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

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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.
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#22,126
BeenBurned said:
Ugh! PROVINTAGEGEAR needs to get a new authenticator.

This is another current "mother's day" bag with creed photo below:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/510023916/sale-mothers-day-coach-casino-bag-in?ref=related-4
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Just. Wow. He doesn't even need an authenticator friend to have a clue that is fake! ( Provintagegear: please note you would benefit from new authenticator friends. Just sayin.) That information is available from spending 8 minutes from reading a credible guide supported by extensive experience. I deal with attorneys in my line of work regularly, by the way and they tend to pride themselves on research, facts, credibility, standard practices, due diligence, etc. l Even the radar of a newbie like me can question that creative sequence of numbers. Sheesh. You ladies have made it clear even a reputable seller can be fooled by a fake on occasion and as long as the listing is promptly removed or a refund promptly given, the seller has acted responsibly. But to voice concerns about reputation like he recently did and have this listed??
 
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And interestingly enough, Provintagegear is all about listing the vintage qualities and details of his bags. Yet curiously he seems to omit the fact this bag this bag was manufactured in 2005. An 2005 would make it not vintage gear. I am curious if that catalog page is from 2005 as well. To post an earlier catalog page is intentionally misleading.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/507127...ach-janices-legacy-in?ref=shop_home_active_62
 
#22,128
junkie227 said:
According to his bio, the owner of PROVINTAGEGEAR is a practicing attorney. I doubt the Michigan Bar looks kindly on the sales of fake merchandise. He should know better, especially because he was advised earlier in this thread that he was selling fakes and needed to have his bags authenticated.
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Lake Effect said:
Just. Wow. He doesn't even need an authenticator friend to have a clue that is fake! ( Provintagegear: please note you would benefit from new authenticator friends. Just sayin.) That information is available from spending 8 minutes from reading a credible guide supported by extensive experience. I deal with attorneys in my line of work regularly, by the way and they tend to pride themselves on research, facts, credibility, standard practices, due diligence, etc. l Even the radar of a newbie like me can question that creative sequence of numbers. Sheesh. You ladies have made it clear even a reputable seller can be fooled by a fake on occasion and as long as the listing is promptly removed or a refund promptly given, the seller has acted responsibly. But to voice concerns about reputation like he recently did and have this listed??
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The fakes I posted are very obvious and a seller with nearly 500 listings should be experienced enough to recognize (or at least research) such obvious fakes. It makes me wonder how many others of nearly 500 listings aren't authentic and how many of those 759 sales were fakes.

Lake Effect said:
And interestingly enough, Provintagegear is all about listing the vintage qualities and details of his bags. Yet curiously he seems to omit the fact this bag this bag was manufactured in 2005. An 2005 would make it not vintage gear. I am curious if that catalog page is from 2005 as well. To post an earlier catalog page is intentionally misleading.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/507127...ach-janices-legacy-in?ref=shop_home_active_62
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Although that bag is authentic, at just 12 years old, it's not "vintage" (nor is it handmade) so I wonder how it fits in with Etsy's TOS that items be vintage or hand made.

There are some beautiful and truly vintage bags among ProVintageGear's listings but there is nonsense BS about Coach as well as fakes (knowingly or not) mixed in.
 
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#22,133
Traci501 said:
I am trying to authenticate this coach bag :smile:
SELLER: thisandthatforsale81
ITEM: 262946078861
LINK: http://www.ebay.com/itm/262946078861

It looks good - but on the inside of the bag where the feet come thru - you can feel the points where the feet connect??

Sorry new to the forum thing :smile:
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Traci501 said:
Ok - and one more :smile:

SELLER: layegg608
ITEM: 172633175221
LINK: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Vinta...175221?hash=item2831bd34b5:g:ot0AAOSwBOtY959O

I am at a loss on this one.
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Both look fine.
 
#22,135
Catbird9 said:
Please authenticate:
1.
Seller: butterfly*l8y
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/122447399271
Item: Coach Willis Vintage Brown Leather Crossbody Purse #9927
Comment: serial # C5B-9927
2.
Seller: gvaestateauction
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/182551105271
Item: Coach Bag Red Brown K5B-9927
Comment: the creed is different from the bag above. Did the B plant get a new stamp?

Thank you!
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Both look fine.

The B plant did use 2 different stamps simultaneously. (I think there are a couple of other posts with similar comments but this is the most recent)
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/authenticate-this-coach.889527/page-1466#post-31283206
 
#22,136
Lake Effect said:
And interestingly enough, Provintagegear is all about listing the vintage qualities and details of his bags. Yet curiously he seems to omit the fact this bag this bag was manufactured in 2005. An 2005 would make it not vintage gear. I am curious if that catalog page is from 2005 as well. To post an earlier catalog page is intentionally misleading.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/507127...ach-janices-legacy-in?ref=shop_home_active_62
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The catalog page is from 1994 and is for a different style.
 
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Traci501 said:
I am trying to authenticate this coach bag :smile:
SELLER: thisandthatforsale81
ITEM: 262946078861
LINK: http://www.ebay.com/itm/262946078861

It looks good - but on the inside of the bag where the feet come thru - you can feel the points where the feet connect??

Sorry new to the forum thing :smile:
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Gorgeous find! It is normal for the metal edges of the feet to show on the inside.
 
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#22,140
whateve said:
The catalog page is from 1994 and is for a different style.
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The seller mentions in the listing that the catalog page is for a Faith's Legacy and not a Janice's. But then why show the page at all??? And he never mentions either the year of the catalog OR of the bag. "Intentionally misleading" is being much too kind.
 
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