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:
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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.

Thank you and be safe!

 

[Hyacinth]

May I please request an authentication of this Willis I bought from Mercari yesterday? I'm supposed to be on a bag ban but so much for that. Go big or go home, right? Ramen for the month for me. Thank you!!!

Item: vintage coach willis station satchel
Seller: jalon521
Link: https://merc.li/25MEq5b

Thank you!

Genuine, early 1990s

 

[Morgan_Bellini]

Condratulations to @Morgan_Bellini for an EPIC handbag haul...its been fun to watch and learn.
Look forward to seeing the family picture soon.

Aww thanks!! So far only one fake and two non-coaches out of a lot of 22 bags! I think I only have one station bag and 3 city bags left to go for authentication but I feel pretty good about these ones, there are no red flags to indicate they're fake. This has been really exciting!

 

[Lake Effect]

Genuine, probably a style 9730 Shoulder Sac from the mid-1980s. It's a favorite of several tPF members.
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Yes, a controlled Black Hole. Unlike the Duffle, the original Black Hole.

 

[Morgan_Bellini]

Genuine, early 1990s

Yay! Thank you yet again Hyacinth!

 

[Princess Caroline]

Thank you!!!

Condratulations to @Morgan_Bellini for an EPIC handbag haul...its been fun to watch and learn.
Look forward to seeing the family picture soon.

Yes! This has been exciting to watch. What a haul! And how educational it's all been. Epic.

 

[Lake Effect]

May I please request an authentication of this Willis I bought from Mercari yesterday? I'm supposed to be on a bag ban but so much for that. Go big or go home, right? Ramen for the month for me. Thank you!!!

Item: vintage coach willis station satchel
Seller: jalon521
Link: https://merc.li/25MEq5b

Thank you!

Are you subcontracting to Coach.com’s refurbished bags section??

 

[carterazo]

Condratulations to @Morgan_Bellini for an EPIC handbag haul...its been fun to watch and learn.
Look forward to seeing the family picture soon.

Aww thanks!! So far only one fake and two non-coaches out of a lot of 22 bags! I think I only have one station bag and 3 city bags left to go for authentication but I feel pretty good about these ones, there are no red flags to indicate they're fake. This has been really exciting!

Yes! This has been exciting to watch. What a haul! And how educational it's all been. Epic.

Yes, it has been so much fun to watch you post bag after bag and have them turn out to be genuine! I got more excited with each new one and I don't even know you or own vintage Coach. So happy for you! I learned a lot too!

 

[Morgan_Bellini]

Are you subcontracting to Coach.com’s refurbished bags section??

Ha ha ha ha! Yeah, I should be!

 

[Morgan_Bellini]

Yes, it has been so much fun to watch you post bag after bag and have them turn out to be genuine! I got more excited with each new one and I don't even know you or own vintage Coach. So happy for you! I learned a lot too!

Thank you! This has been a crazy ride, for sure. I am stunned that so many are genuine. I wish I could have met the lady who shopped for these bags. Her nephew hosted the estate sale after she passed away and he said she had over 500 Coach bags stored all over her house. These are not moldy forgotten bags, these were cared for at some point. I got the leftovers that didn't sell at the estate sale and I think I got a pretty good deal! If the last few turn out to be genuine then I'll have paid $7.89 for each bag. Not too shabby!

 

[Morgan_Bellini]

Are you starting to feel like your driving behind a money truck on a lonely road and the back doors just popped open?

Ha ha ha ha! That just about sums it up, yes!!

 

[Lake Effect]

May I please request an authentication of this bag I got through Craigslist yesterday? It measures approximately 14L x 3W x 9H. There is no serial number under the creed so I believe this bag is fake. It was free, the seller told me to just take it with the rest of the lot I bought, so no loss if its fake. View attachment 4553859 View attachment 4553860 View attachment 4553862 View attachment 4553863 Thank you!

Many vintage Coaches had creeds but no serial numbers. This is covered both in the Salearea Guides pinned to the top of these Shopping pages and in SacsMagnifiques1941's Guide to Hangtags and Creeds that still is available in a cached Wayback page:
https://web.archive.org/web/2018122...ang-tags-and-Creeds-/10000000177697673/g.html

It might be helpful to read those 2 sets of Guides when you get a chance. The bag is genuine, Whateve may have a name for it.

Forgive me if this was answered. I am plowing through your haul! I believe it is an Open Marketing Tote cause I have one. Mine is the same dimension but with full side zip pockets. Mine was later a later NYC xxx-xxxx reg #.
I have seen these online, in this condition and worse for $100-200!
ETA okay I see the Professional weighed in
. . . amazing . . . What a find, I’m speechless, well, almost.
Didn’t you post that your dad already side-eyed you when he busted your stash while he helping you move a cabinet or something?? But then again, @houseof999 can help you with storage ideas.
More editing . . . I am off to check my local Craig’s List.

 

[carterazo]

Thank you! This has been a crazy ride, for sure. I am stunned that so many are genuine. I wish I could have met the lady who shopped for these bags. Her nephew hosted the estate sale after she passed away and he said she had over 500 Coach bags stored all over her house. These are not moldy forgotten bags, these were cared for at some point. I got the leftovers that didn't sell at the estate sale and I think I got a pretty good deal! If the last few turn out to be genuine then I'll have paid $7.89 for each bag. Not too shabby!

Wow, that's amazing! Not shabby at all!

 

[Lake Effect]

Heck, it wouldn't be a Coach collection without a fake Willis in there somewhere!

That quote is right up there with “Berkeley’s are hairy” !!

 

[Narnanz]

Item-Kristin Crossbody
Link-https://designerwardrobe.co.nz/listings/582780/coach-leather-handbag
Seller...designer wardrobe-Charley C
Was halfway doing it and was on my phone trying to type with fidly fingers...so went ahead and finished even though it had been authenticated...what would age be...is this too dirty inside to get clean?
Sorry for all the questions.

 

[madisonave5011]

Could you help me identify name/year of this piece? Thank you!