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!

 

[MPA28]

May I have this Coach Garnet authenticated please? I've spent hours getting it in shape & just noticed the Creed edging is white (cardboard?) which makes me wonder. (Pic 5)
• Coach Garnet Black Leather Bag # G1069-F13914
• Purchased in local auction 2 years ago
• L 14" x H 10" x D 4"
Thanks very much!

 

[BeenBurned]

May I have this Coach Garnet authenticated please? I've spent hours getting it in shape & just noticed the Creed edging is white (cardboard?) which makes me wonder. (Pic 5)
• Coach Garnet Black Leather Bag # G1069-F13914
• Purchased in local auction 2 years ago
• L 14" x H 10" x D 4"
Thanks very much!View attachment 4576731View attachment 4576731 View attachment 4576732

I think the sealant came off the edge of the creed. I'm sure the creed is leather and the bag looks fine.

 

[MPA28]

I think the sealant came off the edge of the creed. I'm sure the creed is leather and the bag looks fine.

Thanks @BeenBurned! That makes me feel much better & is luckily an easy fix.

 

[Hyacinth]

Why do you think it's cardboard? Does it shred when you get it wet? Try that on a small area. If it was cardboard you wouldn't be able to wash the bag and almost all leather Coaches are washable.

For a long time Coach has used an extra layer of leather to stiffen certain parts of some bags. That's one thing it could be. If it's only used as a stiffener there's no reason to dye the leather. And thicker Coach leathers are often white underneath the dye. Or as BeenBurned suggested, it could be just cracked sealant.

I don't see any problems.

 

[BeenBurned]

Please confirm or deny my suspicions about this bag.

Seller regaliathreads
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Lega...966-Hobo-Classic-Vintage-Handbag/223672712753

Based on what Hyacinth says in this post, 1994 is too soon for the H Chinese plant.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2691#post-33310118



ETA: The bag above IS fake.

And the font exactly matches Hyacinth's 1994 H fake posted here:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/salearea-guides.983575/page-3#post-33244330

 

[Narnanz]

Please confirm or deny my suspicions about this bag.

Seller regaliathreads
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Lega...966-Hobo-Classic-Vintage-Handbag/223672712753

Based on what Hyacinth says in this post, 1994 is too soon for the H Chinese plant.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2691#post-33310118

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ETA: The bag above IS fake.

And the font exactly matches Hyacinth's 1994 H fake posted here:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/salearea-guides.983575/page-3#post-33244330

That is so scarily close...so glad we have you all looking out for us.

 

[Hyacinth]

Please confirm or deny my suspicions about this bag.

Seller regaliathreads
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Lega...966-Hobo-Classic-Vintage-Handbag/223672712753

Based on what Hyacinth says in this post, 1994 is too soon for the H Chinese plant.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2691#post-33310118

View attachment 4577204 View attachment 4577203

ETA: The bag above IS fake.

And the font exactly matches Hyacinth's 1994 H fake posted here:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/salearea-guides.983575/page-3#post-33244330

The K4H- fake has already been removed, but I just wanted to add a photo of a GENUINE K4H- serial in a United States creed in case I haven't posted it here in the ATC thread before (it HAS been posted as an added post in the Salearea Guides thread) before so anyone keeping a photo file is free to add it to their collection. While the H code MAY be a "floater", not only were the few H plant creeds in genuine bags from that same month and year all made in the US, but a style 9966 Legacy Zip could never have been made in China or any other plant in October 1994 as the fake creed indicates since that style wasn't even introduced until Spring 1997.
Real vs. FAKE:

 

[Charlie’sBag]

Hi. I’d appreciate it if you’d please authenticate these bags for me. As always, thanks in advance for all your help!

Style: unknown
Seller: GW
Listing Number: 78480195
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/78480195

Style: Prairie Bag
Seller: GW
Listing Number: 78570743
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/78570743

Seller: GW
Listing Number: 78633460
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/78633460

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi. I’d appreciate it if you’d please authenticate these bags for me. As always, thanks in advance for all your help!

Style: unknown
Seller: GW
Listing Number: 78480195
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/78480195

Style: Prairie Bag
Seller: GW
Listing Number: 78570743
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/78570743

Seller: GW
Listing Number: 78633460
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/78633460

1- The first one was authenticated here a week ago, Convertible Clutch from the late 1980s
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2819#post-33402390
2- looks good
3- genuine, but the hangtag isn't the original one

 

[Charlie’sBag]

1- The first one was authenticated here a week ago, Convertible Clutch from the late 1980s
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2819#post-33402390
2- looks good
3- genuine, but the hangtag isn't the original one

Sorry I missed that clutch authentication. I do always look before posting a request.
I know the tag on the Regina is wrong but kinda’ like the contrast!

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi. I’d appreciate it if you’d please authenticate these bags for me. As always, thanks in advance for all your help!

Style: unknown
Seller: GW
Listing Number: 78480195
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/78480195

Style: Prairie Bag
Seller: GW
Listing Number: 78570743
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/78570743

Seller: GW
Listing Number: 78633460
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/78633460

1- The first one was authenticated here a week ago, Convertible Clutch from the late 1980s
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2819#post-33402390
2- looks good
3- genuine, but the hangtag isn't the original one

#3 (Regina) was authenticated last Saturday:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2827#post-33406624

 

[carterazo]

Hi again ladies!
Could you please take a look at this bag? Upon searching this thread I found where you had deemed one of this seller's bag as fake about two years ago. I was wondering if this one is ok.

Item: Coach Vintage Legacy Shoulder Bag Deep Red Leather Small MINT
Listing number: 113934550199
Seller: blumenflower123
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Vint...a=1&pg=2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109
Comments: serial number on patch is hard to see

 

[Charlie’sBag]

#3 (Regina) was authenticated last Saturday:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2827#post-33406624

So sorry! I’ll be more careful in the future.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi again ladies!
Could you please take a look at this bag? Upon searching this thread I found where you had deemed one of this seller's bag as fake about two years ago. I was wondering if this one is ok.

Item: Coach Vintage Legacy Shoulder Bag Deep Red Leather Small MINT
Listing number: 113934550199
Seller: blumenflower123
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Vintage-Legacy-Shoulder-Bag-Deep-Red-Leather-Small-MINT/113934550199?_trkparms=aid=1110001&algo=SPLICE.SIM&ao=1&asc=60668&meid=26922e1ab5fc42c9a126cea475261ffa&pid=100010&rk=3&rkt=12&sd=163920357980&itm=113934550199&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109
Comments: serial number on patch is hard to see

Genuine style 9715, Legacy Turnlock Companion Flap from 2001

 

[Hyacinth]

Sorry I missed that clutch authentication. I do always look before posting a request.
I know the tag on the Regina is wrong but kinda’ like the contrast!

It's hard to do a forum Search for Goodwill listings, just searching for "Goodwill" as the seller will bring up a LOT of listings. Or if the poster abbreviated it as "GW" as some obviously do, the Search won't pick it up if only "goodwill" is specified. You might find it if the original poster included the GW listing number in her post, but sometimes they don't. It's important that we have as much of that kind of information as possible included in authentication requests so members and authenticators can use the search engine effectively.

Even when the forum regulars make a habit of clicking on every or almost every listing being asked about, we can't always remember them all if another poster happens to ask about the same bag a few weeks or months later, but sometimes that's the only way to remember and find pervious posts about the same item. It takes time to figure out the most effective way of doing a Search but eventually you begin to figure out the best method based on the information available.