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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Update: I’ve called ebay because now I feel played!!! The listing miraculously disappeared once I posted on here that I thought it was fake. Hopefully ebay will straighten this out because I doubt this seller will respond! Thank you ladies so much!
 
#33,842
BeenBurned said:
And the answers were similar to what you got.

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...post-for-format.889527/page-424#post-28621197
and
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...post-for-format.889527/page-424#post-28621573
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colorguardjames said:
Thanks for finding those posts, BeenBurned! I'm going to keep doing some digging on this bag - this is the first time I haven't been able to get a definitive answer regarding authenticity. Thank you all for your input, I really appreciate it!!
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whateve said:
I knew I had seen that before!
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I'm going out on a limb and saying that the two A6B-9016 Berkeley Convertible Backpacks, the one we looked at Saturday with the Outlet stamp and the one with the partial white "FS" stamp discussed back in May 2015 bought by "Thecollector629" are genuine.

Just speculating - Coach apparently made some early versions, either Pilot versions or samples, in January 1996 but the Berkeley line wasn't officially released until the Fall 1996 catalog, by which time they'd probably decided on a re-design of that style. The double strap-and-turnlock opening has to be awkward to get into and was possibly eliminated for that reason, along with a strap redesign.

Whateve's photos show a June 1996 production date for her official production version which means they had 4-5 months to make the necessary changes. Notice too that from the creed photo in Whateve's post here
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2248#post-32831651
they used an old and obviously worn creed stamp from the Sonoma line when production resumes after the redesign rather than make a new one. The serial number from the one we discussed back in 2015 has a few very small differences in the serial prefix, but the serial number stamp used in both Whateve's production version and colorguardjames's discontinued early version seem identical and made by the same stamping mechanism. Here are thumbnails of all 3 creeds:
9016_Quest A6B-9016 Berkeley-tan-e.jpg 9016_Quest A6B-9016 colorguardjames-e.jpg 9016_Quest A6B-9016 FINAL version-fall1996-b.jpg

Good job finding those old posts, BB and Colorguardjames! :tup:
 
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:doh:Does this one seem authentic? Based on the information I’ve read on a few posts it seems to me but CLEARLY I’m not sure:confused1::confused1::confused1:
 

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504Crystal said:
Update: I’ve called ebay because now I feel played!!! The listing miraculously disappeared once I posted on here that I thought it was fake. Hopefully ebay will straighten this out because I doubt this seller will respond! Thank you ladies so much!
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What did ebay tell you?

Tell them that the listing was removed as fake (presumably), seller isn't responding and you want a full refund.

If they aren't willing to issue the refund up front, tell them you want the seller to respond with a prepaid shipping label.

Sometimes once a listing has been removed, you aren't able to open a dispute so you might have to do so through Paypal. If that's the case, open a SNAD (not as described/counterfeit) dispute through PP.

I'm so sorry you are going through this.
 
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Thank you in advance.

Item:
2 Coach Vintage Black Leather Bags
Listing number:
Seller: Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/62579315
Comments: I emailed Goodwill and got them to send me photos of the creeds.

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#33,853
Hyacinth said:
I'm going out on a limb and saying that the two A6B-9016 Berkeley Convertible Backpacks, the one we looked at Saturday with the Outlet stamp and the one with the partial white "FS" stamp discussed back in May 2015 bought by "Thecollector629" are genuine.

Just speculating - Coach apparently made some early versions, either Pilot versions or samples, in January 1996 but the Berkeley line wasn't officially released until the Fall 1996 catalog, by which time they'd probably decided on a re-design of that style. The double strap-and-turnlock opening has to be awkward to get into and was possibly eliminated for that reason, along with a strap redesign.

Whateve's photos show a June 1996 production date for her official production version which means they had 4-5 months to make the necessary changes. Notice too that from the creed photo in Whateve's post here
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2248#post-32831651
they used an old and obviously worn creed stamp from the Sonoma line when production resumes after the redesign rather than make a new one. The serial number from the one we discussed back in 2015 has a few very small differences in the serial prefix, but the serial number stamp used in both Whateve's production version and colorguardjames's discontinued early version seem identical and made by the same stamping mechanism. Here are thumbnails of all 3 creeds:
View attachment 4307239 View attachment 4307240 View attachment 4307242

Good job finding those old posts, BB and Colorguardjames! :tup:
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Thank you so much, Hyacinth!
 
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