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!

 

[winterdown]

Sorry, I don't recommend, support nor authenticate Poshmark listings but if someone else can authenticate it, they'll want the info as per the first post of the thread, including seller name/ID and a link to the listing.

Note that the swaggers are well-faked and Poshmark's "authentication team" isn't accurate when there are disputes concerning authenticity. They've deemed fakes as authentic and authentic items as fake.

Thank you! I totally understand! Sorry for not posting the link I got it from. It’s such a bare-bones listing that I didn’t think it would help authenticate it much. The link is here: https://posh.mk/3Lf3HVmIBZ

 

[Luvpurplepurses]

It's authentic, style 92895.

Thank you @BeenBurned!

 

[qwertie]

Let us know if she agrees to the cancellation.

The seller hasn’t responded yet.
I shall update when I get a response.
Thanks BeenBurned!

 

[Catbird9]

Hello experts!

It’s been a long time since I’ve looked on eBay and of course the first bag I bid on, I won it.... please could one of the Authenticators have a look? I’d like to pay the seller ASAP.

Thanks!!!

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-COA...r-Crossbody-Handbag-Made-In-USA-/264440042212

Don't pay. It's fake.

And don't forget that posts need seller ID:
jzreel584

Actually, jzreel584 has a history.
Hyacinth's post on one of her listings: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2478#post-33098175
And my followup: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2479#post-33099666


Since you haven't paid, contact the seller and tell her you want to cancel because you've learned it's fake. (Refer her here if necessary.)

If she's smart, she should be very willing to cancel and hopefully, not relist it!

And for the record, here are a couple of pictures from the listing in case it gets removed.

View attachment 4529395 View attachment 4529394

Beware: The link in qwertie's original request takes me to a different listing, different seller, different (probably authentic) bag.

 

[BeenBurned]

Beware: The link in qwertie's original request takes me to a different listing, different seller, different (probably authentic) bag.

Yup. I should have mentioned that. For ended listings, the seller ID is important also to help confirm that it’s the right listing.

 

[Splatnext]

Is this a fake? The stitching on the bottom of this willis is horrible, the creed patch looks strange and the padding on the latch looks of to.

Id: 372751521646

Seller: weluvmargaritas717

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-COACH-...521646?hash=item56c9b8d76e:g:5H0AAOSwwwRdZtdt

Thank you for checking.

 

[Hyacinth]

Is this a fake? The stitching on the bottom of this willis is horrible, the creed patch looks strange and the padding on the latch looks of to.

Id: 372751521646

Seller: weluvmargaritas717

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-COACH-...521646?hash=item56c9b8d76e:g:5H0AAOSwwwRdZtdt

Thank you for checking.

It's got some quality control problems but seems to be genuine. As we have always said, older Coaches weren't perfect. And some were a lot less perfect than others.

 

[ba0688]

Hello,another purchse from a church thrift store but i think i ran out of luck.Looked good to me but the serial number is blank!!
Thanks for your help checking this one for me.
Barbara

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello,another purchse from a church thrift store but i think i ran out of luck.Looked good to me but the serial number is blank!!
Thanks for your help checking this one for me.
Barbara

It’s an authentic basic bag , style 9455.

There used to be a piece of leather with a serial number but it’s not uncommon for them to fall off.

ETA: Here's an example from a bag where the serial patch remained:

 

[ba0688]

It’s an authentic basic bag , style 9455.

There used to be a piece of leather with a serial number but it’s not uncommon for them to fall off.

Wow,always great to learn something new!!thanks

 

[BeenBurned]

Wow,always great to learn something new!!thanks

I just added a picture showing what it looked like originally.

 

[katev]

Item: Coach Women's Clutch (Genuine Lizard, Italy, Ltd. Ed., OE-8190 No. 120E/200)
Listing number: 74782716
Seller: Goodwill of Orange County (shopgoodwill.com)
Dimensions: 8 in L x 3 in W x 5 in H, with 9 in Drop
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/74782716

Comments: I just can't resist those Italian Coach bags! I was the highest bidder at $32.20 but I haven't paid for it yet. This one looks genuine to me (and very special) but I have never seen a creed or serial number like this so I would greatly appreciate your expert opinions. And if you have any information about the bag that would be fantastic, thank you!

The hangtag reminds me of the Girlie bags from around 2003, Some of those bags were made of unusual materials, any idea if some of them were made of genuine lizard? There is an E in the serial number, so that might refer to the Italian plant? Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[BeenBurned]

Item: Coach Women's Clutch (Genuine Lizard, Italy, Ltd. Ed., OE-8190 No. 120E/200)
Listing number: 74782716
Seller: Goodwill of Orange County (shopgoodwill.com)
Dimensions: 8 in L x 3 in W x 5 in H, with 9 in Drop
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/74782716

Comments: I just can't resist those Italian Coach bags! I was the highest bidder at $32.20 but I haven't paid for it yet. This one looks genuine to me (and very special) but I have never seen a creed or serial number like this so I would greatly appreciate your expert opinions. And if you have any information about the bag that would be fantastic, thank you!

The hangtag reminds me of the Girlie bags from around 2003, and some of those bags were made of unusual materials. There is an E in the serial number, so that might refer to the Italian plant. Those are my best guesses, thanks in advance for your help.

I'm not familiar with the bag but it looks good. It looks like it's from 2000 but there doesn't seem to be a month code. (Other opinions are welcome!)

Here is Coach's stock image. (I didn't search the wayback.)


ETA: FOUND IT!!
http://web.archive.org/web/20010428...p/product.asp?product_no=3263&category_id=153

 

[katev]

I'm not familiar with the bag but it looks good.

Here is Coach's stock image. (I didn't search the wayback.)
View attachment 4529812

Thank you!

 

[katev]

I'm not familiar with the bag but it looks good. It looks like it's from 2000 but there doesn't seem to be a month code. (Other opinions are welcome!)

Here is Coach's stock image. (I didn't search the wayback.)
View attachment 4529812

ETA: FOUND IT!!
http://web.archive.org/web/20010428...p/product.asp?product_no=3263&category_id=153

View attachment 4529814

That's fantastic! I was just searching the wayback and I finally found it under November of 2000. I can't believe that it cost $650 that long ago! I can't wait to receive it, I hope it is in decent shape - thank you very much!