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!

 

[ArengoKC]

It's genuine Soho Back Sac from the mid-1990s.

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Thank you one again, Hyacinth! so glad I can rely on you and this forum for authentications.

 

[JacksonP]

This is what I believe is a Stewardess bag from the 80s. I need help authenticating it please.

 

[Hyacinth]

This is what I believe is a Stewardess bag from the 80s. I need help authenticating it please.

It looks ok to me, made some time between 1980 and 1988.

If the bag is in your possession you should mention that in your request. If it's currently or recently listed for sale on the internet, then the format set out in Post number 1 of this thread should be followed.

Welcome to tPF!

 

[Mum2LittleDove]

Hi there, I'm a Coach lover but in the UK so a good vintage Coach is hard to find. I would really appreciate your authentication opinion on this one:

Item:
COACH Ladies Tan Brown Leather Single Strap Handle Cross Body Bag Small

Listing number: 132278912343
Seller: stuffusell
Link: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/NWOT-COACH-...%3A9faa35ad15d0ac8036070de1ffed9a25%7Ciid%3A8

 

[whateve]

Hi there, I'm a Coach lover but in the UK so a good vintage Coach is hard to find. I would really appreciate your authentication opinion on this one:

Item:
COACH Ladies Tan Brown Leather Single Strap Handle Cross Body Bag Small

Listing number: 132278912343
Seller: stuffusell
Link: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/NWOT-COACH-Ladies-Tan-Brown-Leather-Single-Strap-Handle-Cross-Body-Bag-Small-/132278912343?hash=item1ecc700557:g:1uAAAOSwX61ZG1hd&_trkparms=pageci%3Afc579bf3-76fe-11e7-bf74-74dbd180584a%7Cparentrq%3A9faa35ad15d0ac8036070de1ffed9a25%7Ciid%3A8

It's authentic. I don't think it is "new without tags." It is a very small bag.

 

[seacoast]

eBay listing: Coach Purse brown Leather saddlebag shoulder bag adjustable vintage Crossbody
Item# 372011314944
Seller esseexestateservices
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/372011314944

 

[whateve]

This bag has a copyright mark (circled r) by the word "Coach" in the creed. Don't think I've ever seen this before.
eBay listing: Coach Purse brown Leather saddlebag shoulder bag adjustable vintage Crossbody
Item# 372011314944
Seller esseexestateservices
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/372011314944

It's an authentic zippered clutch or basic bag. The copyright symbol is on most creeds that have the glued in serial number. I believe they used these creeds for about 3 years around 1980.

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi there, I'm a Coach lover but in the UK so a good vintage Coach is hard to find. I would really appreciate your authentication opinion on this one:

Item:
COACH Ladies Tan Brown Leather Single Strap Handle Cross Body Bag Small

Listing number: 132278912343
Seller: stuffusell
Link: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/NWOT-COACH-Ladies-Tan-Brown-Leather-Single-Strap-Handle-Cross-Body-Bag-Small-/132278912343?hash=item1ecc700557:g:1uAAAOSwX61ZG1hd&_trkparms=pageci%3Afc579bf3-76fe-11e7-bf74-74dbd180584a%7Cparentrq%3A9faa35ad15d0ac8036070de1ffed9a25%7Ciid%3A8

It's authentic. I don't think it is "new without tags." It is a very small bag.

Ugh! I wish sellers would be honest in their listings. There's nothing wrong with saying that she's selling the bag as "pre-owned" but it doesn't appear to have been used.

In fact, her item specifics imply that it was used: “This item is in a good condition. There are no apparent damages.” There's nothing wrong with selling a lightly used bag! Just be honest!

 

[Mum2LittleDove]

Ugh! I wish sellers would be honest in their listings. There's nothing wrong with saying that she's selling the bag as "pre-owned" but it doesn't appear to have been used.

In fact, her item specifics imply that it was used: “This item is in a good condition. There are no apparent damages.” There's nothing wrong with selling a lightly used bag! Just be honest!

Thanks so much for your replies and also the comment about the size which is really helpful. The seller is a business that sells on behalf of others, maybe even house clearances, but I can't deny that the new without tags attracted me to the listing. That description obviously creates an expectation whereas lightly used can mean different things to different people! I won't be going ahead on this one.

 

[catthecurious]

Hello, just double checking for authenticity (not):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112505258019
Seller: marya-webst

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello, just double checking for authenticity (not):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112505258019
Seller: marya-webst

Fake. The cheap non-Coach strap hardware is a dead giveaway, and so is the crooked stamp on the front with a non-Coach font.

 

[catthecurious]

Thanks for confirming, Hyacinth! I thought so, too, but if I have a tiny piece of doubt, I'd rather double check than report an authentic bag.

 

[JacksonP]

It looks ok to me, made some time between 1980 and 1988.

If the bag is in your possession you should mention that in your request. If it's currently or recently listed for sale on the internet, then the format set out in Post number 1 of this thread should be followed.

Welcome to tPF!

Thank you, is there a way I can private message you?

 

[Hyacinth]

Thank you, is there a way I can private message you?

I'm not sure if new members can send PMs.There used to be a section for the basic rules but now I can't find it. If you're trying to send a PM or "start a conversation" as it's now called, click on that person's ID and click on the "send message" link.

 

[catthecurious]

I vaguely remember a discussion about a bunch of vintage Coach fakes that were identified as "bean bags" on their creeds. Could this be one of them?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/302397555961
Seller: deb-of-rah