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:
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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.
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#41,628
houseof999 said:
Can I get your expert opinions on this bag please?

Item: hinged bag
Serial: D2C-9990
Seller: lorac2015
Link:
https://posh.mk/FRm4LRUDB0

Comment: the shape of the bag looks wrong. It doesn't taper smaller on top. The serial number font looks unusual for plant C. Then there's that rectangular block end stamp.
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It's fake. (I just posted a different *2C fake from a different seller on the HOS!)

I'm pretty sure that the C plant wasn't even in operation in 2002.
 
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image.jpg image.jpg I bought a Coach bag off of Poshmark. I just have a feeling it’s not real. Can someone help me? The reason I’m questioning it is the leather path is only sewn on 2 sides and not all the way around and a small piece of plastic stuck under the hardware. And the tag is on the strap and not on the bag itself like I see on other bags this style. It’s a Billie pebble backpack. Thanks
 
#41,630
Busykitty said:
thanks a bunch, and thanks to @houseof999 !
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Several more problems in case the seller "pursedujour" needs more proof. Obviously the brand of the zipper doesn't mean a thing. The "A" in Coach is also meaningless, as is brass hardware and "Coach" stitching. Neither can ever be used to prove authenticity.

The entire serial number font is wrong for any bag from the "D" plant from June 1994, the padding at the top of the turnlock tab is crooked, and I'd very much like to see a clear close-up of the back of the metal turnlock, the part that has the 4 prongs holding it, the photo in the listing is small but may show a possible problem. But one of the biggest red flags is that the serial number indicates the bag was made in June 1994, but that style wasn't even introduced until the Holiday 1994 catalog. The lead time between the alleged manufacturing date and the style's actual introduction seems too long. The Coach logo in the creed is missing the word "LEATHERWARE". And another VERY big problem - genuine 9954 Prairie Bags DON'T have any seams in the panel making up the base, neither in the center nor near the corners, unlike most Coaches. There are no vertical seams in the bottom panel at all. But the seller's photos clearly show a vertical seam in the center of the panel making up the base.

But the incorrect serial number font is absolute proof that the bag isn't genuine,

Below is a photo of a GENUINE creed and serial number with an F4D- serial prefix:

1994_D-plant-F4D-9934.jpg

ETA - Here's an enlargement of the fake bag's creed:
1994_D-plant-FAKE_F4D-9954_pursedujour-poshmark-LG-a.jpg
 
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#41,634
momtok said:
Oh. Oh my. I'm not even sure what it is.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Vtg-Classic-Black-Leather-Messenger-Crossbody-Bag/312795597788
item 312795597788
I'm just trying to bring this to the attention of the experts to be dealt withWhen y. Thank you as always.
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When you know an item is fake, you can post directly on the Hall of Shame thread for reporting.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-hall-of-shame-post-coach-fakes-here.824098/
 
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BeenBurned said:
Oh, the irony!

It would have take just a bit of research for lorac2015 to learn that the listing above is fake. But her "expertise" not only had her "knowing" that the bag is authentic (not!) but she also has "guides." And in many of the "tutorial" listings, she calls out other sellers with fakes!

Tutorial: https://poshmark.com/listing/VTG-COACH-NOT-5ccae892adb58dc355730252
Tutorial: https://poshmark.com/listing/VINTAGE-COACH-BAG-TUTORIAL-5d33ba4eadb58dcfb22f9c2b
@Hyacinth: she even stole your work without giving credit: https://poshmark.com/listing/THESE-ARE-NOT-VTG-Coach-Serials-5c9cacc6d6dc52718825b3f4

In the above post with Hyacinth's work, she even has this comment: lorac2015 @geminigewls. Lots of fakes out there! If they see their names tagged to these lists maybe they will be honest.
Maybe LORAC2015 will be honest and end her fake D2C-9990 listing!

Another for which @Hyacinth doesn't get credit: https://poshmark.com/listing/VINTAGE-COACH-BAG-TUTORIAL-5d4f1591689ebcc4c445d1a4

ETA: To lorac2015's credit, she did end the listing.
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Yes, she did end the listing. She means well and doesn't sell fakes knowingly. Most of her items I believe she gets them checked by the members of a Facebook group. I am in that group as well but I rarely go on Facebook for anything so I don't see everything that goes on there. I agree she should give credit where it's due though.
 
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