Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

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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!
 
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utopia4me2 said:
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?
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If a seller says an item has been refurbished or cleaned, I would ask what they used on it. Some sellers use products that make the item worse, not better. I wouldn't want to buy a bag that had been treated with shoe polish. It is nearly impossible to get off.
 
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valv54 said:
Just making sure, kinda bought it thinking its fine because its older. Then I read in the salearea, coach bags were faked for a long time, so I got to thinking. Plus I never really saw this style before. Late night shopping at its finest.
Vintage brown leather coach bag
seller: ninetyninepointninepercent
measurments: 10 x 10 x 3.5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-COACH-mocha-Brown-Leather-zipper-Shoulder-Bag-USA/132709393172?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
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It's authentic.
 
#30,489
whateve said:
If a seller says an item has been refurbished or cleaned, I would ask what they used on it. Some sellers use products that make the item worse, not better. I wouldn't want to buy a bag that had been treated with shoe polish. It is nearly impossible to get off.
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Thats a great idea. I wonder why I didn't think of that..lol.
Hyacinth said:
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).
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This is a better picture of the creed
 

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valv54 said:
Just making sure, kinda bought it thinking its fine because its older. Then I read in the salearea, coach bags were faked for a long time, so I got to thinking. Plus I never really saw this style before. Late night shopping at its finest.
Vintage brown leather coach bag
seller: ninetyninepointninepercent
measurments: 10 x 10 x 3.5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-COACH-mocha-Brown-Leather-zipper-Shoulder-Bag-USA/132709393172?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
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It's a genuine Gallery Bag, style 4028 from the Lightweight Collection and made in or around 1992.
 
#30,492
Hello, I recently found,aat an estate sale, what appears to be a Coach Taft Bag. It looks Authentic It's great quality but the style # is wrong. #J4C-9951. Since it's a 1994 bag is there a possibility the stamps could have gotten mixed up? I know it sounds pretty far fetched to me too.. Lol. Pics attached 20180714_121515.jpg 20180714_121515.jpg 20180719_162934.jpg
 

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#30,493
Hi, would love help authenticating these two bags
Item: “Bonnie Cashin British Tan Coach Bag”
Listing number: (? Don’t see this on etsy)
Seller: boxofhollyhocks
Link: https://etsy.me/2uA3DCM
Comments: No. is glued in but looks very new, pic on Etsy listing

And
Item: “Brown Coach Courier Bag”
Listing number: (? Don’t see this on etsy)
Seller: boxofhollyhocks
Link: https://etsy.me/2uxIAAK

If anyone can point me towards advice on evaluating and authenticating older bags, I’d be very grateful. I’m new here. TIA!
 
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