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Hi Authenticators, Please check this bag when you can. Again, thanks for your time and expertise!
Item: Vintage Coach Soho Shoulder Bag Leather Style H6C-4157 (Reduced )
Listing #: 283233657099
Seller ID: loripaigepack
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-Soho-Shoulder-Bag-Leather-Style-H6C-4157-Reduced/283233657099?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2748.l2649
Comment: Can you confirm the name, year, a catalog photo (if available) and any other identifying info?

Are you the buyer? Please don't pay yet. I don't believe it's authentic.

Other opinions are welcome!

I don't believe it's authentic either. Here's a 1996 C plant creed for comparison (different month and style number):

Bag in question H6C 4157:
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Authentic creed for comparison G6C-4143:
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Here's an authentic bag with H6C as the prefix.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-RA...785712?hash=item1a84f4cdf0:g:wfEAAOSw78xccHs-

And here's another with the same (incorrect) font and identical serial number as the bag in question:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Co...394447?hash=item1f0dac7e0f:g:BOIAAOSwDIJeUYvI

Comps:
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I don't believe it's authentic either. Here's a 1996 C plant creed for comparison (different month and style number):

Bag in question H6C 4157:
View attachment 4701507

Interesting. So where does that leave this bag with the same number - real or fake?
VINTAGE COACH 4157 BRITISH TAN LEATHER SOHO TOTE BUCKET BAG PURSE WITH HANG TAG!
Item: 124055033690
Seller: cleverclaire
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-CO...a=1&pg=2060778&_trksid=p2060778.c100290.m3507

Authentic creed for comparison G6C-4143:
View attachment 4701509
 
Here's an authentic bag with H6C as the prefix.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-RA...785712?hash=item1a84f4cdf0:g:wfEAAOSw78xccHs-

And here's another with the same (incorrect) font and identical serial number as the bag in question:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Co...394447?hash=item1f0dac7e0f:g:BOIAAOSwDIJeUYvI

Comps:
View attachment 4701514

Not sure how to handle this now - contact the seller & request to cancel the order, telling her the bag is not authentic? Or report it to ebay?
 
Here's an authentic bag with H6C as the prefix.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-RA...785712?hash=item1a84f4cdf0:g:wfEAAOSw78xccHs-

And here's another with the same (incorrect) font and identical serial number as the bag in question:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Co...394447?hash=item1f0dac7e0f:g:BOIAAOSwDIJeUYvI

Comps:
View attachment 4701514
Aw geez! The only fakes I'm finding for that prefix are all the same style! But I also found an authentic one with the same serial number.

Sold on Tradesy for almost $100: https://www.tradesy.com/i/coach-h6c-4157-chocolate-leather-shoulder-bag/20000723/

And here's an authentic version with the same serial number:
https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Shoulder-Bag-5e35864a79df27c54b6408d2
https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Navy-bag-5359ac93fe9a2b05a800206d

BEWARE!!
 
Please authenticate this bag when you can. Thanks for your time and expertise!
Item: Vintage Coach Bag Brown Leather Bucket Shoulder Purse #6008
Listing #: 402135822261
Seller ID: cryley-0
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-Bag-Brown-Leather-Bucket-Shoulder-Purse-6008/402135822261
Comment: Wondering how well this bag might rehab. Can you provide the name, year, a catalog photo (if available) and any other identifying info?

Thank you @Hyacinth. I'll wait for @whateve for rehab possibility & hopefully someone can provide the bag name.
I don't have a name either. I've never seen a catalog for this line. I imagine it would rehab okay. I've never handled a bag from this line. The scratches seem a lot more visible than we usually see on glove tanned leather.
 
I don't have a name either. I've never seen a catalog for this line. I imagine it would rehab okay. I've never handled a bag from this line. The scratches seem a lot more visible than we usually see on glove tanned leather.

There are a few Chelsea items in the 1998 Holiday Preview and Holiday catalogs but these are the only official pages I've found.
Holiday Preview 1998:
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and Holiday 1998:

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