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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.

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  • 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.
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  • FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
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    Listing number:
    Seller and site where listed
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  • 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.
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Item: Coach Poppy leather hobo bag ($45)
Seller and site where listed: tripbilly, Poshmark
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Poppy-leather-hobo-bag-5e36468c19c1574f802c8d58

Comments: This bag was listed as a Poppy Hobo but I believe that it is an XL Ergo Tote 10744 made in 2006, correct? I know that the older, vintage, Ergo bags were often faked but I don't know about these later Legacy Striped Ergo bags.

The lining is disgustingly filthy but I hope that I can rehab it. Please give an opinion about authenticity and identity, thanks in advance!
 
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K-Coach said:
Hi All~

May I have your opinion(s) on vintage bags that have been "re-dyed", "painted" etc., and how/if it affects their authenticity and value?

Thanks much!
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Without pictures, there's no way to know authenticity.

In answer to your question on how dying affects authenticity, it doesn't. If the bag is authentic, it's authentic no matter how it was treated.

How dying affects value is another story.......
 
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BeenBurned said:
Without pictures, there's no way to know authenticity.

In answer to your question on how dying affects authenticity, it doesn't. If the bag is authentic, it's authentic no matter how it was treated.

How dying affects value is another story.......
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So how does it "typically" (is there such a thing?) affect value??

Had an ebay experience earlier this morning.....a vintage leather bag was just stunningly gorgeous!! I'd been watching it for a few days. Seller made a BIN offer for less than half the listing price. I messaged to ask about condition, overall color consistency, fading, etc., because I'd had a prior issue with this seller (which was resolved with great customer service on their part). I then was told this bag had been re-dyed, but this information wasn't listed anywhere in the auction description. I believe that should be disclosed to potential buyers. I chose not to buy it, but someone else did.

I admire and appreciate like new vintage bags but I prefer the "au naturel" ones, even if I have to work hard at rehabbing them.
 
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K-Coach said:
So how does it "typically" (is there such a thing?) affect value??

Had an ebay experience earlier this morning.....a vintage leather bag was just stunningly gorgeous!! I'd been watching it for a few days. Seller made a BIN offer for less than half the listing price. I messaged to ask about condition, overall color consistency, fading, etc., because I'd had a prior issue with this seller (which was resolved with great customer service on their part). I then was told this bag had been re-dyed, but this information wasn't listed anywhere in the auction description. I believe that should be disclosed to potential buyers. I chose not to buy it, but someone else did.

I admire and appreciate like new vintage bags but I prefer the "au naturel" ones, even if I have to work hard at rehabbing them.
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I will defer to the experienced rehabbers regarding value of a dyed or painted bag. (I don't rehab and have seen some "polished" bags that I wouldn't take if they were given away for free!)

You may want to get advice here:
Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

But since you're asking about a specific listing and before accepting (or even considering) the seller's offer, you should verify authenticity on this thread. And you are ABSOLUTELY correct that a dye job should have been disclosed. (I have a secret guess as to the seller! And if I'm right, I avoid at all costs. JMHO.)
 
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