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!

 

[picklejuice]

Could I get your opinion on this bag?

Item: Black Coach City Willis Station Mini Brief Shoulder Handbag #L9C-9153
Listing number: 132991181227
Seller: Pegon612
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/EUC-Black-...ation-Crossbody-Handbag-9153-USA/132991181227
Comments: I bought the camel (tan?)/nickel one that you authenticated a couple days ago (thanks again!). I had originally been eyeing another black/nickel one, but the one listed was out of my price range. Now I've run across this black/nickel one and, well...you know...

 

[Hyacinth]

Could I get your opinion on this bag?

Item: Black Coach City Willis Station Mini Brief Shoulder Handbag #L9C-9153
Listing number: 132991181227
Seller: Pegon612
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/EUC-Black-...ation-Crossbody-Handbag-9153-USA/132991181227
Comments: I bought the camel (tan?)/nickel one that you authenticated a couple days ago (thanks again!). I had originally been eyeing another black/nickel one, but the one listed was out of my price range. Now I've run across this black/nickel one and, well...you know...

It's genuine.

 

[picklejuice]

It's genuine.

Thank you!!

 

[holiday123]

Item: Vintage COACH bag. Small crossbody travel bag. Black leather.
eBay item number: 254161230804
Seller: 4southerngirls2
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-COACH-bag-Small-crossbody-travel-bag-Black-leather/254161230804
Comments: do I need to request more pictures to authenticate?

 

[BeenBurned]

Item: Vintage COACH bag. Small crossbody travel bag. Black leather.
eBay item number: 254161230804
Seller: 4southerngirls2
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-COACH-bag-Small-crossbody-travel-bag-Black-leather/254161230804
Comments: do I need to request more pictures to authenticate?

It looks good from 1999. It's been described as a passport hipster. I don't know whether that's the official name.

 

[holiday123]

It looks good from 1999. It's been described as a passport hipster. I don't know whether that's the official name.

Thank you!

 

[mzarzano]

Please authenticate:

Item: 352617042999
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Co...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
Seller: goodwill_industries_of_san_francisco

I reached out for a better picture and to determine the first three digits but they won't be responding until after the 18th. I am really in love with this bag but only if it's authentic.

Also, there's no hang tag, nor can I see where one would go.

 

[Abirdloverr]

Hello, first post here!
I purchased a Coach Willis bag from a thrift store and wanted to authenticate it.

Item: Coach Willis A5C-9927

 

[BeenBurned]

Please authenticate:

Item: 352617042999
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-9029-Ergo-Brown-Leather-Flap-Shoulder-Bag-Purse/352617042999?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
Seller: goodwill_industries_of_san_francisco

I reached out for a better picture and to determine the first three digits but they won't be responding until after the 18th. I am really in love with this bag but only if it's authentic.

Also, there's no hang tag, nor can I see where one would go.

It looks good.

The hangtag would go around the strap as in this picture. (Different style bag but same idea.)

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello, first post here!
I purchased a Coach Willis bag from a thrift store and wanted to authenticate it.

Item: Coach Willis A5C-9927

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Authentic.

 

[mzarzano]

It looks good.

The hangtag would go around the strap as in this picture. (Different style bag but same idea.)
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OK I see now I just gotta see if I can find a replacement hang tag... I just don't understand how people let these things go. SMH

 

[ALOHAALOHA]

Hi. I am posting to ask this group to authenticate a Coach Edie 42 in Beechwood, purchased from Ebay. Here is a link: http://tinyurl.com/yxtfgjv3 Thanks in advance for any help. View attachment 4375037 View attachment 4375040

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi. I am posting to ask this group to authenticate a Coach Edie 42 in Beechwood, purchased from Ebay. Thanks in advance for any help. View attachment 4375005 View attachment 4375037 View attachment 4375038 View attachment 4375039 View attachment 4375040 View attachment 4375041 View attachment 4375042 Here is a link: http://tinyurl.com/yxtfgjv3

Seller treschic2k
Had you come here prior to purchasing, I would have recommended against a seller who steals most of her pictures from the designers' websites.

While I get that she wants to keep her item(s) packaged and in new condition, buyers (and authenticators) need to be able to look at the listings to first verify that the seller has the actual item in her possession and second, that the items are authentic.

Newer styles (in the last 5 or so years) have been closely faked and there are tiny details that prove and disprove authenticity and in showing minimal pictures of the actual items, it's impossible to judge them from the pictures in the listing.

Assuming that the pictures you've posted are the item you received, I believe the bag looks good.

 

[mzarzano]

I have a general question... I'm a newbie to the vintage pieces and I get the three digits that includes a letter, then a number and then a letter (month, year and place); but I'm seeing some that have 3 numbers instead... is that legit creed digits?

 

[Catbird9]

I have a general question... I'm a newbie to the vintage pieces and I get the three digits that includes a letter, then a number and then a letter (month, year and place); but I'm seeing some that have 3 numbers instead... is that legit creed digits?

Serial numbers are a complicated subject.
Please read the detailed guides written by @Hyacinth that are posted on the SaleArea guides thread. This one discusses serial numbers:
SaleArea guides