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!

 

[Punkkitten]

Thank you!
Messaged you regarding etsy.

All are fine.

Regarding the fake you got from Etsy, did you file a dispute? I've found that Etsy is only close behind Poshmark when it comes to responding to reports of fakes -- they don't! But if you paid for it using Paypal or a credit card, you should have protection even if the seller isn't responsive.

 

[Michelle9611]

So far, so good. I'd like to see a picture of both sides of the "made in" tag that's sewn into the lining.

Hi, thanks for helping me to check the authenticity of the bag, here are the pics of the tag

 

[Hyacinth]

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Item: Hamptons Leather Small Carryall
Style No. 9605
Serial No. E04Q-9605
Comments: Hi all! I am new here, so please bear with me. I hope I’m posting in the correct place. I searched through forums and this website and couldn’t find any exact authentication for my purse, so I’m asking for help please! I can usually spot a fake, but I’m not 100% positive on this one as it was my late Mother in-law’s that I found in her closet, so I don’t have a lot of details except for what I’ve googled. My usual authenticity tests prove it to be real. I’ve included pictures of the creed, zipper, stitching and logo. Thanks for the help!

If your usual authenticity tests include whether or not it has a YKK zipper, and I'm assuming they do from your photos, please read my Signature under every one of my posts and take it to heart. Then read the YKK Zipper Myth section of the Salearea Coach Guides, posted here:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/salearea-guides.983575/#post-32252957

Reading the section on Authenticity Guides - Fact and Myth will also give you a lot of useful, up to date and accurate information.

YKK zippers don't and CAN'T prove a thing about authenticity, there's no need for photos of that particular detail.

 

[Hyacinth]

Thanks for noting the strap drop. I've noticed that many people list the vintage coach bags as cross-body, when they're really shoulder bags.

True, depending of course on the owners height and "degree Of Fluffiness", manyof the older bags were designed to be carried from one shoulder and drop straight down to somewhere at the hip, which is how I wore my bags from high school until some time in the 1990s when I started to have bad problems with that shoulder and eventually had to switch to a true crossbody length with the weight of the bag now carried on the left shoulder instead of the right. Classic and vintage bags usually had strap lengths between 30 and 44 inches, the longer crossbody straps are a pretty recent fashion that's caught on.

 

[Hyacinth]

Thanks for replying, I know you’re not a fan. How do you date the turkey bags?

The same way as any other bag from that time period. The Salearea Coach Guides have sections on both creeds and serial numbers, including how to interpret the codes of bags made since 1994:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/salearea-guides.983575/#post-32252957

Individual physical DETAILS of things like the creed stamping and the fonts used in serial numbers could be different for different plants, but the meanings of the codes stayed the same most of the time, although some stamps had scrambled-up codes and some plant codes were "floaters" and used by different plants as needed.

 

[Huskycat]

Hi- would you please take a look at this thrift store find- I haven’t purchased yet.
Seller: Valley Thrift
Item: Colebrooke Case?
Creed : J5C-5181
Hope this is enough info. Thanks!

 

[Hyacinth]

A few more when you have time.

Seller: oiseadefeu
https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintag...dy-Satchel-Bag-Black-5d224444d948a13e7f12b1fc

Seller: denver_boutique
https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintag...eather-Handbag-Black-5bec97c703087cc0831f3c85

Seller: roxpark
https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Willis-Crossbody-w-Handle-5d72c6d5de696a4ab662f7c6

1- genuine, made in 1999

2- genuine, 1999

3- genuine, 1998

 

[Hyacinth]

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Seller: Valley Thrift
Item: Colebrooke Case?
Creed : J5C-5181
Hope this is enough info. Thanks!

Genuine Colebrook Case, made in 1995.

 

[Huskycat]

Genuine Colebrook Case, made in 1995.

Thank you!

 

[Catness]

1- genuine, made in 1999

2- genuine, 1999

3- genuine, 1998

A sincere thanks!

 

[Turbo_s2k]

Authentic from 2001.

Please remember link to listings and seller IDs in requests. (Not necessary to repost this one. Just remember for next time.)

Also, when the pictures are in the listing, it's not necessary to post in the request. Only in cases where a listing is missing pictures and the seller sent them by email/message is it necessary to post those extra pics.

Certainly. Thank you.

 

[katev]

Item: Bleecker City Canvas Field Bag (70894, Silver/Natural/Fawn, 2012)
Seller: Goodwill Store, $10 ($298 in 2013)

Comments: I've searched the Wayback but I couldn't find this exact same bag. I did find similar Canvas City bags in the Men's collection of Spring 2013. And I found the online Ad below from 2014 that describes it as a Bleecker Canvas City Field Bag; please give an opinion about authenticity, thank you.

The bag appears to be intact but very dirty. I know that it may be difficult to clean, and the white webbing strap will probably be impossible to clean - but it looks like a nice bag and for only $10 I decided to give it a try, thanks again!

 

[sewidyll]

Hello! I'm new here. Please authenticate this bag:
Item Name: Janice Legacy
I had a hard time getting a good pic of the creed. I'm also still learning how to use my camera so if you need better pics let me know.



Measurements of bag: about 7.5” high, about 9” wide; total length of strap is 52”

thanks!!

 

[BeenBurned]

Item: Bleecker City Canvas Field Bag (70894, Silver/Natural/Fawn, 2012)
Seller: Goodwill Store, $10 ($298 in 2013)

Comments: I've searched the Wayback but I couldn't find this exact same bag. I did find similar Canvas City bags in the Men's collection of Spring 2013. And I found the online Ad below from 2014 that describes it as a Bleecker Canvas City Field Bag; please give an opinion about authenticity, thank you.

The bag appears to be intact but very dirty. I know that it may be difficult to clean, and the white webbing strap will probably be impossible to clean - but it looks like a nice bag and for only $10 I decided to give it a try, thanks again!

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It's authentic and I've seen some of the miracles you've performed. I have no doubt about your ability to make that bag look good!

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello! I'm new here. Please authenticate this bag:
Item Name: Janice Legacy
I had a hard time getting a good pic of the creed. I'm also still learning how to use my camera so if you need better pics let me know.

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Measurements of bag: about 7.5” high, about 9” wide; total length of strap is 52”

thanks!!

Welcome.

The bag is authentic and from 1994.

Although it's not necessary to repost this request, if you have future ones, please refer to post 1 on the first page of the thread. We want to know where purchased, if in your possession or if online, links to listing and seller ID.