giraffe spotting?

@Tracynali - to clarify, just because a serial number "checks out" (your words) or seems to match the correct style of the bag doesn't necessarily mean that the bag is authentic. The counterfeiters do manage to put seemingly "correct" serial numbers on fakes although that's not the case with your bag.
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its definatly not painted, design is not on top of patent, but part of patent, i really am stumped on this one
 
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Tracynali said:
its definatly not painted, design is not on top of patent, but part of patent, i really am stumped on this one
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Yes it's painted. You can see the black spatters all over the trim.

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If you like the bag as is, that's fine. It IS authentic.

But if you plan to list and sell it, be sure to disclose that the colors aren't original.
 
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Tracynali said:
its definatly not painted, design is not on top of patent, but part of patent, i really am stumped on this one
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I think patent might absorb paint so it appears that it is underneath the top coating. I know when you get stains on patent, somehow they always get underneath the coating. I think the bag was heavily stained which is why it was painted. What are the red spots?
 
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whateve said:
I think patent might absorb paint so it appears that it is underneath the top coating. I know when you get stains on patent, somehow they always get underneath the coating. I think the bag was heavily stained which is why it was painted. What are the red spots?
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That's correct. That's why color transfer is such a problem on patent leather.
 
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