Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

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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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  • FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    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.
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Heatherwied said:
I’m looking at coach rogue black quilted rivets on mercari. Style 22809. Seller is rocsii b. Please let me know if you think this is authentic. Thanks. https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m24584448803/
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While I'm not one of the authenticators who do newer styles I can tell you that the seller's photos aren't anywhere close to being enough to authenticate. Post One of this thread lists the neccessary photos and especially the hidden tags inside the bag that our authenticators need to see, and we don't recommend that anyone buy a highly faked style like a Rogue without a full set of those needed photos so the bag can be authenticated.
 
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Catbird9 said:
I believe the brown bag in this listing is fake. Please authenticate:

Seller: amatal12
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Heavily-LOVED-2-vintage-Coach-crossbody-bags/143293814862

Comment: Improper serial number prefix format 5A-5265. Style number 5265 belongs to Lexington Brief. Sonoma lining. Three strikes you're out?
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Interesting.....I'm curious to see what @Hyacinth and/or @whateve think about that one.

I'm not authenticating; just observing:
  • The creed looks good to me. The stamping looks right and the lack of the month code appears to be an error. It looks like they didn't turn the dial on the stamper properly. (I've seen those types of legitimate errors.)
  • The bag (sort of) resembles Bedford flap, 4165 but I can't find (or recall) a style with the type of flap shown on the bag in question.
  • I considered that someone may have cut the creed from an authentic bag and sewed it into this one but I don't think that's the case. Lexington creeds aren't a patch but are stamped directly onto the pocket.
ETA: For the record, here are some pictures.

Coach? british tan flap bag Bedford? Sonoma lining serial _5A-5265 front 2.jpg Coach? british tan flap bag Bedford? Sonoma lining serial _5A-5265 open.jpg Coach? british tan flap bag Bedford? Sonoma lining serial _5A-5265 creed.jpg Coach? british tan flap bag Bedford? Sonoma lining serial _5A-5265 lining.jpg
 
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BeenBurned said:
Interesting.....I'm curious to see what @Hyacinth and/or @whateve think about that one.

I'm not authenticating; just observing:
  • The creed looks good to me. The stamping looks right and the lack of the month code appears to be an error. It looks like they didn't turn the dial on the stamper properly. (I've seen those types of legitimate errors.)
  • The bag (sort of) resembles Bedford flap, 4165 but I can't find (or recall) a style with the type of flap shown on the bag in question.
  • I considered that someone may have cut the creed from an authentic bag and sewed it into this one but I don't think that's the case. Lexington creeds aren't a patch but are stamped directly onto the pocket.
ETA: For the record, here are some pictures.

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I think the bag may be genuine but there's no way to prove it.

It's a Soho style according to the buckle but with a striped lining, and we've seen 2 similar styles for which we only have serial numbers and photos, no catalog info. They DO have striped linings and front buckles and could belong to the same small family. The style numbers were 4191 and 4192 and both had late 1995-early 1996 serial numbers. Without a valid serial and style number there's no way to prove this one is genuine, unfortunately. Buying it to resell would NOT be a good idea.

Style 4191 may have been called either a School Tote or a Soft Kelly Bag:
4191_MAYBE Soft Kelly Bag per fashiondollfoto.jpg 4191_unk-Soho-d.jpg

and style 4192 apparently was called a Jackie Bag. One of the lurkers here sent Salearea this message in September 2015:
"Dear salearea,
I am a lurker member of TPF ..
Would you be willing to let Hyacinth know that her reply (post #803 in the answers to AUTHENTICITY questions on page #54) is called the Soft Kelly Bag. I just found one still New with Tags. It even had the purchase receipt from Belk from 9/14/96!!!"

4192_Jackie Bag-a.jpg 4192_Jackie Bag-b.jpg 4192_Jackie Bag-c.jpg 4192a-2.jpg

It looks to me like they're closely related, the style number could be 4190 or 4193.
 
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hetha2001 said:
Hello, I'd appreciate verification on these items, thank you!

1. regina black
https://www.ebay.com/itm/163724063786?ul_noapp=true
seller: nightkat14
ID: 163724063786

2. scooter black
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-Black-Scooter-Handbag-No-GOP-9893/283512656458
seller: rangerjordan
ID: 283512656458

3. scooter red
https://etsy.me/2IM0Vk7
seller: mytreasuretrovefinds

Note: I changed the last item from an eBay bag to one on Etsy
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1. Probably okay but I can't see/read the bottom of the creed and serial number
2. Authentic
3. Authentic
 
#38,024
Eyeing a couple more Willis :smile:
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Item: Gray Willis
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-CO...essenger-Satchel-Purse-Bag-9927/163727409556?
Seller: https://www.ebay.com/usr/house_of_pinecone
Comments: G8C-9927, silver hardware. If it's authentic, was it made in 1998?
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Item: Brown Willis
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/333232813718?ViewItem=&item=333232813718
Seller: https://www.ebay.com/usr/station_85
Comments: I requested an image of creed, will add as soon as I receive it. Just wondering if there are any red flags from the existing images.
 
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