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.
Thank you and be safe!
 
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nursebetty said:
Hello Authenticators!

I missed out on the Mahogany Willis I had authenticated here last month, as it got waaayyyy too expensive. This bag is not cheap, but this color - if it's truly olive and not dark green - is something I haven't seen come up much on the 'Bay. Looks to be in decent shape, unless I'm missing something glaring? Is it authentic?

Item: Olive (?) Willis
Listing: 252902164100
Seller: storybookcorner
Link: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Coac...en-/252902164100?hash=item3ae224c684#viTabs_0

Thanks so much!
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Did you notice the grooves under the prongs on the under side of the oval piece?
 
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nursebetty said:
No way! LOL. I did not.
That was a super - speedy reply Houseof999, and just saved me from spending more money on a purse I don't actually need...

BTW, is that a purse wall on your profile picture? Of all red vintage coach bags? Be still my heart!
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Haha yes, but they are soon to be located in my closet. They are on display in my toddler's room where books supposed to go. Lol!
 
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nursebetty said:
Hello Authenticators!

I missed out on the Mahogany Willis I had authenticated here last month, as it got waaayyyy too expensive. This bag is not cheap, but this color - if it's truly olive and not dark green - is something I haven't seen come up much on the 'Bay. Looks to be in decent shape, unless I'm missing something glaring? Is it authentic?

Item: Olive (?) Willis
Listing: 252902164100
Seller: storybookcorner
Link: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Coac...en-/252902164100?hash=item3ae224c684#viTabs_0

Thanks so much!
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houseof999 said:
Did you notice the grooves under the prongs on the under side of the oval piece?
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Yes, it's fake.
 
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nursebetty said:
Hello Authenticators!

I missed out on the Mahogany Willis I had authenticated here last month, as it got waaayyyy too expensive. This bag is not cheap, but this color - if it's truly olive and not dark green - is something I haven't seen come up much on the 'Bay. Looks to be in decent shape, unless I'm missing something glaring? Is it authentic?

Item: Olive (?) Willis
Listing: 252902164100
Seller: storybookcorner
Link: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Coac...en-/252902164100?hash=item3ae224c684#viTabs_0

Thanks so much!
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Just wanted to drop in and say I have an olive Willis and it's so gorgeous and a true olive! Good luck in your search!

whateve said:
Both are authentic.
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Thanks!
 
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nursebetty said:
Hello Authenticators!

I missed out on the Mahogany Willis I had authenticated here last month, as it got waaayyyy too expensive. This bag is not cheap, but this color - if it's truly olive and not dark green - is something I haven't seen come up much on the 'Bay. Looks to be in decent shape, unless I'm missing something glaring? Is it authentic?

Item: Olive (?) Willis
Listing: 252902164100
Seller: storybookcorner
Link: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Coac...en-/252902164100?hash=item3ae224c684#viTabs_0

Thanks so much!
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houseof999 said:
Did you notice the grooves under the prongs on the under side of the oval piece?
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nursebetty said:
No way! LOL. I did not.
That was a super - speedy reply Houseof999, and just saved me from spending more money on a purse I don't actually need...

BTW, is that a purse wall on your profile picture? Of all red vintage coach bags? Be still my heart!
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Keep in mind that when other details on a bag seem okay, there's a possibility that the hardware might have been replaced. So grooves on the back of the female turnlock hardware aren't necessarily indicative of a bag being fake.

However, AND PLEASE WAIT FOR HYACINTH AND WHATEVE TO CONFIRM, I believe that the bag from storybookcorner is fake.

There seem to have been 2 different serial stamps used in April, 1994, neither of which does storybookcorner's creed text or font match.

storybookcorner vs. other E4C:
storybookcorner E4C fake? creed vs others.png

ETA: Whateve beat me but rather than deleting my post, I'll leave the comps!
 
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BeenBurned said:
Keep in mind that when other details on a bag seem okay, there's a possibility that the hardware might have been replaced. So grooves on the back of the female turnlock hardware aren't necessarily indicative of a bag being fake.

However, AND PLEASE WAIT FOR HYACINTH AND WHATEVE TO CONFIRM, I believe that the bag from storybookcorner is fake.

There seem to have been 2 different serial stamps used in April, 1994, neither of which does storybookcorner's creed text or font match.

storybookcorner vs. other E4C:
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ETA: Whateve beat me but rather than deleting my post, I'll leave the comps!
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I love seeing your comparison photos! Thank you for posting these. I like to review when in doubt. I also thought the 9s looked too round. I forget which recent post it was pointed out in. I'm definitely getting better at steering clear from buying fakes!
 
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