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:
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  Listing number:
  Seller and site where listed
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• FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
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  Where purchased or how obtained
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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!

 

[Chorns15]

Sorry if I posted this in the wrong area again but i'm not great at technology.

I was hoping to find out if I have an authentic coach bag.

Large Market Tote In Polished Pebble Leather Light Gold/Black/True Red (2017)
Style Number 58737
- 13 1/4" (L) x 11 1/2" (H) x 6 1/2" (W)
-Zipper has YKK on the front of it (please see pic)
-Coach gold buttons on straps have "coach" around it

 

[catthecurious]

Could you please confirm authenticity of this $350 clutch from Italy... or not:

https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-clutch-exclusive-from-Italy-53d53db83a3efc5cfd196d34

Seller: annieschall

 

[zooba]

Part 2 of fundraiser authentication. Last 2 bags were big ole fakes. any help is greatly appreciated

Vintage Legacy Hobo 9997 8 1/4 x 8" long x 3" deep
strap drop 22"

Thank you

 

[BeenBurned]

Could you please confirm authenticity of this $350 clutch from Italy... or not:

https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-clutch-exclusive-from-Italy-53d53db83a3efc5cfd196d34

Seller: annieschall

Fake

 

[catthecurious]

Fake

Thanks, BeenBurned! It was obvious, but didn't want to say that until someone confirms... A rare occasion when counterfeiters are ballsy enough to put an Italian made tag on such a PoS! Posting to the HoS...

 

[AstroLiz]

Your theory is wrong.

I have no doubt that the jacket is fake as are the patches and most of the Nasa items I've studied online.

As for the seller of your FAKE jacket, I also found 38 other IDs from the same scamming ring.

So you know, there's no such thing as "seconds from a chinese factory." That's a BS explanation given by counterfeiters as to how they "source" their items.

If you're happy with the jacket, that's great.

Without preaching, I recommend you do a bit of research on the counterfeit industry, the working conditions, how the money is used and see if you still feel comfortable.

A good place to start that will require little effort is to watch a youtube video with Dana Thomas who wrote Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Luster. (On a personal note, I literally got sick after reading parts of her book.)
Dana Thomas: "Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster" | Talks at Google ...

ETA: And because this is on my mind, I'll post it. While I'm sorry for spending a ton of time trying to help someone who still decided to buy a fake from a scammer (or rather, a group of scammers), the hours it took me to put together my list of related IDs will have been worth it if the seller @AstroLiz bought from as well as the other fraudulent sellers are banned from ebay.

I'm sorry you think you wasted your time. That was not my intention. I took a risk and bought an item on eBay last month. I was ready to live with the consequences of that risk. I later stumbled upon this thread to find out if my suspicions were correct. my suspicions were confirmed.

I want to clarify that my theory was my own and the seller did not tell me they were seconds or anything of the kind. It is my own speculation about whether the item is deliberately copied in a different factory or just items stolen from the factory where these jackets are made. (I do wonder if they can accurately reproduce the item what stops them from just accurately reproducing the creed) There is no way of truly knowing so the point is moot. I'm not claiming one crime is worse or better than another.

To the other user @Hyacinth I have no intention of reselling an item whose origin I don't know so your lecture is really unnecessary.

Thanks for the book and video recommendation. I'll check it out. I've read Overdressed: The high cost of cheap fashion and it seems that the entire industry has problems even when things are technically legal.

 

[whateve]

Thanks, BeenBurned! It was obvious, but didn't want to say that until someone confirms... A rare occasion when counterfeiters are ballsy enough to put an Italian made tag on such a PoS! Posting to the HoS...

Those Italy price tags are always on fakes. Coach never made a price tag like that. The font and logo are wrong, and they never made a tag that color.

 

[BeenBurned]

Could you please confirm authenticity of this $350 clutch from Italy... or not:

https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-clutch-exclusive-from-Italy-53d53db83a3efc5cfd196d34

Seller: annieschall

Fake

Thanks, BeenBurned! It was obvious, but didn't want to say that until someone confirms... A rare occasion when counterfeiters are ballsy enough to put an Italian made tag on such a PoS! Posting to the HoS...

Unless the seller, Annie @annieschall is honest and ends her own listing, don't expect Poshmark to do anything.

 

[catthecurious]

Those Italy price tags are always on fakes. Coach never made a price tag like that. The font and logo are wrong, and they never made a tag that color.

I agree, but the price also threw me off a bit, honestly! Someone who puts a $350 price tag on their item normally would be either a 100% sure it's authentic, or just has no shame...

 

[OhHelloDoll]

Hello, this item is in my possession. Can someone please authenticate?

Item Name: compact pouch
Dimensions: 7" x 7.5" x approx 2"

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello, this item is in my possession. Can someone please authenticate?

Item Name: compact pouch
Dimensions: 7" x 7.5" x approx 2"
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It's a genuine Compact Pouch style 9620 made in the late 1980s

 

[Hyacinth]

Part 2 of fundraiser authentication. Last 2 bags were big ole fakes. any help is greatly appreciated

Vintage Legacy Hobo 9997 8 1/4 x 8" long x 3" deep
strap drop 22"

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This one's genuine, made in 1998

 

[OhHelloDoll]

It's a genuine Compact Pouch style 9620 made in the late 1980s

Thank you so much! Now I can clean her up some!

 

[Hyacinth]

Item: Hamilton 11086 Carryall in British Tan
Bought this used Hamptons 11086 bag on Poshmark. Everything *seems* to look right, except for one thing that has me questioning things...when the bag arrived it had a Coach brochure in it...printed in CHINESE. Now, I know the Hamilton line (or at least some of it) was made in China, but didn't know of the brochure meant this was a fake?

It looks fine to me.

The brochues I've seen are usually multilingual but something that may have been put into a bag from the wrong stack at the end of the production line OR by a previous owner or seller doesn't prove anything

 

[jbrookechao]

It looks fine to me.

The brochues I've seen are usually multilingual but something that may have been put into a bag from the wrong stack at the end of the production line OR by a previous owner or seller doesn't prove anything

Thank you!!