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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jencismii said:
Hi all, can anyone verify if this one is real? Coach Poppy, serial K1069-16339.
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Hyacinth said:
PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN POST NUMBER ONE OF THIS THREAD. And please be sure to provide all the information and photos that we've listed and require for authentication.

Thank you.
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jencismii said:
I'm sorry I did reread the rules and I'm not sure what I did wrong? I own it so I don't have any links?
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That's fine. In the Coach subforum, we will authenticate items you have in your possession. We just like to know because if an item is listed somewhere, we want to verify that pictures are the seller's own, the seller's history, etc.

The bag is fine.
 
#31,997
whateve said:
I agree, it's fake. At that date of manufacture, it should also have the old creed format, with the place at the bottom.
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Lake Effect said:
Thanks, I emailed the seller and attached the link with your reply.
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I emailed GW Ind of Central Texas before I went to work. They emaied back earlier in the day with a *thank you*. The listing is still up, with an hour yet to go. I listed this in HoS.
 
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Lake Effect said:
I emailed GW Ind of Central Texas before I went to work. They emaied back earlier in the day with a *thank you*. The listing is still up, with an hour yet to go. I listed this in HoS.
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Do you have an actual email address or do you contact them through the listing. (I can't contact through the website them without opening an account and I don't want to do that.)
 
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Lake Effect said:
I emailed GW Ind of Central Texas before I went to work. They emaied back earlier in the day with a *thank you*. The listing is still up, with an hour yet to go. I listed this in HoS.
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BeenBurned said:
Do you have an actual email address or do you contact them through the listing. (I can't contact through the website them without opening an account and I don't want to do that.)
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Lake Effect said:
Through the listing. Which they replied to.
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It's a pet peeve of mine that I can't contact them without giving my full name, full address, and home phone number! They don't need that from every person who has a question or browses a site!
 
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Lake Effect said:
I could not agree with this post more! I have been indulging my self in great leather bags I could not have afforded 20 years ago. And I have been gifting them as well. When I chat about vintage Coach at retail stores with SAs, they always ask , how do I know I am not buying a fake? And then I tell them about this thread and the women who make it happen.
A sincere thanks from me as well :flowers:. And what am I doing this afternoon that I have off? Dunking a vintage and vintage next year bag! :biggrin:
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I’ve managed to buy vintage Coach, D&B n LV bags through the help of our authenticators on TPF too. I just can’t say enough how grateful I feel to be part of TPF membership.

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Hello there wondeful ladies...can you please confirm for me that this is a fake before I take to it with scissers and a marker pen. I want to use it to carry firewood next winter...its lined..tough and has a light coloured lining. It will be easy for my mum to carry.20180925_144923.jpg 20180925_144945.jpg 20180925_145009.jpg 20180925_145030.jpg
 
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casseyelsie said:
I’ve managed to buy vintage Coach, D&B n LV bags through the help of our authenticators on TPF too. I just can’t say enough how grateful I feel to be part of TPF membership.

AUTHENTICATORS on TPF...LOVE & THANKS to all of U [emoji173]️[emoji173]️[emoji173]️
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Thank you for the kind words.
 
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BeenBurned said:
Is there an interior zippered pocket behind that snap-in pouch? Also, turn the pouch inside out; it might be in there.

From what I'm seeing, I don't think it's fake.

Compare: https://www.ebay.com/itm/NWT-Coach-...:hEIAAOSwP79bX5Td:sc:USPSPriority!02452!US!-1

EDITED TO ADD: It's definitely style 77405 and is authentic.
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Wow...did not think that...found at Salvation army for NZ$5....
Thank you so much...I would have cut it up if it had been a fake...its not often you find them in my home town.

There is no creed in the pouch. Do some not come with a creed?
There is also no zipper compartment behind the pouch.
 
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Narnanz said:
Wow...did not think that...found at Salvation army for NZ$5....
Thank you so much...I would have cut it up if it had been a fake...its not often you find them in my home town.

There is no creed in the pouch. Do some not come with a creed?
There is also no zipper compartment behind the pouch.
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No, apparently that item doesn't have a creed and doesn't seem to have a white label with serial/production numbers that Coach used for a while instead of serial numbers on creeds.

With Coach, there are very few constants. Just about every "rule" has exceptions. (The one rule we've never seen exceptions to is the "made in Korea" bag rule. Some clothing and accessories (scarves, etc.) have been made in Korea but they've never made bags there.)

If you do a search of the style number on ebay, you'll see a bunch of them in both current and completed listings.
 
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BeenBurned said:
No, apparently that item doesn't have a creed and doesn't seem to have a white label with serial/production numbers that Coach used for a while instead of serial numbers on creeds.

With Coach, there are very few constants. Just about every "rule" has exceptions. (The one rule we've never seen exceptions to is the "made in Korea" bag rule. Some clothing and accessories (scarves, etc.) have been made in Korea but they've never made bags there.)

If you do a search of the style number on ebay, you'll see a bunch of them in both current and completed listings.
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You are so wonderful...I am learning so much from joining this great forum.
Thank you again...its just made my day.
 
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