Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

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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:
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  • FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Where purchased or how obtained
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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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Canter said:
Could you please authenticate this bag?
Dimensions: 11" x 13.5" x 6" with adjustable shoulder straps.
Thank you!
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BeenBurned said:
Please wait for second and third opinions.

I don't believe that bag is authentic. I see several potential problems as compared to other bags from the same plant in 1995.

ETA: Is the bag listed somewhere?
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Canter said:
Thank you, Beenburned and Whateve. I appreciate your help. Could you please tell me what indicates it is fake?
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Is there some reason you didn't post the seller's name and a link to the listing?
The first thing to look at with any drawstring bag is the keeper that holds the drawstrings together. These should be sewn on all sides. It appears in the first picture that it is only sewn down the middle. The padding above the turnlock is the wrong shape. It should be curved around the top of the turnlock. The pieces at the ends of the drawstrings are the wrong shape and are sewn sloppily. The metal part of the back zipper is too long. The shape of the opening around the zipper is wrong - it should be rounded rather than squared. The creed number has the wrong font - the letters and number should be more square. The underline in "No." is too long and the 'o' is too big. Compare your creed to this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-9943-...680126?hash=item4b1a5a69be:g:SlwAAOSwbtVZTQHP
These are all things we've pointed out before in other authentications.

Lake Effect said:
I just happen to recognize that red Coach tablecloth setup as I have been looking at a few of this seller's bags on Etsy, AmericanPurseandBags.
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Canter said:
Could you please authenticate this bag?
Dimensions: 11" x 13.5" x 6" with adjustable shoulder straps.
Thank you!
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BeenBurned said:
Please wait for second and third opinions.

I don't believe that bag is authentic. I see several potential problems as compared to other bags from the same plant in 1995.

ETA: Is the bag listed somewhere?
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whateve said:
It's fake.
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Third opinion coming up...

It's fake. And as already been pointed out, please use the correct format and include all of the required information.
 
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Ravvie99 said:
Hello ladies, would you kindly authenticate this one? It’s another bean bag creed that just might be ok. What do you think?

Item: Saddle bag 9851
Seller: local Salvation Army
Dimensions: about 8 x 9 x 2.75
Comments: listed in Fall 1990 catalog, back slip pocket? Yes, please!

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Genuine Saddle Bag, style 9851 from the early 1990s.
 
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whateve said:
Is there some reason you didn't post the seller's name and a link to the listing?
The first thing to look at with any drawstring bag is the keeper that holds the drawstrings together. These should be sewn on all sides. It appears in the first picture that it is only sewn down the middle. The padding above the turnlock is the wrong shape. It should be curved around the top of the turnlock. The pieces at the ends of the drawstrings are the wrong shape and are sewn sloppily. The metal part of the back zipper is too long. The shape of the opening around the zipper is wrong - it should be rounded rather than squared. The creed number has the wrong font - the letters and number should be more square. The underline in "No." is too long and the 'o' is too big. Compare your creed to this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-9943-...680126?hash=item4b1a5a69be:g:SlwAAOSwbtVZTQHP
These are all things we've pointed out before in other authentications.
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This is great information, and I really appreciate your taking the time to go into detail. I will copy and file it away. I didn't post any links because I'm checking on my own item -- with purses spilling out of an entire room of the house, I have to let some go, and the shop with the red tablecloth is mine (I didn't realize it was so recognizeable!)
 
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Canter said:
This is great information, and I really appreciate your taking the time to go into detail. I will copy and file it away. I didn't post any links because I'm checking on my own item -- with purses spilling out of an entire room of the house, I have to let some go, and the shop with the red tablecloth is mine (I didn't realize it was so recognizeable!)
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Oops! I didn't mean to out you.
 
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Canter said:
This is great information, and I really appreciate your taking the time to go into detail. I will copy and file it away. I didn't post any links because I'm checking on my own item -- with purses spilling out of an entire room of the house, I have to let some go, and the shop with the red tablecloth is mine (I didn't realize it was so recognizeable!)
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In the future, please verify authenticity (and legality) of items before listing. (Or were you verifying before listing. If so, good!)
 
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