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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BeenBurned said:
Thank you. Goodwill and Entrupy really need to be made aware of the mistakes that are being made. Both Goodwill and Entrupy are losing any (what little) credibility they may have had and are only convincing those of us who authenticate that AI cannot do a good job!

The mistake wasn't on your part. Many buyers and sellers don't know the names of styles they buy or sell. They like a size, style, color and fit of a bag and buy for those reasons!

But the problems with the bag that ENTRUPY wrongly authenticated has several issues and also further shows that just because a bag looks like the style it's supposed to be doesn't mean that it's authentic.
  • The serial prefix, L5S means that the bag claims to have been made in 1995. The text of the creed states that it was made in the US but "S" is a plant code for a factory in China and S wasn't operating in 1995.
  • The back of the female part of the turnlock has indentations, common on fakes but rarely seen on genuine Coach and on very few styles. And those styles don't have the type of turnlock as seen on this bag.
  • "Solid brass" on the buckles is another red flag.
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Thanks for this! Very informative, especially about the creed. The back of the turnlock and also the words “solid brass” on the buckles raised the red flag for me, and I also noticed after dunking that some of the hardware (the fastener next to the buckle) seemed to be turning silver. I thought and was hoping someone just switched out the hardware or something. That’s what prompted me to ask you guys. But the bag did survive a bath, so I guess there’s that. Sigh. :sad: At least I didn’t pay that much...

Edit: I also did not know Entrupy was AI!!!!!
 
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#41,064
iris520 said:
I love this style, but am concerned about the long line under the “o” in the serial number. Is it authentic? Thank you in advance!

Item: VINTAGE COACH 9433 BLK LEATHER SILVER HARDWARE BUCKET METRO SWINGPACK X-BODY, US
Listing number: 401899950947
Seller: kapeed-2012
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-CO...950947?hash=item5d931a9363:g:yZMAAOSwY-Ndi77v
Comments:
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That bag is authentic but the seller has a history of mixing.

Here's an older post:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-1780#post-31947089
 
#41,065
jjgvintage said:
Hi - I have 2 Coaches that I need to have authenticated and would appreciate your help. This is the first one. Will put the 2nd on later tonight.

Item: Coach Soho Signature, I think. EO820-F12311
Listing number: Not yet listed - waiting for authentication
Seller: Purchased from a consignment shop in Jacksonville, Florida while I was visiting there.
Link: No link - pictures attached.
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jjgvintage said:
Hi - here is the second Coach bag that needs authenticating. Thanks so much!

Item: Coach E3J-6363
Listing number: Not yet listed - waiting for authentication
Seller: Purchased from a consignment shop in Jacksonville, Florida while I was visiting there.
Link: No link - pictures attached.
Comments: I don't want to list these until I know you guys think - if they are authenticate or not. So thanks so much for your help.

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Thanks so much for your help and the info. You guys definately ROCK!!
 
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CAN ANYONE HELP! So I was at an estate sale and came upon this MAJOR score, after much research it looks like I found some earlier Bonnie Cashin Coach purses. One I could find relatively easy but the other has me STUMPED. I stumbled upon this page after hours of research and I need help! It seems like the hardware would be as early as her collaboration with Meyers Leather, I found a similar purse on this amazing museum of vintage purses youtube channel. Anyways, I posted pictures of the bag.
 

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