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

[Vlad]

IMPORTANT READ-ME

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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:
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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]

Here's an oddity. I've never seen Hungary used on a fake or with the E plant code.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-C...495772?hash=item1a27e5691c:g:xFwAAOSw4CFYzIqo
Name: Authentic COACH 9870 Vintage Black Leather VINTAGE Court Crossbody Bag Purse
#112338495772
seller: shes*got*purse*sonality
I'm inclined to think it might just be a plant mistake. It is similar to this U plant creed from my files.

 

[lauriebelle]

All three look good. The second is probably a Brighton bag and the third probably a Crosby bag. All are from the early 90s.

Ahhh, I finally figured out how to quote! Thank you so much, whateve! I wrote to her and I'm going to go and pick them up this afternoon. Very excited! My first true vintage Coach bags!

 

[Guccigaga]

Hello ladies. Can you please help me out on this Willis bag? Thanks so much!
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/auctiongrove/li19.JPG
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/auctiongrove/li21.JPG
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/auctiongrove/li23.JPG
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/auctiongrove/li24.JPG
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/auctiongrove/li27.JPG

 

[Canter]

Could you please authenticate these bags that are in my possession?
1) Item: Bellacourt bag (creed is very faint)
Dimensions: 7" x 7" x 3" with a 22" strap drop
2) Mini Belt Bag
Dimensions: 5.5" x 5" x 1.5" with a 22" strap drop

 

[Canter]

Here are some more:
3) Roll Bag
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" x 3.5" with an 18" strap drop
4) Willis
Dimensions: 10" x 10" x 3" with a 25" strap drop

 

[Sonoma]

Hello Everyone!
I just bought this Sonoma 4965 Swing Wallet.
I should’ve waited to get a pic of the inside, but impulsively snapped it up.
Kindly verify if it's authentic. Thanks as always!
Vintage Coach British Tan Leather Clutch Wallet Detachable Shoulder Strap
182494661986
passion4finds
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182494661986?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[whateve]

Could you please authenticate these bags that are in my possession?
1) Item: Bellacourt bag (creed is very faint)
Dimensions: 7" x 7" x 3" with a 22" strap drop
2) Mini Belt Bag
Dimensions: 5.5" x 5" x 1.5" with a 22" strap drop

Here are some more:
3) Roll Bag
Dimensions: 11" x 7.5" x 3.5" with an 18" strap drop
4) Willis
Dimensions: 10" x 10" x 3" with a 25" strap drop

All look good.

 

[whateve]

Hello Everyone!
I just bought this Sonoma 4965 Swing Wallet.
I should’ve waited to get a pic of the inside, but impulsively snapped it up.
Kindly verify if it's authentic. Thanks as always!
Vintage Coach British Tan Leather Clutch Wallet Detachable Shoulder Strap
182494661986
passion4finds
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182494661986?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Looks fine.

 

[whateve]

Hello ladies. Can you please help me out on this Willis bag? Thanks so much!
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/auctiongrove/li19.JPG
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/auctiongrove/li21.JPG
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/auctiongrove/li23.JPG
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/auctiongrove/li24.JPG
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/auctiongrove/li27.JPG

It's good.

 

[Hyacinth]

Here's an oddity. I've never seen Hungary used on a fake or with the E plant code.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-C...495772?hash=item1a27e5691c:g:xFwAAOSw4CFYzIqo
Name: Authentic COACH 9870 Vintage Black Leather VINTAGE Court Crossbody Bag Purse
#112338495772
seller: shes*got*purse*sonality
I'm inclined to think it might just be a plant mistake. It is similar to this U plant creed from my files.

I think you;re right about it being a mistake. It's probably one of the first bags out of the Hungary plant, there's no older date code in my files. The serial number stamp looks like the one from the Italy plant, below is a pic of the questionable Hungary stamp plus the Italy stamp from a month earlier. The creed stamp itself is new since it was a new plant and it exactly matches genuine Hungary creeds from a few months later, but apparently the Italy plant's old serial stamp was transferred to the new Hungary plant at least temporarily since it shows up again at the Italy plant a few months later. Meanwhile the Hungary plant had received its own serial number stamp which was similar but not identical to the Italy serial stamp. That's just a guess, BTW.

The seller has had fakes reported in the past but this one is probably OK.

 

[Canter]

All look good.

Thank you as always, Whateve!

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello,

I come from the watch world and there is a huge problem with fakes. Over the years the fake watches have become so authentic looking that most cannot tell the difference and like this thread over at the watch forum there is a similar one to help the community.

With that said, we also have rules before buying, that are almost identical. Of course, I followed none of them for my first online coach purchase

Of course, I am now doing this after the fact. Thanks so much.

We get many new people that will post a watch asking for authentication. The fakes are 90%+ given to them from an uncle. The real ones from a grandfather. Just wondering if you have something similar here?

Thanks!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Men-039-s-Coach-Backpack-New-Red-With-Leather-/252807388879?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&nma=true&si=0fQdYFMfH%2FN%2FEQ9jQst12EI%2BW4Y%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc


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Often someone who's KNOWINGLY selling a fake Coach will claim that the bag was a gift from a boyfriend / boss / relative or if it's a guy, claim that his GF left the purse(es) at his home when they broke up. That's more common with newer styles. Older known fakes are usually "inherited" from relatives.

As for the backpack, I'm not familiar with the style, and that patch on the outside in the first picture isn't an actual creed patch. Creed patches for a backpack should be on the INSIDE and include a serial number with production codes. Coach sometimes puts a secondary creed patch like this one on the outside front panel of a few styles but it's useless for authentication purposes, but if that one was made before mid-2014 it should have an inside patch with a serial number. I'm not familiar with backpacks made after mid-2014 or how those creeds are formatted - the patch in the third pic looks like it's from inside the pack but that's all I can say.

Do you actually have the case in your possession? There should be 2 tiny white tags buried in 2 different places along inside seams and pockets with the codes we need, one with the country of manufacture and one with 2 lines of alpha-numeric production codes. If you can find those and get clear pictures, we can try to authenticate it. The one tag buried usually in one of the inside zip pockets can be a real PITA to find but we need the information.

Are you one of the authenticators at the tPF Watch forums? Or do you post at more than one watch forum?

 

[Sonoma]

Looks fine.

Thanks whateve!

 

[Canter]

Here are a couple of bags in my "project pile" that I'd appreciate having authenticated:
1) Binocular Bag
Dimensions: 9" x 9" x 3.5" with a 16" strap drop
Comments: The hardware is odd - the turnlock is brass, but the rings attaching the straps to the bag are nickel-colored. The buckle looks nickle-colored with an overlay of brass coloring that is rubbing off. Is this a red flag, or could there be some reasonable explanation for this?
Also, the creed is difficult to read, so I've tried adjusting the contrast in my photo editor to help the stamping stand out more.

2) Lunch Box
Dimensions: 7" x 9" x 3.5" with a 25" strap drop

 

[whateve]

Here are a couple of bags in my "project pile" that I'd appreciate having authenticated:
1) Binocular Bag
Dimensions: 9" x 9" x 3.5" with a 16" strap drop
Comments: The hardware is odd - the turnlock is brass, but the rings attaching the straps to the bag are nickel-colored. The buckle looks nickle-colored with an overlay of brass coloring that is rubbing off. Is this a red flag, or could there be some reasonable explanation for this?
Also, the creed is difficult to read, so I've tried adjusting the contrast in my photo editor to help the stamping stand out more.

2) Lunch Box
Dimensions: 7" x 9" x 3.5" with a 25" strap drop

The lunch box looks good. The first bag is fake.