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!

 

[touchofcashmere]

When you have a moment, would you please take a look at this bag and give me your opinion as to whether or not it's genuine?

Item: Style #9871
Seller: shoppingmy4kids [eBay]
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-CO...517981?hash=item23d14fb81d:g:eGUAAOSwKFNeK4mT
Comments: The bag is listed as a "Beaumont Satchel" however I was unable to find any old Coach pages online doing a quick search on Google and Pinterest to verify the name/number of the style and do some basic feature checks. If it is genuine, I would love to know it's proper name as well.

Thank you in advance for your time.

 

[PandasMom]

It's authentic.

Thank you for letting me know. I'm going to start cleaning it up today.

 

[BeenBurned]

When you have a moment, would you please take a look at this bag and give me your opinion as to whether or not it's genuine?

Item: Style #9871
Seller: shoppingmy4kids [eBay]
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-CO...517981?hash=item23d14fb81d:g:eGUAAOSwKFNeK4mT
Comments: The bag is listed as a "Beaumont Satchel" however I was unable to find any old Coach pages online doing a quick search on Google and Pinterest to verify the name/number of the style and do some basic feature checks. If it is genuine, I would love to know it's proper name as well.

Thank you in advance for your time.

It's fine. Beaumont satchel is the correct style.

Here's a post where Hyacinth IDs one:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-1701#post-31763883

 

[lovebaddax3]

Hello authenticators, I am sharing two more purchases that I would like to authenticate at your leisure. These are two that I am iffy about. Thank you so much for your time!

1. Brown Swingpack (I believe)
creed: E0D-9167 (this was quite difficult to see/photograph)
link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintag...ch-shopper-crossbody-5e1f766a16105df63bcb801c
Seller: luvyellow


2. Hampton Tote
creed: D13-7776
link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m92819157522/
Seller: avalynescloset

 

[pearlpearl35]

Hi. Please authenticate this Coach Station Bag. It was thrifted so I don't have an listing number or link. Please excuse the shiny spots on the leather. I didn't rub the leather conditioner well enough in those areas. The font on the serial number worries me, but I'm hoping that this is an older bag (maybe 1997) and it just has an older font on the lettering.

 

[Hyacinth]

It looks like this item has been sold but I'm curious as to whether the buyer got genuine Coach hardware. I'm doubtful.

Although I don't patronize nor recommend Poshmark, this is where the listing came from.
seller vtgcoach4less
https://poshmark.com/listing/Replacement-NICKEL-4PC-Turnlock-Set-NEW-5e52c18b949570d12345e350

Hmm. Although the title doesn't describe the items as "Coach" (unlike other similar listings he as that do use "Coach"), the Coach box in the picture implies the hardware is Coach.

I think we can assume that the box in that photo is a LIE. The seller has used other sellers' photos before and that is definitely NOT Coach hardware.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi. Please authenticate this Coach Station Bag. It was thrifted so I don't have an listing number or link. Please excuse the shiny spots on the leather. I didn't rub the leather conditioner well enough in those areas. The font on the serial number worries me, but I'm hoping that this is an older bag (maybe 1997) and it just has an older font on the lettering.

Genuine, made in 1997

 

[BeenBurned]

I submitted my photos to Mercari Authentication anyway. Last time I submitted a Helen's Legacy with a normal serial number with style number format and they failed miserably. I just got email back from them "Our authentication team was unable to verify your item's authenticity. Your listing has been removed from Mercari."

Translation: We don't know jack about vintage coach and therefore not going risk letting you try to sell it on our site. We only allow cheap fakes to be sold on our site that are under $300.. but here's a coupon for $30 for items priced over $300!

I think I might start ignoring Mercari authentication requests. In my experience, they don't respond to fake reports and they're as inept in authenticating as Poshmark.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello authenticators, I am sharing two more purchases that I would like to authenticate at your leisure. These are two that I am iffy about. Thank you so much for your time!

1. Brown Swingpack (I believe)
creed: E0D-9167 (this was quite difficult to see/photograph)
link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintag...ch-shopper-crossbody-5e1f766a16105df63bcb801c
Seller: luvyellow
View attachment 4673230 View attachment 4673232 View attachment 4673234 View attachment 4673235 View attachment 4673238 View attachment 4673240

2. Hampton Tote
creed: D13-7776
link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m92819157522/
Seller: avalynescloset
View attachment 4673241 View attachment 4673242 View attachment 4673243 View attachment 4673239

Both are genuine.
The first is a Legacy Top Of Counter Compartment Bag (I'm not kidding, that's the name on the webpage!) made in 2000.

the second is a Hamptons Leather Lunch Tote from 2001.

 

[Catbird9]

I think I might start ignoring Mercari authentication requests. In my experience, they don't respond to fake reports and they're as inept in authenticating as Poshmark.

I understand your position on Poshmark and Mercari and agree that the people they employ aren't qualified to determine the authenticity of Coach bags. (Recent trends at eBay seem to suggest they're equally inept, removing genuine bags on the flimsiest of pretexts. But I digress.)

That being said, I can think of at least one reason to respond to those Poshmark and Mercari authentication requests here. If the bag was fake, you'd be doing a valuable service to potential buyers by warning them not to buy it. That would be a strike against both the seller and, indirectly, the platform they're selling on.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[Hyacinth]

He did add a comment about a photo shoot, probably after most of us lost interest in his extensive knowledge (or lack thereof):
benmack1212 @houseof999 If I were buying for me, I'd buy directly from a place that promises authentication, for the investment. But when you have to buy a lot of bags for a shoot and are on a budget, you look everywhere. Do any of your vintage bags come with docs? We've never used posh bags before.

LOL! And did anyone read the followups to see who is defending and affirming @Hyacinth's expertise?

BTW, although I haven't needed to use them for Coach, I've used Authenticate4U for Prada, Fendi, Hermes, Burberry, Gucci and other brand authentications. They use brand specialists and when I have an item verified there, I know it was done by someone who knows the brand.

And benmack1212 might want to do a bit of research on TRR. They've deemed a lot of fakes as authentic and authentic items as fake. Some some of those fakes have been sold to buyers who trusted them.

Sorry, but I call his "answer" TOTAL BS. It does nothing to explain WHY they need a vintage Coach for a photo. Who The F*** is going to know that it's even a Coach except for the hangtag, and Who The F*** is going to care???

Next he'll be showing a photo of a pile of different generic handbags with an added line drawing made by a red Sharpie of a square with handles and the name "Coach" written on it.

 

[Hyacinth]

Thanks Hyacinth! Happy Mardi Gras!

Thanks! Still 2 more days left to enjoy some Paczki before Lent starts. Wish I could send you some! Our answer to King Cake but even better. (Turn down your sound before clicking the link)

https://abc7chicago.com/5961310/

 

[Hyacinth]

Here is the other, and I’ve added the close up of the back of the turnlock.

Station bag
creed: K5D-5130
link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m35806379824/
seller: Yiyo1991

It's been so crazy here that I don't remember if this was answered or not, but the Station Bag is genuine, from 1995

Please let us know if we missed anything.

 

[Morgan_Bellini]

ITA. I don't have enough time to teach anyone Coach history. Someone who claims to be an authenticator really should know better by now.

It really irks me that he called you "honey". I don't like that man.

 

[Hyacinth]

It really irks me that he called you "honey". I don't like that man.

Yep, I agree 100 percent! We're NOT his "honeys" and he sure as shyte isn't ours. Does anyone remember the abbreviation "MCP?" Set the Wayback Machine for the 1960s.