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:
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  Listing number:
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• FOR ITEMS NOT 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.

Thank you and be safe!

 

[whateve]

Hi Hyacitnth, the bag is in my possession. Here are additional pics, attaching the creed in this post again. I appreciate your help. Many thanks.

authentic.

 

[Staceys]

Hello everyone,
This is my first post... so I hope I’m following all the rules. If not please please please bare with me, I tend to forget things often.

I purchased this bag via eBay a week ago, and should be getting it in the mail soon. However, I’m kinda worried, now that I’m looking again at the auction. It’s kind of a “to good to be true” oh no gut feeling. I have a few other coach 65th anniversary Leather bags... 1 purchased used, but 2 were purchased way back when from the full price stores. The reason I’m worried is the condition its in, especially for the tanned leather. I have a whiskey (I know this one isn’t) but mine shows wear even if I breathe on it wrong... which is exactly why I love my whiskey bag!!!

but this one looks pretty much new! For the price, if it’s authentic... I think I did pretty good. If it’s fake, then at least I didn’t lose the house when I won the bid. Thank you so much for any of your expert opinions and thoughts.

Ebay Link: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/303399721912
seller: syakovich2012
title: “ICONIC TAN LEATHER COACH LEGACY 65TH ANNIVERSARY SATCHEL HANDBAG ”

I’m posting the link from eBay auction and also attaching all the screen shots. Because the auction ended a couple weeks ago, I’m not sure what you will be able to see. Thanks again!

 

[CR Graham]

Kind Authenticators - when you have time I would appreciate your thoughts on the following two bags I purchased at Goodwill.

Item: Soho Zip Tote


Item: Casino Bag
Serial No: L6D-9924 (sorry about the poor pix!)

 

[Hyacinth]

Kind Authenticators - when you have time I would appreciate your thoughts on the following two bags I purchased at Goodwill.

Item: Soho Zip Tote
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Item: Casino Bag
Serial No: L6D-9924 (sorry about the poor pix!)

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Both look good.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello everyone,
This is my first post... so I hope I’m following all the rules. If not please please please bare with me, I tend to forget things often.

I purchased this bag via eBay a week ago, and should be getting it in the mail soon. However, I’m kinda worried, now that I’m looking again at the auction. It’s kind of a “to good to be true” oh no gut feeling. I have a few other coach 65th anniversary Leather bags... 1 purchased used, but 2 were purchased way back when from the full price stores. The reason I’m worried is the condition its in, especially for the tanned leather. I have a whiskey (I know this one isn’t) but mine shows wear even if I breathe on it wrong... which is exactly why I love my whiskey bag!!!

but this one looks pretty much new! For the price, if it’s authentic... I think I did pretty good. If it’s fake, then at least I didn’t lose the house when I won the bid. Thank you so much for any of your expert opinions and thoughts.

Ebay Link: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/303399721912
seller: syakovich2012
title: “ICONIC TAN LEATHER COACH LEGACY 65TH ANNIVERSARY SATCHEL HANDBAG ”

I’m posting the link from eBay auction and also attaching all the screen shots. Because the auction ended a couple weeks ago, I’m not sure what you will be able to see. Thanks again!

It's genuine, from 2007.

Ebay keeps Completed Listing photos up for several months after the sale unless there's a valid reason for the listing to be removed. You usually don't have to copy and post all the photos if the auction listing link still works

 

[CR Graham]

Both look good.

Many thanks, Hyacinth!

 

[Hyacinth]

Just out of curiosity, I'm wondering if this bag is fake as well? It has silver toned buckles and grommets in the same style as my fake does but the creed is on the right side. Also your pictured bag and the others I've seen so far have solid metal zippers on the inside flap but mine has very thin plastic black zipper teeth. I just want to make sure I don't claim a condition of counterfeit to good will and be incorrect about it.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/751692...ery=coach+9966&ref=sr_gallery-1-6&frs=1&cns=1

Silver hardware is usually only a problem when the date code in the serial number indicates a month or year when a hardware color wasn't available on a specific style, or when a bag has brass strap buckles or mountings and the strap has silver or silver-ish grommets. The one you just asked about has the right hardware color (both brass and nickle-color hardware were available during that month and year) and "plastic", actually nylon, zippers were also available, it depended on what a plant had available at the time. There are very few blanket rules about what details a Coach should or shouldn't have, many of those details depend on when and where the bag was made. Coach changed details as often as people change socks. That's one reason serial numbers with their production codes in bags from 1994 to the present are so important.

 

[rglassmyer]

Coach changed details as often as people change socks. That's one reason serial numbers with their production codes in bags from 1994 to the present are so important.

Thank you for the clarification Hyacinth. I realize even more so now that I know a lot less than I thought I did when it comes to spotting fakes.

 

[Hyacinth]

Thank you for the clarification Hyacinth. I realize even more so now that I know a lot less than I thought I did when it comes to spotting fakes.

Up until about 15 or 20 years ago most people judged whether or not a "Coach" was authentic by the thickness and softness of the leather and whether or not the stitches were tight and straight. Then some smart-alecs mostly at the Ebay Shoes and Purses Board started looking at and figuring out the serial numbers and found out that along with the quality of construction, the details of the creeds and serial numbers also were incredibly important. Some compared details of bags that were similar to figure out how they were connected. One of them had worked in the car business for years and used to analyze car serial numbers just to see if she could figure them out and started doing the same thing with Coach numbers. Step by step they figured out a lot of it. But it takes time, copious notes and photos, and sharing information to come up with an acceptable analysis. And there are still a few question marks we haven't quite worked out yet.

 

[Mei01]

authentic.

Thanks whateve! Happy holidays!

 

[kiyakaboom]

Dear Authenticators,

Can you please authenticate the following bag?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-Black-Compartment-Bag-Shoulder-Bag-9850/352892742484
Vintage Coach Black Compartment Bag Shoulder Bag 9850
Seller information
briettschroede0
eBay item number:
352892742484
I know there is a hangtag because it was in a duplicate listing that ended and got relisted
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-Black-Compartment-Bag-9850/352901390485

Thanks!

 

[whateve]

Dear Authenticators,

Can you please authenticate the following bag?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-Black-Compartment-Bag-Shoulder-Bag-9850/352892742484
Vintage Coach Black Compartment Bag Shoulder Bag 9850
Seller information
briettschroede0
eBay item number:
352892742484
I know there is a hangtag because it was in a duplicate listing that ended and got relisted
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-Black-Compartment-Bag-9850/352901390485

Thanks!

Those are two different bags. Both are authentic.

 

[kiyakaboom]

Those are two different bags. Both are authentic.

Dear whateve,

Thanks for taking the time out of your busy holiday to authenticate these bags for me, I really appreciate it. Have a safe and happy holiday!

 

[Morgan_Bellini]

May I please request an authentication of this bag currently listed on eBay?
Red Stewardess
Item: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/184090808686
Seller: dreamiejeannie61
Comments: this seller sold a fake in the past. I can't tell if the month code on this bag is S or G.

Thank you!!

 

[Lake Effect]

May I please request an authentication of this bag currently listed on eBay?
Red Stewardess
Item: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/184090808686
Seller: dreamiejeannie61
Comments: this seller sold a fake in the past. I can't tell if the month code on this bag is S or G.

Thank you!!

I will be interested too to see what they think, based on photo here of an authentic 1995 B plant, regardless if it is G.