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!

 

[makn808]

Hi! Can this bag please be authenticated? It's a Taft, and I understand it is copied a lot. Pics are attached, the creed is worn from use so the serial is hard to photograph. The serial is H5D 9980. Thank you for your help!

 

[katev]

...the creed is worn from use so the serial is hard to photograph. The serial is H5D 9980. Thank you for your help!

Hi, if you take a light-colored powdered eye-shadow and brush it over the serial number it can sometimes make it much easier to read.

 

[ROCKY CRYSTAL]

VERY FAKE. I hope you didn't buy it, or that at least you can get a full refund.

The serial number is a known "Always fake" number and has been found in dozens of fakes. Check serial numbers in the Daria48 Fake Coach Numbers list at Ebay before you buy any Coach purse.
http://www.ebay.com/gds/Fake-Coach-Serial-Numbers-NT-4903-and-more-/10000000002744619/g.html

also the hardware is wrong, the strap is wrong, and there's a misspelling in the creed that's been found in hundreds of fakes and ONLY in fakes.

Do you own this, or is it being offered for sale? If it is, we need the listing information and URL, as required by the rules in post number 1 of this thread.

You need to start authenticating BEFORE you buy, not after.

OMG wow , but I had my doubts after i looked at it for awhile so I had to make sure here, no its not for sale and I picked it up at a yard sale for 3 bucks so didn't get hurt to bad
Thanks Hyacinth and Whateve

 

[makn808]

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Hi! Can this bag please be authenticated? It's a Taft, and I understand it is copied a lot. Pics are attached, the creed is worn from use so the serial is hard to photograph. The serial is H5D 9980. Thank you for your help!View attachment 3665512

Followed katev's advice. This pic is a tiny bit better, can see the h5d as the light reflects off of it...

 

[Hyacinth]

Followed katev's advice. This pic is a tiny bit better, can see the h5d as the light reflects off of it...View attachment 3665555

The font used for the serial number or what we can see of it looks OK. Please wait for Whateve to confirm.

 

[makn808]

The font used for the serial number or what we can see of it looks OK. Please wait for Whateve to confirm.

Thank you Hyacinth! Will wait for confirmation from whateve.

 

[Txlagrl]

Item Name: Belted Pouch 4156
Link: https://www.poshmark.com/listings/58c71f4efbf6f9526601c135
Hello! I'm interested in this bag, but more generally as I've been shopping for my dream bag, I've also seen several similar creeds on this bag type with the dot instead of the underscore under the o. I've tried searching but haven't been able to find any info about that larger question.

On this listing, I know the photos aren't the best, so I understand it might not be possible to get a good sense of the authenticity. Thank you all so much for offering this help.

 

[whateve]

Item Name: Belted Pouch 4156
Link: https://www.poshmark.com/listings/58c71f4efbf6f9526601c135
Hello! I'm interested in this bag, but more generally as I've been shopping for my dream bag, I've also seen several similar creeds on this bag type with the dot instead of the underscore under the o. I've tried searching but haven't been able to find any info about that larger question.

On this listing, I know the photos aren't the best, so I understand it might not be possible to get a good sense of the authenticity. Thank you all so much for offering this help.

It's authentic.

 

[colorguardjames]

I purchased this bag prior to knowing about vintage authentication. I received the bag today and the leather is beautiful and supple, I just want to double check the authenticity of the bag, especially regarding the cracking leather on the sides (searched others of similar styles and it looked like a common stress point).

Link: EBAY
Item: Weekender Duffle - Black Leather
Item Number: 282419302182
Seller: kichijoii

 

[BeenBurned]

I purchased this bag prior to knowing about vintage authentication. I received the bag today and the leather is beautiful and supple, I just want to double check the authenticity of the bag, especially regarding the cracking leather on the sides (searched others of similar styles and it looked like a common stress point).

Link: EBAY
Item: Weekender Duffle - Black Leather
Item Number: 282419302182
Seller: kichijoii

It's fine.

 

[whateve]

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Hi! Can this bag please be authenticated? It's a Taft, and I understand it is copied a lot. Pics are attached, the creed is worn from use so the serial is hard to photograph. The serial is H5D 9980. Thank you for your help!View attachment 3665512

Followed katev's advice. This pic is a tiny bit better, can see the h5d as the light reflects off of it...View attachment 3665555

The font used for the serial number or what we can see of it looks OK. Please wait for Whateve to confirm.

I agree.

 

[makn808]

Thank you both @whateve and @Hyacinth!

 

[Teagaggle]

Hi!
Looking for some help. Dear husband surprised me today with this 1941 whiplash saddle #38219. First, I never knew this bag was available in this color (1941 red). However, I know there are department store exclusives that Coach US never gets. Specifically, I have the same bag in black, a color never available directly through Coach US.
After closer inspection, a few things popped out at me. Specifically:
Hardware is a matte black, not the shiny gunmetal that my other bags of this style have.
More so though, was the inside patch. Ironically, I am carrying my white bag of this exact same style which I purchased directly through Coach. I immediately compared the two patches. The patch on the red one is different. It is much larger in the red bag and has additional verbage, such as the very last line that talks about it being at the registration number. In addition, the patch inside the red bag shows a picture of a saddle bag which appears to be the anniversary style saddle bag, not this particular bag. My white bag of the same style does not have the picture of the saddle bag and it. It's just verbage.
I also include a photo of the tag that is sewn into the inside zip pocket.
I hope the info I'm providing is sufficient. The quality is the same as my other bags in this line. My husband rarely surprises me with gifts so I didn't want to seem disappointed or ask a lot of questions. However, if more details are needed, let me know. THANK YOU!

 

[Canter]

Could you please authenticate?
Item: Vintage NEW COACH Leather Crossover Clutch NWT Purse 9455 Cocoa Brown
Listing number: 262856942970
Seller: paprwt
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NEW...942970?hash=item3d337ea57a:g:ee0AAOSwr~lYpl48
Comments:It does appear to have some wear?

 

[Hyacinth]

Could you please authenticate?
Item: Vintage NEW COACH Leather Crossover Clutch NWT Purse 9455 Cocoa Brown
Listing number: 262856942970
Seller: paprwt
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NEW...942970?hash=item3d337ea57a:g:ee0AAOSwr~lYpl48
Comments:It does appear to have some wear?

Since there are a few small scratches and the tag isn't still attached to the bag, there's a change it's been used at least once. But it's a genuine Basic Bag #9455 probably made between the later 1970s to the mid-1980s.