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!

 

[BeenBurned]

eBay item number:
263056273813
Seller:
galore5215
Comments:
Hi Everyone! I came across this & thought the numbers on the creed looked off? Am i correct that this is not an authentic Coach? Thank you

Here's the link to the listing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Magni...273813?hash=item3d3f603195:g:4hgAAOSwq~tZT-ld

Yes, it's fake and has a known invalid serial. We've seen GAD and G4D with the same 4437 "style number."

She also has this fake:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beautiful-C...304635?hash=item3d3f60a9fb:g:bigAAOSwcj5ZT--8

Do not buy from galore5215!

ETA: With 86% feedback, this seller is probably not long for ebay!

And her response to this negative feedback is funny!

**WARNING**to the items discripted as new but without tag! It's a rip off. OLD b***a ( 192)More than a year ago

• Reply by galore5215 (Dec-20-15 17:07):
  WARNING THIS PERSON LYE TRYING TO GET FREE ITEM ,HER ENGLISH SUCKS AND HARASHING

Coach womens bag shoulder medium size (#262180009377)

 

[Aunt Clara]

Oh my, glad to be part of the "Good Fight". Thank you, BeenBurned!

 

[Hyacinth]

I am looking to buy a vintage black Coach Station bag. I've been very interested in getting a vintage Coach bag for a long time now and want to do it right. I am looking at a few listings on ebay and etsy that are $80-100, would you guys say it's appropriate for something that is relatively in good condition?

In addition to seeing which bag is authentic, I also have a bad eye for quality, so any insight would be great.

Item: Coach Station Bag
Seller: kcdesignerdepot
Link: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NICE-EUC-COA...717952?hash=item1c88b61280:g:b~kAAOSw9~5ZRUsh

Item: Coach Station Bag
Seller: kimthom48
Link: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Coac...520642?hash=item3619b4e982:g:6H0AAOSwX61ZC-ku

It looks like it is a popular bag and I hope at least one of these are authentic. Thank you for taking the time and looking at these.

Edit: I edited this post to narrow it down to two links and also changed the format to fit the 1st post better.

#1 looks good (seller kcdesignerdepot)

#2 - wait for Hyacinth. (seller kimthom48) - The "o" in No. looks too oval to me and the space between No and the serial number looks a bit too small to me. It could be the angle but I think another opinion is needed.

Of the other 2 you posted and redacted, the one from julischeppac_0 needs a clearer creed picture. It can't be authenticated as is.

The one from elliebata is authentic.

The second one by kimthom48 is genuine. Here are several more with identical fonts in the serial number including the slightly off-center underscore under the "o" in No:

 

[Hyacinth]

At your convenience, please authenticate, whatvI hope is an authentic Pocket Bag!
Seller whiteelephattrunks
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Rare-Coach-Red-Leather-Handbag-Flap-Turn-Lock-Messenger-0454-933-EUC/272688828586?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Added photo of creed
View attachment 3744015
Thanks in advance, and thanks to ALL authenticators, for everything you do

It looks good to me too, genuine Pocket Bag style 9875, early 1990s.

 

[ROCKY CRYSTAL]

Hello all Authenticators, I picked up about 8 vintage Coach bags at an estate sale this weekend, i am going to start to take some pics shortly for authentication.
I have a quick question about some info i found inside at least 4 of these bags. all the creed have New York City on them
I have never seen these little bags and thought maybe someone of the experts on here could tell me these are authentic.
Thanks in Advance

 

[ROCKY CRYSTAL]

Sorry I didn't realize these pics posted twice

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello all Authenticators, I picked up about 8 vintage Coach bags at an estate sale this weekend, i am going to start to take some pics shortly for authentication.
I have a quick question about some info i found inside at least 4 of these bags. all the creed have New York City on them
I have never seen these little bags and thought maybe someone of the experts on here could tell me these are authentic.
Thanks in AdvanceView attachment 3744668 View attachment 3744669 View attachment 3744668 View attachment 3744669

I've seen all except the Quality Control inspection checklist.

 

[ArengoKC]

Hello! I'm a newbie at collecting vintage coach bags. Would appreciate it if somebody can help me authenticate this bag. Thank you!

 

[Purple Penny]

Item: pre-owned coach vintage Black leather shoulder bag

Seller: mysonsdog3

eBay link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/201963071848

The creed is bluey but I'm mostly curious is did coach ever made a bag like this? Under the flap credit card spot?

 

[ROCKY CRYSTAL]

I've seen all except the Quality Control inspection checklist.

Thanks BeenBurned!
that QC checklist was only in 1 of these bags, I was thinking maybe the person who owned all these may have worked for Coach.
how long ago do you think they used these? all the bags have 7 number creed XXX XXXX all numbers no letters.

 

[AggieK]

Hello all Authenticators, I picked up about 8 vintage Coach bags at an estate sale this weekend, i am going to start to take some pics shortly for authentication.
I have a quick question about some info i found inside at least 4 of these bags. all the creed have New York City on them
I have never seen these little bags and thought maybe someone of the experts on here could tell me these are authentic.
Thanks in AdvanceView attachment 3744668 View attachment 3744669 View attachment 3744668 View attachment 3744669

I remember getting those back in the early 80s. I've never seen the quality control before, though.

 

[Hyacinth]

Item: pre-owned coach vintage Black leather shoulder bag

Seller: mysonsdog3

eBay link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/201963071848

The creed is bluey but I'm mostly curious is did coach ever made a bag like this? Under the flap credit card spot?

It's a very bad fake. All those parts under the flap are fake and cheaply made and the leather is stretch-marked, the serial number looks like it starts with "NT-", the buckles and turnlock aren't the right shape, and except for a tiny handful of bags, Coach did NOT put cwap organizer sections like that under the flaps of their classic and vintage handbags, and the few they did make would have been ten times better quality.
And Coach has NEVER used slits in the leather as credit card slots - they always use individually-sewn pockets.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello! I'm a newbie at collecting vintage coach bags. Would appreciate it if somebody can help me authenticate this bag. Thank you!

Do you own it, and how long ago did you buy it?

If you read the first post in this very long thread, which you should do before authenticating ANY brand here at tPF, you would have read that we need to know when and where the bag was purchased, and if it was bought online we need a link to the listing. Please use the requested format if you need to have any other Coach item authenticated.

That bag is a complete fake. ALL SERIAL NUMBERS WE'VE EVER FOUND STARTING WITH K3H- INDICATE A FAKE. Coach never used that prefix and definitely not for any bags that say they were made in the US. There's also a big problem with the hardware.

So far, the K4H- prefixes we've seen have also all been fake, but there's an infinitesimal chance that it might have been used by Coach, but NOT in the font style that's been used on every one we've seen so far.

 

[marissa214]

Hello all Authenticators, I picked up about 8 vintage Coach bags at an estate sale this weekend, i am going to start to take some pics shortly for authentication.
I have a quick question about some info i found inside at least 4 of these bags. all the creed have New York City on them
I have never seen these little bags and thought maybe someone of the experts on here could tell me these are authentic.
Thanks in AdvanceView attachment 3744668 View attachment 3744669 View attachment 3744668 View attachment 3744669

Was one of the bags suede? I had a suede bag that came with one of those little cloth drawstring bags. The little bag held a suede brush and eraser-like thing used to clean suede.

 

[Purple Penny]

It's a very bad fake. All those parts under the flap are fake and cheaply made and the leather is stretch-marked, the serial number looks like it starts with "NT-", the buckles and turnlock aren't the right shape, and except for a tiny handful of bags, Coach did NOT put cwap organizer sections like that under the flaps of their classic and vintage handbags, and the few they did make would have been ten times better quality.
And Coach has NEVER used slits in the leather as credit card slots - they always use individually-sewn pockets.

Thank you. I did not see the bad leather at first. I was looking from my phone in the sun at the park. I saved 2 pics and now looking at home on my computer yikes! Good to learn about the slits. The plastic part looked wavy to me.