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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Catives said:
I got it at a thrift store... I was on the fence, but the bag was only a few dollars.
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It's definitely fake. These extra pictures show problems both with the turnlock and the handle. Make sure you don't donate it or sell it without removing or obliterating the creed. The thrift store should take it back and give you a refund since it is illegal to sell counterfeits. However, the strap itself if probably worth more than a few dollars if you can use it.
 
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whateve said:
It's definitely fake. These extra pictures show problems both with the turnlock and the handle. Make sure you don't donate it or sell it without removing or obliterating the creed. The thrift store should take it back and give you a refund since it is illegal to sell counterfeits. However, the strap itself if probably worth more than a few dollars if you can use it.
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Thanks! Could you tell me what tipped you off? I don't own a station bag so I wasn't completely sure.
 
#24,231
Catives said:
Thanks! Could you tell me what tipped you off? I don't own a station bag so I wasn't completely sure.
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Coach never used turnlocks that have indentations on the back of the female part where the prongs are folded over, except on a few briefcases (and those are a different shape.) So we always check the backs of turnlocks. That is something you can do when you shop vintage Coach, not just station bags. For vintage or classic styles that have a top handle like the station bag, the handle should be tapered. Counterfeiters often ignore this detail. When it is tapered, the folded over edging will meet at the parts of the handle near the metal attachment and get further apart in the center of the handle. You can see what I mean in this picture.
 

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joynjoy said:
Item : wallet
Link : https://www.ebay.com/itm/112491494047
Seller : autographsalive
Number : 112491494047
Please authenticate for me. Thank you

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It's authentic.

(Note that it's unnecessary to waste your time showing the zipper brand. It has nothing to do with authenticity. Not all Coach items have YKK but most fakes do (genuine and fake YKK) because counterfeiters read the inaccurate guides telling them they have to use zippers that say "YKK.")
 
#24,236
BeenBurned said:
I've been away for a few days and I'm catching up so I apologize if I'm answering questions that have already been answered.

lilysshop 's listings have all (or nearly all) stolen pictures, stock images found on company websites or google images. Use of stolen images is a violation of intellectual property law (and ebay policy) because it infringes on the rights holders' property.

And because lilysshop doesn't show her own pictures of the items she sells, there's no way to authenticate and no way to know whether she shows authentic but sells fakes.
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Thanks for that BeenBurned. I'm glad I asked first. Guess I will have to keep looking then...

Thank you again! :smile:
 
#24,237
BeenBurned said:
It's authentic.

(Note that it's unnecessary to waste your time showing the zipper brand. It has nothing to do with authenticity. Not all Coach items have YKK but most fakes do (genuine and fake YKK) because counterfeiters read the inaccurate guides telling them they have to use zippers that say "YKK.")
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Thank you so much for your advice
 
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Item: Coach city bag vintage
Listing number: 0142-916
Seller: Beyond Retro
Comments: I bought this bag. Please authenticate if I bought the real deal.
 

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#24,239
Ilovebutter said:
Item: Coach city bag vintage
Listing number: 0142-916
Seller: Beyond Retro
Comments: I bought this bag. Please authenticate if I bought the real deal.
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Please remember to include vintage or classic bags' measurements in the future.

If it's between 11 and 12 inches long it's a genuine City Bag, style 9790 from the early 1990s.
 
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Hyacinth said:
Please remember to include vintage or classic bags' measurements in the future.

If it's between 11 and 12 inches long it's a genuine City Bag, style 9790 from the early 1990s.
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Thank you so much! I'm so sorry I didn't include the measurements. It was stupid of me I was looking at another post I did and copied it right off. Now I need to go and find a measuring tape!

EDit: Just measured and I get it to 28,5 cm which is about 11,4 inches! I pressed a hard ruler against the bottom...
 
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