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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.

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  • 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:
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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.
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BeenBurned said:
Wait for @houseof999 or someone else who has this bag to comment on it.

This is something we've said countless times. When making comparisons on how something is supposed to be (whether stitching, fonts or another detail), you need to compare apples to apples.

So your concern with the stitch size on the leather pieces supporting the feet may not be valid on this style. My comments were made for style number 22922 and may not apply to style 10976. (I checked the 2 completed listings as well as a Japanese listing for the style and they do seem to have stitching as shown on your bag.)
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I agree. I don't have this bag but I have compared pics to other sold NWT 10976 bags and I haven't found any discrepancies. All stiches, hardware, lining and patches look consistent with the others.

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Hyacinth said:
We still need to see a readable photo of the creed and serial number.
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Oops, sorry! Thought I uploaded the creed pic. I got it at a garage sale, so if it’s fake, I’ll be mildly scandalized by the granny who sold it to me! (Actually, I’ll feel bad for her, since she’ll have been the original victim!)
 

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Hi awesome Authenticators,
I bought this Coach purse at a thrift shop. It is in mint condition, and so I quickly put it up for sale online on several places. Not one bit of interest. Im beginning to think it may not be genuine, so would you please authenticate this for me!

Item: Coach Soho Legacy Brown pebbled leather with goldtone clasp
Link: No link, purchased from local thrift shop
 

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LaPaloma55 said:
Hi awesome Authenticators,
I bought this Coach purse at a thrift shop. It is in mint condition, and so I quickly put it up for sale online on several places. Not one bit of interest. Im beginning to think it may not be genuine, so would you please authenticate this for me!

Item: Coach Soho Legacy Brown pebbled leather with goldtone clasp
Link: No link, purchased from local thrift shop
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It's an authentic Soho legacy flap bag from 2011.

Lack of interest doesn't necessarily equate to a perception of fake but has more to do with the number of similar items, traffic on the site, price, pictures and the right buyer seeing and "needing" it.

But in the future, if you aren't 100% sure of authenticity, verify first that it's legal to list, i.e., that it's authentic. The law (and various sites' policies) requires that sellers KNOW items are authentic before listing them.

ETA: I suspect it's your shipping charge that is the turnoff for buyers. The starting price of the auction (IMO) is reasonable but the shipping is exorbitant. (I'm on the east coast and seeing $20.80 for shipping. California buyers would pay $25.25! Yikes!)

You can ship that bag by priority mail for under $10. I bet there'd be a lot more interest.


ETA again: This is weird! I went back to the listing and now I'm seeing $8 shipping. I have no idea what's going on! Glitchy ebay?

NEVER MIND!! I was looking at the listing that ended on June 2. It looks like the 2 relists have reasonable shipping.
 
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I’m getting smarter, y’all! Thought I’d check for authenticity first, for a change, haha! Obviously (what I so kindly learned from Hyacinth — you can’t go by the sellers “title”!!) And does that 7look weird or is it just me? And where are the pics of the front of the bag?
If authentic, approximate date and correct bag name please. Seller Southernroute136
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-USA-CO...-Leather-Satchel-Hand-Bag-Purse-/401554417543
 
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Texas KP said:
I’m getting smarter, y’all! Thought I’d check for authenticity first, for a change, haha! Obviously (what I so kindly learned from Hyacinth — you can’t go by the sellers “title”!!) And does that 7look weird or is it just me? And where are the pics of the front of the bag?
If authentic, approximate date and correct bag name please. Seller Southernroute136
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-USA-CO...-Leather-Satchel-Hand-Bag-Purse-/401554417543
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That bag is authentic.

The serial numbers were stamped with a machine that they'd turn each of the dials to a number. They weren't always perfectly aligned.

This is along the lines of the types of stampers they used so you can see how if the numbers aren't perfectly aligned, you get the over and understamps of the numbers above or below as well as a crooked stamp.
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BeenBurned said:
That bag is authentic.

The serial numbers were stamped with a machine that they'd turn each of the dials to a number. They weren't always perfectly aligned.

This is along the lines of the types of stampers they used so you can see how if the numbers aren't perfectly aligned, you get the over and understamps of the numbers above or below as well as a crooked stamp.
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Thank you so much! I’ve Never seen those stampers...makes sense now!
 
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