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!

 

[SEWDimples]

All are authentic.
1. style 92010
2. ??
3. style 93095
4. style 92334

Hi @BeenBurned. Thanks for your expertise and time. I'm on the hunt for older key chains, since I'm on a bag ban.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello Authenticators,

Item: COACH LEATHER KEYCHAIN
Listing number:
273360579592
Seller: ez-fashion
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-LEATHER-KEYCHAIN/273360579592?hash=item3fa58f6c08:g:o3gAAOSw23VbTaym&_sop=10&_pgn=3&_sacat=45237&_nkw=Coach+keychain&_from=R40&rt=nc


Item: Coach Keychain Handbag Charm Letters
Listing number: 332723030761
Seller: toysnthingsa2z
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Keychain-Handbag-Charm-Letters/332723030761?hash=item4d77d68ae9:g:wckAAOSw-FpbNhi1&_sop=10&_pgn=3&_sacat=45237&_nkw=Coach+keychain&_from=R40&rt=nc

Item: Coach Pink Bird Key Chain
Listing number: 113155441409
Seller: johnhardyauctions
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Pink-Bird-Key-Chain/113155441409?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Item: Coach Keychain Key Fob Glass Stone Keyfob 92334 Purple
Listing number: 192596245852
Seller: smileyg76
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Keychain-Key-Fob-Glass-Stone-Keyfob-92334-Purple/192596245852?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649



Comments: Please authenticate these Coach items. TIA.

All are authentic.
1. style 92010
2. ??
3. style 93095
4. style 92334

The second one is style 1836 Multi Enamel Coach Keyfob

 

[HesitantShopper]

Hello all

Taxi tote

Let me know if you require more /better pics

Thank you for your help, purchased from a private seller












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[lovethecoach]

Good morning! Authenticators, please let me know what you think of this bag.

Item: Vintage Coach City Bag
Listing number: 302809670839
Seller: colzee
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/302809670839?ul_noapp=true
Comments: Thank you in advance!

 

[Julia T.]

I looked on eBay and there's a few that look like yours but none are complete in providing all the details needed for Authentication.
I'm also not really sure they can authenticate for you as they aren't trained to do so. However, an outlet employee will be able to tell you if they did have Mercers made for outlet. I know they just work there and sell. How many of the employees actually look at all the details to be able to tell difference from authentic to Coach, I don't know.

i see... thought the SA is trained enough to know if the bag is fake or not, guess i'm wrong.. thank you again @houseof999. in the meantime i just have to believe that my bag is authentic until it proved to be fake

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello all

Taxi tote

Let me know if you require more /better pics

Thank you for your help, purchased from a private seller

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The bag in the pictures looks authentic.

 

[BeenBurned]

Good morning! Authenticators, please let me know what you think of this bag.

Item: Vintage Coach City Bag
Listing number: 302809670839
Seller: colzee
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/302809670839?ul_noapp=true
Comments: Thank you in advance!

Authentic.

 

[Hyacinth]

i see... thought the SA is trained enough to know if the bag is fake or not, guess i'm wrong.. thank you again @houseof999. in the meantime i just have to believe that my bag is authentic until it proved to be fake

Absolutely not there's no way they could be trained to recognise the small details that indicate a fake.

. And Coach says right on their website:
"Coach DOES NOT authenticate merchandise or determine whether serial numbers match actual Coach items. If you purchase an item from an authorized Coach retailer, you can be assured that the item is authentic."
https://www.coach.com/counterfeit-education.html

 

[Inje]

Hi everyone, I’m a newbie here
Pls help me
Few weeks ago i bought coach swagger 20 shoulder bag, the seller convinced me that the bag is authentic.
Buw noe i feel i got tricked.
Please help me, is this bag authentic or not

• Item: coach swagger 20 shoulder bag
  Listing number: F59493 DKDMH
  Seller: Personal shopper

 

[Soteria]

Is that bag as pretty a purple color as it looks? That's gorgeous!!

It actually looks burgundy. But I think the lighting shows it darker. But I LOVE it. I'm ordering my rehab materials when I get paid and hopefully will be able to dunk this one and my other one next week. I'm excited.

 

[Soteria]

I probably paid too much for this, but I have really been wanting a travel bag and they dont come up very often. I didnt have time to get it auth'ed before the auction ended because I was late to the game. Before I pay them, ease my fears and tell me I didnt make a mistake with a fake lol.

Seller - Goodwill
Item
Coach Black Leather Shoulder Travel Duffel

Link https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/55088710
Item # 55088710

Thank you!

 

[Soteria]

It looks fine. I don't think it was made in the early 60s, more like the late 60s, early 70s. The seller is in the US, not Canada.

I am fully expecting the price to rocket but I am hopeful
I saw that they were in the US after I looked closer. I was on Ebay.ca but it didnt limit it to just CA sellers. I have to filter it more. Thanks !!

 

[Hyacinth]

I probably paid too much for this, but I have really been wanting a travel bag and they dont come up very often. I didnt have time to get it auth'ed before the auction ended because I was late to the game. Before I pay them, ease my fears and tell me I didnt make a mistake with a fake lol.

Seller - Goodwill
Item
Coach Black Leather Shoulder Travel Duffel

Link https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/55088710
Item # 55088710


Thank you!

I believe it's OK. It's a Cabin Bag Medium from February 1996. The "L" after the style number could mean that it was one of the free Cabin Bags that was included with a Special Edition that Coach did for Lexus in Spring 1996.

Here's a thumbnail from the Spring 1996 catalog, it takes a few clicks to open completely:

 

[utopia4me2]

Mercari doesn't authenticate bags before you post. Some sites have the sellers ship bags over a certain dollar amount to them for authentication before continuing on to the buyer. It is usually over $500. Most Coach bags don't qualify.

Thank you for your reply

 

[utopia4me2]

Both seem ok but the second one needs a better photo of the creed patch and serial number. That's isially the single most important detail needed to authenticate a Coach.

And don't be taken in by any site's claims that they "authenticate" beforehand. Most DON'T, and a few may look up the style number to see if it matches the pictures of similar styles, but that's all. None of them that I've seen actually examines the details of the items like we do and compares them carefully to photos of genuine bags. And none of them seem to have experts who specialize in most highly-faked brands.

And many sites like Poshmark, Listia, Facebook, Etsy and others have NO experts who can tell real from fake, and a buyer who ends up with a fake from one of those sites can easily get stuck with it because they seldom if ever refund money spent on fake items. They avoid paying out because most of them demand that a fake be verified by the manufacturer, and designer manufacturers simply don't do that, they don't have time to waste on free authentication or enough qualified experts to handle the volume of requests they would be getting. Their mantra is "buy directly from us, the manufacturer's store or site if you want a genuine item, we're not responsible for non-authorized merchandise". And those selling sites or "venues" won't even remove a questionable item when an actual expert reveals detail by detail why it's fake. As much as it pains me to say it, Ebay is still one of the safest sites to buy from along with Bonanza (who actually REMOVES fakes when reported).

Thank you so much for all this information I truly appreciate it. I will place the pic with a better look at creed. Also, what if they state that they refurbished or cleaned it..can you do that?