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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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Hello again very helpful authenticators pls. help me authenticate these items below and also if you have more time also tell me what do you think of each item...Thank you
1) Classic vtg coach shoulder bag
Seller: ndomerech
https://posh.mk/Y85jjwlTaX
2)vtg coach leather saddle/ shoulder bag
Seller: auburnsuzette
https://posh.mk/AvHJfcHTaX
3) 1970 coach black leather convertible money bag
Seller: erivergirl
https://posh.mk/m9aJEstA2W
4) vtg coach 9966 black leather janice crossbody
Seller: azgirl_84
https://posh.mk/5NqEMPvUaX
5) vtg coach bonnie cashin gloved tan leather shoulder bag pre creed
Seller: lotsoffun59 (561)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/223530174828
6) vtg 60-70s dark orange NYC made cashin hobo shoulder bag
Seller: vintagelovelove 88(5456)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/283500595093
7)coach bag brown leather bixby drawstring bucket bag no. J5D 9984
Seller: jw132860 (286)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/223533426472

8) coach vtg 9085 red xlarge bucket duffle feed bag
Seller: hunt786 (2104)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/254244313611
 
#37,697
BeenBurned said:
Please don't think you have to eat the loss! The fact that PM doesn't remove fakes is irrelevant. Even their policy disallows the sale of fakes (as does the law) and the seller,
msfiah007 never should have listed it.

IMO, even the $6.79 shipping cost is more than it's worth.
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You're right. I did contact them. I'm waiting to see if I ever hear from them. I'm not going to let this die.
 
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#37,700
Hyacinth said:
If you could explain why you thought it was fake, we might be able to tell you why it's not so you don't make the same mistake again.
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Because it looked kind of ruined. Some strings were coming out and stuff like that.
Plus, and this is going to sound stupid, but I thought Coach only made Leather handbags. Not cloth.
So...yeah. That is why I thought it was fake. Sorry!
 
#37,701
Mishelundersun said:
Hello again very helpful authenticators pls. help me authenticate these items below and also if you have more time also tell me what do you think of each item...Thank you
1) Classic vtg coach shoulder bag
Seller: ndomerech
https://posh.mk/Y85jjwlTaX
2)vtg coach leather saddle/ shoulder bag
Seller: auburnsuzette
https://posh.mk/AvHJfcHTaX
3) 1970 coach black leather convertible money bag
Seller: erivergirl
https://posh.mk/m9aJEstA2W
4) vtg coach 9966 black leather janice crossbody
Seller: azgirl_84
https://posh.mk/5NqEMPvUaX
5) vtg coach bonnie cashin gloved tan leather shoulder bag pre creed
Seller: lotsoffun59 (561)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/223530174828
6) vtg 60-70s dark orange NYC made cashin hobo shoulder bag
Seller: vintagelovelove 88(5456)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/283500595093
7)coach bag brown leather bixby drawstring bucket bag no. J5D 9984
Seller: jw132860 (286)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/223533426472

8) coach vtg 9085 red xlarge bucket duffle feed bag
Seller: hunt786 (2104)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/254244313611
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We've mentioned before that we request posters limit authentication requests to no more than 4 or 5 per post.
 
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#37,707
Hello sorry about my recent posting...i just got excited and posted a lot
Please help me authenticate these things for me and do please tell me what do you think of each item...thank you

1)vtg coach bonnie cashin gloved tan leather shoulder bag pre creed
Seller: lotsoffun59 (561)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F223530174828
2) vtg 60-70s dark orange NYC made cashin hobo shoulder bag
Seller: vintagelovelove 88(5456)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F283500595093
3)coach bag brown leather bixby drawstring bucket bag no. J5D 9984
Seller: jw132860 (286)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F223533426472

4) coach vtg 9085 red xlarge bucket duffle feed bag
Seller: hunt786 (2104)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254244313611
 
#37,708
Mishelundersun said:
Hello sorry about my recent posting...i just got excited and posted a lot
Please help me authenticate these things for me and do please tell me what do you think of each item...thank you

1)vtg coach bonnie cashin gloved tan leather shoulder bag pre creed
Seller: lotsoffun59 (561)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F223530174828
2) vtg 60-70s dark orange NYC made cashin hobo shoulder bag
Seller: vintagelovelove 88(5456)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F283500595093
3)coach bag brown leather bixby drawstring bucket bag no. J5D 9984
Seller: jw132860 (286)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F223533426472

4) coach vtg 9085 red xlarge bucket duffle feed bag
Seller: hunt786 (2104)
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254244313611
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Thank you.

Let me just explain my comment so you know where I'm coming from.

Authenticating can be a matter of a few minutes or can sometimes take hours AND consultation with other authenticators. Case in point - this discussion that started earlier today and is just winding down:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...-questions-here.355205/page-921#post-33143233
and this wasn't even an official authentication request, it's in the ID This Coach thread. Several of the Coach authenticators were trying to come up with a style name for a bag when we started noticing things that didn't seem right, like emblems, serial numbers, etc. Sadly for the buyer the bag is definitely fake but it took a heckuva lot more then just a few minutes to determine that. And that kind of analysis and back-and-forth isn't so unusual. If we could just look at every item posted and have an answer in 30 seconds our "jobs" would be a lot easier and go a lot faster. Speaking of "jobs", please keep in mind that the authenticators here volunteer their time. We don't get paid and sometimes we don't even get thanked, but we still try to find enough time between jobs, families and other commitments to help out here at tPF so members here don't get cheated out of their hard-earned money.

Too many requests in one post can be a BIG draw on our time, and when someone also asks for comments on the items, that stretches out the time involved even more. For me personally the time I spend here has caused some "misunderstandings" at home as well, but that's my decision and my problem and I can handle it.

So please keep that time issue in mind, and try to keep requests at a size that can be managed without taking a large chunk of time out of our personal space all at once. The longer and more complicated an authentication request is, the more likely it is that at least one authenticator will look at it and just think "I'll come back to it when I have more time."

Now for your questions:

1- While the bag is probably a genuine Coach, (which is hard to verify completely without any kind of stamp or other mark) I wonder if that Basic Bag style was a Bonnie Cashin design. Coach had other handbag designers during that period, not just Bonnie Cashin, and many of her designs for Coach had some sort of unique Cashin tag or lining, and also a distinctive Cashin style. I don't know enough about that part of Coach's history, but there are so many older bags that sellers call "Cashin bags" or "Cashin Era" that are NOT that I've become a bit cynical.

2- genuine Crescent Bag, style 9235, maybe a Cashin design but this one was probably made after she and Coach went their separate ways. Serial numbers weren't introduced until the late 70s or early 1980s and Cashin stopped designing for Coach in 1974.

3- seems ok

4- seems ok, early 1990s
 
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#37,709
Jane Courtois said:
thank you again and no I don't have a Coach store near where I live. I live in Tacoma, WA. We don't have a Coach store. But will research on it.
Again, thank you for your help! Have a nice day! :smile:
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I just did a quick Google - Both Macy's and Nordstroms have stores in the Tacoma Mall and both should have Coach sections or at least a counter or two. Macy's probably has a bigger selection, but if you visit either one, take a swing past the handbag department just for the heck of it. Just try to NOT look at the price tags! :biggrin:

Or, if you're an "armchair shopper" like me, do it the easy way and check out their main website, or Coach's.
https://www.macys.com/shop/search?keyword=coach
or
https://www.coach.com/shop/women-handbags

Just remember what I said about not looking at the prices. :eek:
 
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#37,710
Hyacinth said:
Thank you.

Let me just explain my comment so you know where I'm coming from.

Authenticating can be a matter of a few minutes or can sometimes take hours AND consultation with other authenticators. Case in point - this discussion that started earlier today and is just winding down:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...-questions-here.355205/page-921#post-33143233
and this wasn't even an official authentication request, it's in the ID This Coach thread. Several of the Coach authenticators were trying to come up with a style name for a bag when we started noticing things that didn't seem right, like emblems, serial numbers, etc. Sadly for the buyer the bag is definitely fake but it took a heckuva lot more then just a few minutes to determine that. And that kind of analysis and back-and-forth isn't so unusual. If we could just look at every item posted and have an answer in 30 seconds our "jobs" would be a lot easier and go a lot faster. Speaking of "jobs", please keep in mind that the authenticators here volunteer their time. We don't get paid and sometimes we don't even get thanked, but we still try to find enough time between jobs, families and other commitments to help out here at tPF so members here don't get cheated out of their hard-earned money.

Too many requests in one post can be a BIG draw on our time, and when someone also asks for comments on the items, that stretches out the time involved even more. For me personally the time I spend here has caused some "misunderstandings" at home as well, but that's my decision and my problem and I can handle it.

So please keep that time issue in mind, and try to keep requests at a size that can be managed without taking a large chunk of time out of our personal space all at once. The longer and more complicated an authentication request is, the more likely it is that at least one authenticator will look at it and just think "I'll come back to it when I have more time."

Now for your questions:

1- While the bag is probably a genuine Coach, (which is hard to verify completely without any kind of stamp or other mark) I wonder if that Basic Bag style was a Bonnie Cashin design. Coach had other handbag designers during that period, not just Bonnie Cashin, and many of her designs for Coach had some sort of unique Cashin tag or lining, and also a distinctive Cashin style. I don't know enough about that part of Coach's history, but there are so many older bags that sellers call "Cashin bags" or "Cashin Era" that are NOT that I've become a bit cynical.

2- genuine Crescent Bag, style 9235, maybe a Cashin design but this one was probably made after she and Coach went their separate ways. Serial numbers weren't introduced until the late 70s or early 1980s and Cashin stopped designing for Coach in 1974.

3- seems ok

4- seems ok, early 1990s
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Hyacinth said:
Thank you.

Let me just explain my comment so you know where I'm coming from.

Authenticating can be a matter of a few minutes or can sometimes take hours AND consultation with other authenticators. Case in point - this discussion that started earlier today and is just winding down:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...-questions-here.355205/page-921#post-33143233
and this wasn't even an official authentication request, it's in the ID This Coach thread. Several of the Coach authenticators were trying to come up with a style name for a bag when we started noticing things that didn't seem right, like emblems, serial numbers, etc. Sadly for the buyer the bag is definitely fake but it took a heckuva lot more then just a few minutes to determine that. And that kind of analysis and back-and-forth isn't so unusual. If we could just look at every item posted and have an answer in 30 seconds our "jobs" would be a lot easier and go a lot faster. Speaking of "jobs", please keep in mind that the authenticators here volunteer their time. We don't get paid and sometimes we don't even get thanked, but we still try to find enough time between jobs, families and other commitments to help out here at tPF so members here don't get cheated out of their hard-earned money.

Too many requests in one post can be a BIG draw on our time, and when someone also asks for comments on the items, that stretches out the time involved even more. For me personally the time I spend here has caused some "misunderstandings" at home as well, but that's my decision and my problem and I can handle it.

So please keep that time issue in mind, and try to keep requests at a size that can be managed without taking a large chunk of time out of our personal space all at once. The longer and more complicated an authentication request is, the more likely it is that at least one authenticator will look at it and just think "I'll come back to it when I have more time."

Now for your questions:

1- While the bag is probably a genuine Coach, (which is hard to verify completely without any kind of stamp or other mark) I wonder if that Basic Bag style was a Bonnie Cashin design. Coach had other handbag designers during that period, not just Bonnie Cashin, and many of her designs for Coach had some sort of unique Cashin tag or lining, and also a distinctive Cashin style. I don't know enough about that part of Coach's history, but there are so many older bags that sellers call "Cashin bags" or "Cashin Era" that are NOT that I've become a bit cynical.

2- genuine Crescent Bag, style 9235, maybe a Cashin design but this one was probably made after she and Coach went their separate ways. Serial numbers weren't introduced until the late 70s or early 1980s and Cashin stopped designing for Coach in 1974.

3- seems ok

4- seems ok, early 1990s
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Thank you very for authenticating my my items. And sorry again about posting too much... I'll keep that in mind. And I do understand you and I truly appreciate you and other aunthenticators' time here answering every questions. Thank you again..
 
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