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!

 

[Hyacinth]

Ok, I'd also love some expert input on these two white leather Coach bags. One doesn't have any serial number, which makes me think it may be fake? I'm super new at this and am not sure of the names of either bag - sorry!

First one: Hippie Flap ?
H: 8" x W: 9"
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and the 2nd one:
H: 5.5" x W: 8.5"

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Both of them are genuine and at least 30 years old.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi! I'm new and did a search for this bag but didn't see it, so hoping someone can help me authenticate! Thank you in advance!

I believe its a stewardess bag?

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Yes it is. In the future, please post measurements as we request in the first post on Page 1 of this thread.

And I don't know what you used to Search for it, but you can't use the serial number to search for older bags. Anything made before 1994 will have unique non-searchable serial numbers.

Welcome to tPF!

 

[JLP123]

hi y'all in out and about again and thinking of picking up this bag. I think it's the penny bag. It's around 9 or 10 inches long about 6 inches high.any help authenticating would be appreciated

 

[whateve]

Ok, I'd also love some expert input on these two white leather Coach bags. One doesn't have any serial number, which makes me think it may be fake? I'm super new at this and am not sure of the names of either bag - sorry!

First one: Hippie Flap ?
H: 8" x W: 9"
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and the 2nd one:
H: 5.5" x W: 8.5"

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Wonderful finds. The first doesn't have a serial number because it was made before Coach used serial numbers, sometime in the mid 70s. The second is a dinky bag, made a little later, probably in the late 70s or the 80s.

 

[whateve]

hi y'all in out and about again and thinking of picking up this bag. I think it's the penny bag. It's around 9 or 10 inches long about 6 inches high.any help authenticating would be appreciated

Not a penny bag. There is a discussion about the origin of the name penny in the Vintage chat thread. It looks like a convertible clutch 9635. It is authentic.

 

[marissa214]

I've never seen that label on a bag either but I don't see anything in either of the bags that indicates they aren't authentic.

They look fine.

I'm sorry for my delay in reporting back on this issue. Some of you may have seen that I asked about this over on the Borough clubhouse, where several members confirmed that they had legitimate, store-bought boroughs with this tag. It appears that it may have been more prevalent on the earlier bags.

 

[marissa214]

Item: "Coach Vintage Court Crossbody Turnlock Shoulder Bag 9870" (misnamed, should be Willis 9927)

Listing number: 183088465885
Seller: dontgiveupever
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Vintage-Court-Crossbody-Turnlock-Shoulder-Bag-9870/183088465885
Comments: I keep staring at the turnlock padding, but maybe it's ok???

Item: Vintage Coach Tan/Camel Color Leather Station Cross-body Handbag A9C-9927 (another misnamed...)
Listing Number: 122982213614
Seller: bruserbearbear
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Co...tion-Cross-body-Handbag-A9C-9927/122982213614
Comments: (I know it's not officially vintage.)

Thanks so much!

 

[whateve]

Item: "Coach Vintage Court Crossbody Turnlock Shoulder Bag 9870" (misnamed, should be Willis 9927)

Listing number: 183088465885
Seller: dontgiveupever
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Vintage-Court-Crossbody-Turnlock-Shoulder-Bag-9870/183088465885
Comments: I keep staring at the turnlock padding, but maybe it's ok???

Item: Vintage Coach Tan/Camel Color Leather Station Cross-body Handbag A9C-9927 (another misnamed...)
Listing Number: 122982213614
Seller: bruserbearbear
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Co...tion-Cross-body-Handbag-A9C-9927/122982213614
Comments: (I know it's not officially vintage.)

Thanks so much!

Both are authentic.

 

[Lori Pranger]

Very well said, even if a little late! Hee hee!

Talk about late ...me! Haha. I’m still learning my way around this site and how to find my answers without scrolling through everyone else’s questions [emoji12]I thank you both! Learning a lot on this forum.

Also, in the rules it asks for us to do a search to see if the bag we are inquiring about was already authenticated. How is this done, by bag I’d # in search bar?

 

[Bonneville872]

Yes it is. In the future, please post measurements as we request in the first post on Page 1 of this thread.

And I don't know what you used to Search for it, but you can't use the serial number to search for older bags. Anything made before 1994 will have unique non-searchable serial numbers.

Welcome to tPF!

Oops!! Sorry about leaving out the dimensions, and thank you for your help!

 

[whateve]

Talk about late ...me! Haha. I’m still learning my way around this site and how to find my answers without scrolling through everyone else’s questions [emoji12]I thank you both! Learning a lot on this forum.

Also, in the rules it asks for us to do a search to see if the bag we are inquiring about was already authenticated. How is this done, by bag I’d # in search bar?

That refers to a specific online listing. If you are asking about a bag that is listed on ebay or another selling site, do a search, in the search bar, to see if someone has already asked about it. Usually searching by the seller's name works, but the forum software doesn't always read special characters correctly. If a bag is in your possession or for sale privately, then you don't need to do the search. Don't make the mistake of thinking that another bag of the same style counts. Just because your bag has the same number as another doesn't mean it is the same bag, and doesn't mean it is authentic.

 

[JLP123]

Not a penny bag. There is a discussion about the origin of the name penny in the Vintage chat thread. It looks like a convertible clutch 9635. It is authentic.

Thank you again for your help!! I may be in over my head with the rehab for this bag, but for 50 cents, I can at least try.

 

[applebag_26]

Hello authenticators. . I’m hoping to be at the right place. I’m trying to see if my bag can get authenticated.

Item: Coach 57842 drawstring carryall Brown Black bag.
Seller: Overtock.com marketplace
Handle with 9" drop approximately 14.5" (L) x 9.5" (H) x 6.25" (W)


I don’t have the link but the website still has the listing so it could easily be looked for. I am adding as many pictures as I can. I have 30 days to return it if it’s a fake. Any other image needed please let me know. I appreciate your time.

 

[BeenBurned]

I think this is fake but just need to confirm before reporting.

Item coach Rogue
Link https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/162920732134
Seller: chaocheya-0
Comment: already has bids!

Please help report! I knew it looked familiar! I had reported one last September with the same orange leather pockets and though this seller doesn't give close ups of details I'm pretty sure it's fake!

Starting post #25019

https://forum.purseblog.com/index.php?threads/889527/

chaocheya-0 also listed that same fake twice (and it was removed twice) in January:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...oach-fakes-here.824098/page-323#post-31970819
and again 2 days later:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...oach-fakes-here.824098/page-323#post-31976351

ETA: And it's back for the 4th (or 5th) time:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/coach-rogue-handbag/162922508389?hash=item25eef03065:g:wGwAAOSwL1ZalkhO

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello authenticators. . I’m hoping to be at the right place. I’m trying to see if my bag can get authenticated.

Item: Coach 57842 drawstring carryall Brown Black bag.
Seller: Overtock.com marketplace
Handle with 9" drop approximately 14.5" (L) x 9.5" (H) x 6.25" (W)


I don’t have the link but the website still has the listing so it could easily be looked for. I am adding as many pictures as I can. I have 30 days to return it if it’s a fake. Any other image needed please let me know. I appreciate your time.

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If the pictures are the bag you've already received, it's fine.

But like other sites, Overstock has fakes too so it's a good idea to get items looked at.