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
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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!

 

[Jacynthe]

Dear authenticators! Request to authenticate please. Thank you!
Item: wallet
Seller: thrift store. I should add NY and NJ area. I'm been to far too many. I forget which one is which!
Link: n/a
Comments; dimensions are about 4" height,7.5" wide, 1" depth, 7.5" when open.

 

[BeenBurned]

Dear authenticators, request to authenticate please. Thank you!
Item: Red hobo legacy (or so I think)
Listing number: reference number LU10324529721
Seller: I just started looking at this site and all I can find is 'vetted seller'.
Link: https://www.1stdibs.com/fashion/han...h-tomato-red-shoulder-bag-1970s/id-v_4529721/
Comments: Is this really a Bonnie Cashin design from the 1970s? It looks more recent. Way out of my price range!!!!

It's authentic but not even close to 1970s!

The bag isn't even vintage yet; it was made in 2002.

That's a GLARING example of not just SNAD - Significantly Not As Described - but it's an outright damned LIE It's bad enough when sellers use Cashin's name in listings for actual vintage if non-Cashin bags, but this is just inexcusable. I wouldn't buy anything from that seller OR that website. Not only was the bag made 34 years after Cashin stopped designing for Coach, not only did she never design a style like that AFAIK, but by 2002 which is the date code in the serial number, Bonnie Cashin had been DEAD for 2 years.

Don't ever depend on sellers' descriptions to be accurate unless you know the seller is a trusted tPF member. Even if they claim to be one, don't depend on their word alone.

I can't see any price in the listing. What is she asking for that?

Thanks Hyacinth! I thought the bag looked more recent but needed the experts' opinions and you and BeenBurned confirmed what I suspected. I was unfamiliar with this site and it looked like estate sales. I guess their vetting criteria is quite dodgy.
So, this seller must know who is Bonnie Cashin enough to name drop and hope nobody notices. Oh! I forgot to add the seller is asking 425$US.

OH MY SAINTED AUNT BESSIE. Let's hope no one buys it. That's probably 10 times what it's actually worth.

"Vetted seller" my butt.

DO NOT BUY FROM WEBSITE " 1STDIBS.COM "

And for the record, this "vetted, professional seller" who "normally" responds within 2 hours to messages hasn't replied in 8 hours.

 

[Hyacinth]

And for the record, this "vetted, professional seller" who "normally" responds within 2 hours to messages hasn't replied in 8 hours.

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She has a Cashin coat and skirt set listed too which may or may not be genuine, but I'm not going to advertise an irresponsible seller like that by posting links.

 

[BeenBurned]

She has a Cashin coat and skirt set listed too which may or may not be genuine, but I'm not going to advertise an irresponsible seller like that by posting links.

I saw that. It shows as a Cashin design on the label.

I agree, This seller doesn't deserve promotion!

 

[BeenBurned]

Dear authenticators! Request to authenticate please. Thank you!
Item: wallet
Seller: thrift store. I should add NY and NJ area. I'm been to far too many. I forget which one is which!
Link: n/a
Comments; dimensions are about 4" height,7.5" wide, 1" depth, 7.5" when open.

The pictures aren't really clear or large enough but I think it's okay.

 

[sakiaoki]

Authentic. I'm not able to see the year code well enough to see when it was made.

The seller copied the style number incorrectly. It's 9983.

Hi BeenBurned,
A while back I had a vintage Regina authenticated on this thread. You weren't able to read the year code clearly and I also didn't think much of it. Until I looked into deciphering year codes lately and realized the first alphabet is the month of the year. Mine reads 'M6I-9983' which technically means the 13th month of the year 1996. Is this possibly a fake then?
I've attached a photo for your review.

 

[Jacynthe]

The pictures aren't really clear or large enough but I think it's okay.

Thanks BeenBurned! I do need to improve my photo taking skills!

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi BeenBurned,
A while back I had a vintage Regina authenticated on this thread. You weren't able to read the year code clearly and I also didn't think much of it. Until I looked into deciphering year codes lately and realized the first alphabet is the month of the year. Mine reads 'M6I-9983' which technically means the 13th month of the year 1996. Is this possibly a fake then?
I've attached a photo for your review.

No, if you read the Salearea Coach Guides in the thread that's Pinned at the top of each Coach Shopping Forum page, and many things we talk about in these forums will make a LOT more sense if you do, the six-part Guide has 2 sections that explain Coach's serial numbers and creeds.

The "i" month code usually wasn't used because it was too easy to mistake it for the number 1. (I worked in the automobile business for more than 20 years and car manufacturers usually do the same thing with VINs (Vehicle Identification Numbers). Your bag is a genuine Coach.

 

[sakiaoki]

No, if you read the Salearea Coach Guides in the thread that's Pinned at the top of each Coach Shopping Forum page, and many things we talk about in these forums will make a LOT more sense if you do, the six-part Guide has 2 sections that explain Coach's serial numbers and creeds.

The "i" month code usually wasn't used because it was too easy to mistake it for the number 1. (I worked in the automobile business for more than 20 years and car manufacturers usually do the same thing with VINs (Vehicle Identification Numbers). Your bag is a genuine Coach.

Hi Hyacinth,
I think I did read the Sale Area guide that was originally posted by BeenBurned, but I must have totally spaced out there after reading some random guide on the internet. Sorry about that! I'm completely embarrassed. But thank you for clarifying

 

[CR Graham]

I hope everyone is having a great weekend! When it's convenient, I would appreciate your thoughts on the following three purses I've picked up at Goodwill over the last few weeks. TIA!

1/3: Monterey Hobo - Lightweights Line (?)
Approximate Dimensions: 12.5 (L) x 11 (H) x 5 (W)

 

[CR Graham]

2/3: Madison Satchel (?)
Approximate Dimensions: 11.5 (L) x 7.5 (H) x 5.5 (W)

 

[CR Graham]

3/3: Still trying to ID this one!
Approximate Dimensions: 8 (L at base) x 8.5 (H) x 4.5 (W)

 

[Catbird9]

4070 Bucket Bag Small:

 

[CR Graham]

4070 Bucket Bag Small:

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She's so pretty in her catalog shot! I can't wait to rehab her!

 

[BeenBurned]

3/3: Still trying to ID this one!
Approximate Dimensions: 8 (L at base) x 8.5 (H) x 4.5 (W)

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4070 Bucket Bag Small:

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Authentic.