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!

 

[usMichigann]

Thank you so much Whatever. Do you have an estimate for the years?

 

[whateve]

Thank you so much Whatever. Do you have an estimate for the years?

Both were made between 1989 and 1993, probably one at each of the two factories Coach had in operation at the time.

 

[usMichigann]

Thanks again, much appreciate your expertise. BTW, spell check put that r in your name.

 

[Got2b4me]

I have this messenger bag/briefcase (not sure exactly what to call it) it was in horrible shape and thrown away in the trash at the goodwill salvage yard. I would like to know more about it as information is hard to find.
Year of bag, style/name of bag

Item name: briefcase/messenger bag

Thank you so much!

 

[whateve]

I have this messenger bag/briefcase (not sure exactly what to call it) it was in horrible shape and thrown away in the trash at the goodwill salvage yard. I would like to know more about it as information is hard to find.
Year of bag, style/name of bag

Item name: briefcase/messenger bag

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Wow, you hit the motherlode! You haven't given measurements but it looks like a carrier bag made in the late 70s or 80s.

 

[houseof999]

I have this messenger bag/briefcase (not sure exactly what to call it) it was in horrible shape and thrown away in the trash at the goodwill salvage yard. I would like to know more about it as information is hard to find.
Year of bag, style/name of bag

Item name: briefcase/messenger bag

Thank you so much! View attachment 3841523View attachment 3841532 View attachment 3841521

It doesn't even look bad! If this is a picture of after your rehab, do you have a before pic?

 

[Got2b4me]

It doesn't even look bad! If this is a picture of after your rehab, do you have a before pic?

... well I spent some time on it and picked up some hints on rehab and brought it back to life! I wish I did have photos before didn’t even think of that I was showing it off to my family members who scoffed st me for digging it out of the trash! It’s a lovely bag and the leather is so thick and smooth and easy to work with! It still has some issues on the corners but I love this bag!!

 

[houseof999]

... well I spent some time on it and picked up some hints on rehab and brought it back to life! I wish I did have photos before didn’t even think of that I was showing it off to my family members who scoffed st me for digging it out of the trash! It’s a lovely bag and the leather is so thick and smooth and easy to work with! It still has some issues on the corners but I love this bag!!

You did great! It looks awesome!

 

[Couturexec]

https://www.ebay.com/i/263240778030
Seller: annb253
I have not seen this style, which doesn’t mean much. Looks like the edging seam is smack in the front. That seems odd to me.

 

[Hyacinth]

https://www.ebay.com/i/263240778030
Seller: annb253
I have not seen this style, which doesn’t mean much. Looks like the edging seam is smack in the front. That seems odd to me.

I think someone asked about the same style about a year ago. It's a genuine Carry-All Clutch 4832 from around 1991.



ETA - In fact, YOU were the poster who asked about it. And while the original listing photo is gone, the photo in my answer isn't. If you keep any photo files, you may want to save a copy.

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/authenticate-this-coach.889527/page-1203#post-30732100
and
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/authenticate-this-coach.889527/page-1203#post-30732838

 

[Bananagaby]

Item:
Vintage Coach Willis Station Leather Bag
Listing number: n/a
Seller: mariepose
Link: https: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Willis-Station-Leather-Bag-5994a6d79818296e0d000cfb

 

[Couturexec]

I think someone asked about the same style about a year ago. It's a genuine Carry-All Clutch 4832 from around 1991.

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ETA - In fact, YOU were the poster who asked about it. And while the original listing photo is gone, the photo in my answer isn't. If you keep any photo files, you may want to save a copy.

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/authenticate-this-coach.889527/page-1203#post-30732100
and
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/authenticate-this-coach.889527/page-1203#post-30732838

Wow. They are right about memory being the first to go.....

 

[Hyacinth]

Item:
Vintage Coach Willis Station Leather Bag
Listing number: n/a
Seller: mariepose
Link: https: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Willis-Station-Leather-Bag-5994a6d79818296e0d000cfb

FAKE. The serial number 0974-534 is ALWAYS fake and is on the Daria48 Fake Coach Serial Numbers List posted at Ebay. A Google search should have brought up a link to that list if you had searched.

http://www.ebay.com/gds/Fake-Coach-Serial-Numbers-NT-4903-and-more-/10000000002744619/g.html
and scroll about halfway down
"0974-534 - has shown up on several counterfeit Willis Bags and fakes of other classic leather styles. Any creed stamp with this number is probably fake and needs to be looked at very closely by an expert on older Coaches"

The shape of the bag itself is also slighty "off", there's no visible padding under the leather piece above the turnlock, the strap was NOT made by Coach, and there are HUGE gaps between some words in the creed statement, along with two spelling mistakes, look at "Crain" and "marXings".

 

[Erilynn25]

Item: Coach Patchwork Gallery Tote Fall 11495
Listing number: 152719950920
Seller: actoy_mia
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Authe...950920?hash=item238ed18448:g:IEYAAOSwScdZzAGe
Comments: This bag looks fake to me, but I want to make sure before I report it. Thank you!

 

[Hyacinth]

Item: Coach Patchwork Gallery Tote Fall 11495
Listing number: 152719950920
Seller: actoy_mia
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Authe...950920?hash=item238ed18448:g:IEYAAOSwScdZzAGe
Comments: This bag looks fake to me, but I want to make sure before I report it. Thank you!

It's fake. A lot of the patches are wrong including C pattern ones with Cs that are the wrong size or shape. The trim should be a light to medium brown, and the overall stitching is really bad. AND the hardware on that style should ALWAYS be brass, never silver.