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!

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello Authenticators,

Item: Vintage Coach Legacy Brown Leather Crossbody Saddle Bag Purse Handbag #9988
Listing number: 597698077
Seller: VarietyVintageUS
Link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/597698077/vintage-coach-legacy-brown-leather

Comments: Please authenticate this Coach bag. TIA.

The creed has slight differences from those in my files. I don't feel comfortable with it.

FWIW, I see the differences in the creed that VarietyVintageUS's bag has vs. every other 1996 creed from the B plant.

@SEWDimples - if you're in communication with the seller, you might refer her here.

 

[Hyacinth]

FWIW, I see the differences in the creed that VarietyVintageUS's bag has vs. every other 1996 creed from the B plant.

@SEWDimples - if you're in communication with the seller, you might refer her here.

I agree.

I'm posting a genuine 1996 B-plant creed from a style 9014 from just a few months before the date code in the fake. The second red creed is one that I saved on May 5, 2017 with the same incorrect details, the third is the tan bag under discussion (note the differences not just in the "No" but also in the fonts of the creeds and of the Coach logos) followed by pics of the front flap stitching and the end of the inside pocket zip of the questionable tan bag.

 

[DinaP]

Please help me ID and authenticate this bag I bought from a thrift store, I have no idea of what style it is or if if it’s authentic. This bag measures roughly 9.5” wide, 6” high and 2” deep.

 

[SEWDimples]

FWIW, I see the differences in the creed that VarietyVintageUS's bag has vs. every other 1996 creed from the B plant.

@SEWDimples - if you're in communication with the seller, you might refer her here.

I agree.

I'm posting a genuine 1996 B-plant creed from a style 9014 from just a few months before the date code in the fake. The second red creed is one that I saved on May 5, 2017 with the same incorrect details, the third is the tan bag under discussion (note the differences not just in the "No" but also in the fonts of the creeds and of the Coach logos) followed by pics of the front flap stitching and the end of the inside pocket zip of the questionable tan bag.

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Thanks @BeenBurned and @Hyacinth. I appreciate your feedback. I never contacted the seller, I just liked the bag because the color looks so amazing, but I try to get my bags authenticated before I buy them.

 

[Hyacinth]

Please help me ID and authenticate this bag I bought from a thrift store, I have no idea of what style it is or if if it’s authentic.

Please read Post number One in this thread - we need the measurements of the bag and in this case we need photos of both the back, and of the front of the bag with the flap open so we can see if there are any other pockets. It would also help to see a photo of one of the sides of the bag so we can see how the strap is attached. There's no way to identify the bag without those details.

 

[BeenBurned]

Thanks @BeenBurned and @Hyacinth. I appreciate your feedback. I never contacted the seller, I just liked the bag because the color looks so amazing, but I try to get my bags authenticated before I buy them.

I think someone did contact the seller. Let's see if she does the right thing.

 

[Lori Pranger]

Coach Hippie Hobo?
Site: Poshmark
Seller: Fotonina
Link: https://bnc.lt/focc/AZkyNwEDlL
Good evening, Authenticators! Please help me authenticate this bag, and provide the correct name if you would be so kind! Many thanks!
I’m attaching a better picture of Creed, as original not so readable.View attachment 4004095

 

[DinaP]

Please read Post number One in this thread - we need the measurements of the bag and in this case we need photos of both the back, and of the front of the bag with the flap open so we can see if there are any other pockets. It would also help to see a photo of one of the sides of the bag so we can see how the strap is attached. There's no way to identify the bag without those details.

I’m sorry, I just updated the post

 

[BeenBurned]

Coach Hippie Hobo?
Site: Poshmark
Seller: Fotonina
Link: https://bnc.lt/focc/AZkyNwEDlL
Good evening, Authenticators! Please help me authenticate this bag, and provide the correct name if you would be so kind! Many thanks!
I’m attaching a better picture of Creed, as original not so readable.View attachment 4004095

I can't open the creed pic.

 

[Hyacinth]

Please help me ID and authenticate this bag I bought from a thrift store, I have no idea of what style it is or if if it’s authentic. This bag measures roughly 9.5” wide, 6” high and 2” deep.

Thanks!

It's a genuine Pocket Purse, style 9755 and made in the early 1990s. Here's Coach's pics from 1987:

 

[DinaP]

Thanks!

It's a genuine Pocket Purse, style 9755 and made in the early 1990s. Here's Coach's pics from 1987:

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Awesome!! Now I feel better for paying $5 for it!!! But let me ask you about the code, I read it was supposed to be xxx-xxxx but this one is xxxx-xxx.

 

[Lori Pranger]

I can't open the creed pic.
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Huh, not sure why photo comes up locked- trying again

 

[Hyacinth]

Awesome!! Now I feel better for paying $5 for it!!! But let me ask you about the code, I read it was supposed to be xxx-xxxx but this one is xxxx-xxx.

What you read about the codes is only partly correct, the serial number format has had major changes at least half a dozen times in Coach's history. Please be sure the information you're using is accurate and complete.

It's VERY important that you read and SAVE the six Salearea Coach guides posted here because Ebay is removing all these Guides permanently. The removal has already started and these could disappear at any time. Save all six Coach guides and then read the two on Creeds and on Serial Numbers. They will explain Coach's serial number formatting in detail.
http://www.ebay.com/gsr/i.html?uid="salearea"&rmvSB=true

 

[surfdance]

Hello! I have to admit to lurking for some time now as the info you guys provide is fantastic and has helped me massively! I took a risk recently purchasing a bag online with limited photos (I know....) that I would greatly appreciate some advice on before I start rehabbing (I'm still within the return date if I need to). I've included the photos from the website which I think are a fair representation as well as a couple taken by myself now that I am in possession of the bag. Happy to take more photos if it would help. Measurements: 10in x 8in x 4in.

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello! I have to admit to lurking for some time now as the info you guys provide is fantastic and has helped me massively! I took a risk recently purchasing a bag online with limited photos (I know....) that I would greatly appreciate some advice on before I start rehabbing (I'm still within the return date if I need to). I've included the photos from the website which I think are a fair representation as well as a couple taken by myself now that I am in possession of the bag. Happy to take more photos if it would help. Measurements: 10in x 8in x 4in.
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It's authentic.

ETA: And welcome!