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Quest2know said:
I'm hoping someone can help me and let me know if this purse is authentic or not. I've searched the internet including this site as thoroughly as I feel I can for last several days but couldn't find anything. I feel that since I've not found info on this particular bag then it's probably a fake. I've loved Coach for a long time but rarely get to buy unless secondhand and I don't know enough(but recently been learning) to authenticate so I don't usually buy. The purse in question I had difficulty trying to get a link so I have screen shots of all pics. View attachment 3996232View attachment 3996233View attachment 3996234View attachment 3996235View attachment 3996236View attachment 3996237View attachment 3996238View attachment 3996239View attachment 3996232 View attachment 3996233View attachment 3996234View attachment 3996235View attachment 3996236View attachment 3996237View attachment 3996238View attachment 3996239
Item name Kristin jacquard op-art. I appreciate any help. Crossing fingers to hear something soon just in case it's real. I'm dying for a Kristin
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It's authentic and the style is Kristin op art large (something). I'm not sure whether the name was "satchel" but that's one name I found. Anohter called it a shoulder bag.
 
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Quest2know said:
I'm hoping someone can help me and let me know if this purse is authentic or not. I've searched the internet including this site as thoroughly as I feel I can for last several days but couldn't find anything. I feel that since I've not found info on this particular bag then it's probably a fake. I've loved Coach for a long time but rarely get to buy unless secondhand and I don't know enough(but recently been learning) to authenticate so I don't usually buy. The purse in question I had difficulty trying to get a link so I have screen shots of all pics.
Item name Kristin jacquard op-art. I appreciate any help. Crossing fingers to hear something soon just in case it's real. I'm dying for a Kristin
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Just because you can't find something on line doesn't mean it's fake. A lot depends on where and HOW you're searching. And just because you CAN find a similar style someplace online doesn't mean it OR the one you're asking about is genuine. It's the details of the bag itself that prove whether or not it's authentic.

I don't have the exact name, probably something like Kristin Op Art Convertible Satchel, and it looks completely genuine, made in 2009.

ETA - GMTA!

It's probably one of the Op Art Sateen Satchels from this May 2010 Wayback page, unfortunately the links to the individual pages aren't working.
http://web.archive.org/web/20100519...806-en?t1Id=62&t2Id=38806&tier=2&icid=sitemap
 
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2cello said:
I researched this but could not find a definitive answer. I have seen a few coach bags (in the Madison era as I am looking for a Madison gathered leather bag) that have a serial number starting with M. So M1182 16282, for example. I did read something in an authentication post that a serial number would never start with the letters N through Z - but M is the 13th letter. I swear I counted a dozen times and it is the 13th letter, right? So it is not January through December. Does anyone what the M represents?
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Read the six Salearea Coach Guides posted at Ebay, especially the ones on creeds and serial numbers:
http://www.ebay.com/gsr/i.html?uid="salearea"&rmvSB=true
 
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tealocean said:
Hi! Can you tell me if this is authentic? When I search the # I don't find the bag other than on ebay. Thank you!

Coach Metro Tote
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-L-Teal-Blue-Leather-Metro-Shoulder-Carryall-Business-Tote-Bag-133/302660409154?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
Ebay
Seller MKayTreats
Tag inside pocket:
No.G1523
F37198E
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I'm not sure where else you would expect to find it?

The style is from mid- to late 2015 and hasn't been on the Coach website for a while. It may have even been made exclusively for one of Coach's retail partners like Macy's, Dillard's, etc since the style number given in the listing ends with the letter "E". We would still need better pics to be sure it's genuine but the odds are that it's authentic. AND the F at the start of the serial number indicates a style made for the Factory Stores so it's hard to figure out WHO it was actually made for.
 
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Hello can you help authenticate these bag? They both need a lot on TLC but hopefully they can be revived.

D23-9847
Coach Legacy Shoulder Bag
8x14x6.5

Willis Bag
C6L-9927
10x10x3
 

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#27,821
Hyacinth said:
I'm not sure where else you would expect to find it?

The style is from mid- to late 2015 and hasn't been on the Coach website for a while. It may have even been made exclusively for one of Coach's retail partners like Macy's, Dillard's, etc since the style number given in the listing ends with the letter "E". We would still need better pics to be sure it's genuine but the odds are that it's authentic. AND the F at the start of the serial number indicates a style made for the Factory Stores so it's hard to figure out WHO it was actually made for.
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Thank you! I added pictures above. Do these help? I'm new to Coach and especially second hand Coach have no idea what I'm doing. I'm trying to learn. :) I wouldn't dare try to get them if it weren't for all of you here and your help. Thank you a million times!
 
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tealocean said:
Thank you, BeenBurned! Here are pictures. It is normal for the creed not to mention leather if the bag is leather? View attachment 3996547 View attachment 3996548 View attachment 3996551 View attachment 3996553 View attachment 3996554 View attachment 3996556 View attachment 3996557 View attachment 3996558
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Authentic crossgrain leather metro tote from 2015. It was a MFF (for the factory stores) item although it may also have been in some of the discount stores (Nordies Rack and the like).
 
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