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

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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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#40,442
MPA28 said:
Thanks very much! It must have been either wildly popular & everybody is holding onto theirs...or a dud, because I couldn't find info anywhere!! You are a wonderful resource :smile:!
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Many of them were made before Coach started using the style number as part of the serial number back in 1994, so a lot of owners and sellers don't even know the style name or number. That's one reason why a lot of pre-1994 bags are so hard to find, or to find information about them.
 
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Hello! Can you please authenticate this bag?

Item: Black leather satchel
Seller: shopgoodwill
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/75377648

Comments: I’m relatively new to this but I’ve been getting an idea of what the vintage creed and what it can/should look like- but this one says “made in usa”. I’ve only seen “made in the United States” so far. Is that possible? I know with coach it seems there are many exceptions! Edit: it also says “leathers” instead of “leather”, which sometimes confuses me.
 
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#40,447
qwertie said:
Good evening experts

Please authenticate when you get a chance.

Thanks!!

Item : Coach Regina
Seller : laur100
Link : https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/720324398/vintage-coach-regina-usa-black-kelly
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The listing you asked about is authentic but you might want to check out the seller's Ebay ID and her history of being posted here:
https://forum.purseblog.com/search/9111571/?q=laur100&o=date&c[node]=113

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#40,448
BeenBurned said:
The listing you asked about is authentic but you might want to check out the seller's Ebay ID and her history of being posted here:
https://forum.purseblog.com/search/9111571/?q=laur100&o=date&c[node]=113

  1. COACH Hall of Shame - Post Coach fakes here!

  2. COACH Hall of Shame - Post Coach fakes here!

  3. COACH Hall of Shame - Post Coach fakes here!
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Thanks for the quick reply, BeenBurned... but yikes, those fakes are recent!! And yeah I thought this seller was on eBay as well (I have seen her listings before). It looks like she’s not selling through eBay anymore.
 
#40,449
CPSE said:
Hello! Can you please authenticate this bag?

Item: Black leather satchel
Seller: shopgoodwill
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/75377648

Comments: I’m relatively new to this but I’ve been getting an idea of what the vintage creed and what it can/should look like- but this one says “made in usa”. I’ve only seen “made in the United States” so far. Is that possible? I know with coach it seems there are many exceptions! Edit: it also says “leathers” instead of “leather”, which sometimes confuses me.
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There have been dozens and dozens and dozens of different creeds and creed wordings over the course of Coach's history.. You can ONLY compare creeds for the same style made in the same plant, month and year AND made of the same kind of material. I'm not going to get into all those dozens of variations, that's why we keep saying here and at other sites to leave the final authentications to the experts. The Salearea Guides (please read them if you haven't done so already, the thread is Stickied at the top of every Coach Shopping index page) go into a little detail but there is NO one permanent template for a creed statement, don't ever expect one. The only exceptions are creeds with misspellings, bad grammar, punctuation and spacing and that violate basic rules of American English. Those are almost without exception, FAKE.

ETA - Just to narrow it down to your specific question, one of the plants from the late 1980s and that made MOSTLY, but not exclusively, bags from the Lightweight line used the "Made in U.S.A." instead of Made in the United States. It doesn't mean they're fake! The one in the listing in your post is genuine.
 
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#40,450
Hyacinth said:
There have been dozens and dozens and dozens of different creeds and creed wordings over the course of Coach's history.. You can ONLY compare creeds for the same style made in the same plant, month and year. I'm not going to get into all those dozens of variations, that's why we keep saying here and at other sites to leave the final authentications to the experts. The Salearea Guides (please read them if you haven't done so already, the thread is Stickied at the top of every Coach Shopping index page) go into a little detail but there is NO one permanent template for a creed statement, don't ever expect one. The only exceptions are creeds with misspellings, bad grammar, punctuation and spacing and that violate basic rules of American English. Those are almost without exception, FAKE.

ETA - Just to narrow it down to your specific question, one of the plants from the late 1980s and that made MOSTLY, but not exclusively, bags from the Lightweight line used the "Made in U.S.A." instead of Made in the United States. It doesn't mean they're fake! The one in the listing in your post is genuine.
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Thank you for the detailed response! Appreciate the time and effort you guys do to authenticate these bags for us.
 
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Hello learned Coach experts, can you help me determine if this recent purchase from my local thrift store is an authentic Coach bag.
Name: Weston Shopper Bag. (I think)
It has no tag.
measures 11 x 10 and strap drop is 13" and please ignore my fat finger! Sorry!
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