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:
    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!
 
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Momscoach said:
They also had “rehabbed” purses that looked nothing like the awesome rehabs posted on the rehab thread. The purses were still dirty and smelly and they were charging over $595.00 for Willis, $495 for a Regina with no long strap. None of the purses had been dunked, shaped or conditioned and yet they were marketed as “restored”
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Maybe they need an anonymous invitation to join TPF!
 
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417-mlc232 said:
Hi, this is my first post. I've searched the threads, and can't find the specific info I'm looking for:
70’s Era Coach Court
Vintage Coach
https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m81569709700/
This bag is supposedly pre-1994, so doesn’t have the 9870 style number, but I could not find any information about the older Coach Court bags.
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I'm not surprised that you couldn't find any information about 1970s-era Court Bags, since, not surprisingly, the seller is WAAAAAAY off on the date that bag was made. The Court Bag in the listing dates from 1989, which is when the Court Bag was first introduced by Coach. The seller is at least ten years off on the date. A word to the wise - don't expect the majority of Coach sellers to have any idea of how to determine the age of a vintage Coach bag. Below is a thumbnail of the Fall Preview 1989 catalog page where the Court Bag was first introduced, click on the thumbnail to open it.

The bag in the listing is genuine.

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Hyacinth said:
I'm not surprised that you couldn't find any information about 1970s-era Court Bags, since, not surprisingly, the seller is WAAAAAAY off on the date that bag was made. The Court Bag in the listing dates from 1989, which is when the Court Bag was first introduced by Coach. The seller is at least ten years off on the date. A word to the wise - don't expect the majority of Coach sellers to have any idea of how to determine the age of a vintage Coach bag. Below is a thumbnail of the Fall Preview 1989 catalog page where the Court Bag was first introduced, click on the thumbnail to open it.

The bag in the listing is genuine.

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Great! Thank you for the information!
 
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Ireiki4u said:
Please authenticate when you can, Thank you

Listing: vintage coach bag made in the USA red
Seller: lulu_clothing_a
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Made-In-USA-Red-Crossbody-Bag-5e7843a490feb656f6336fde
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FAKE!! If you're the buyer, tell lulu_clothing_a you want to cancel.

And it wouldn't hurt to post that to the listing so others will know!

ETA: She also has this fake.
https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Made-In-Usa-4158-Crossbody-Bag-5e7440bab146cc2582ac4877

Avoid lulu_clothing_a !!

ETA #2: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Made-In-USA-Crossbody-Bag-5e743db52cc515ee516e1a3e
 
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Ireiki4u said:
Please authenticate when you can, Thank you

Listing: vintage coach bag made in the USA red
Seller: lulu_clothing_a
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Made-In-USA-Red-Crossbody-Bag-5e7843a490feb656f6336fde
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BeenBurned said:
FAKE!! If you're the buyer, tell lulu_clothing_a you want to cancel.

And it wouldn't hurt to post that to the listing so others will know!

ETA: She also has this fake.
https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Made-In-Usa-4158-Crossbody-Bag-5e7440bab146cc2582ac4877

Avoid lulu_clothing_a !!

ETA #2: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Made-In-USA-Crossbody-Bag-5e743db52cc515ee516e1a3e
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Ireiki4u said:
i thought maybe it was from the serial number?
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Catbird9 said:
Yes.

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The serial number is one of many common invalid serial numbers.
 
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Ireiki4u said:
Please authenticate when you can, Thank you

Listing: vintage coach bag made in the USA red
Seller: lulu_clothing_a
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Made-In-USA-Red-Crossbody-Bag-5e7843a490feb656f6336fde
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I want to keep reminding everyone here that we have a copy of both parts of the Daria48 Coach Fake Numbers List posted right here in the Coach Shopping forum and Pinned right to the top, in the same thread as the Salearea Guides and posted right behind them. It takes just a few minutes to check the List!
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/salearea-guides.983575/page-3#post-33239557

Obviously not every fake number will be on the List but if I didn't think that it would be worth someone's time to check it before bidding or buying, I wouldn't have posted it.

And if searching the List isn't convenient, a simple Google search for "Coach 0444-315" would have brought up dozens of links and photos with similar information.
https://www.google.com/search?q=coach+0444-315&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Even a quick glance at the dozen photos of totally different bags with the same all-numeric serial number at the top of the Google Search results should be a red flag. And there are Google links to posts right here at tPF going back to 2009 stating that that number is fake.

Using tPF's own Search link would have pointed in the same direction, with 72 posts about that number going back to 2008
https://forum.purseblog.com/search/10643248/?q=0444-315&t=post&o=date&c[node]=29+284+114+113+129:


Besides the known fake serial number, there are other problems with that bag too.

I REALLY hope you're not the buyer.
 
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