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!

 

[Anna!]

Thank you! I thought the creed wasn't embossed enough and the Made in China brown tag instead of white were red flags.

 

[whateve]

Thank you! I thought the creed wasn't embossed enough and the Made in China brown tag instead of white were red flags.

At the time that bag was made, the brown cloth tag was what Coach was using.

 

[Anna!]

At the time that bag was made, the brown cloth tag was what Coach was using.

Thank you! I found this bag and was surprised to see the same serial number as mine, aren't they supposed to be unique?

 

[Hyacinth]

Thank you! I found this bag and was surprised to see the same serial number as mine, aren't they supposed to be unique?
https://www.discountsclothing.xyz/i...uckle-strap-rich-and-magnificent-p-9045.dhtml

Coach hasn't used unique-to-each-bag serial numbers saince 1993. Wherever you heard or read that, please ignore it and any other information from the same source, unless you just misremembered it. Even then, 99 percent of internet sources are grossly undependable, especially if they're posting bogus information that hasn't been true for 27 YEARS. Read my Signature under every one of my posts.

 

[Anna!]

And this is an extra picture from my last post which I can't edit anymore. There's no creed no other tags I could find. Thanks you

 

[kistae]

Hi all, may I please trouble you to authenticate the following:

Item: Coach Carnival Bag 9925 sold by coachcrossing on Etsy
Link: https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/...f=sr_gallery-1-2&organic_search_click=1&cns=1
Comments: The detail at the clasp looks different from what I saw on a catalog. Also the creed looks a bit off to me. I'm still quite new to vintage Coach though so these are just a few areas I thought looked a bit off.

Item: Coach Swinger Bag sold by PerfectYesterdays on Etsy
Link: https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/...=sr_gallery-1-48&organic_search_click=1&cns=1
Comments: I think it's a really cute bag. Not sure if I can ask but how lightweight is the leather from the lightweights collection? Am thinking of getting a bigger one for work if it's truly light and sturdy.

Item: Coach Lewiston 9931 sold by SenseAppealUnlimited on Etsy
Link: https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/...2cf2a6297739b09e24d74a27c5eabf6b74e:712174018

Many thanks in advance!

 

[whateve]

Hi all, may I please trouble you to authenticate the following:

Item: Coach Carnival Bag 9925 sold by coachcrossing on Etsy
Link: https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/...f=sr_gallery-1-2&organic_search_click=1&cns=1
Comments: The detail at the clasp looks different from what I saw on a catalog. Also the creed looks a bit off to me. I'm still quite new to vintage Coach though so these are just a few areas I thought looked a bit off.

Item: Coach Swinger Bag sold by PerfectYesterdays on Etsy
Link: https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/...=sr_gallery-1-48&organic_search_click=1&cns=1
Comments: I think it's a really cute bag. Not sure if I can ask but how lightweight is the leather from the lightweights collection? Am thinking of getting a bigger one for work if it's truly light and sturdy.

Item: Coach Lewiston 9931 sold by SenseAppealUnlimited on Etsy
Link: https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/712174018/vintage-coach-lewiston-handbag-coach?ref=pla_similar_listings_top_ad-7&plkey=fc49c2cf2a6297739b09e24d74a27c5eabf6b74e:712174018

Many thanks in advance!

1. fake
2. authentic. The lightweight leather is about half as thick as the classic vintage leather. The thinness and softness allows it to smoosh more. It might stretch out if it is used to hold heavy items. The color on these tends to fade quicker, although this one looks to be in excellent condition.
3. authentic.

 

[kistae]

1. fake
2. authentic. The lightweight leather is about half as thick as the classic vintage leather. The thinness and softness allows it to smoosh more. It might stretch out if it is used to hold heavy items. The color on these tends to fade quicker, although this one looks to be in excellent condition.
3. authentic.

Thank you and I'm so happy to have spotted my first fake! All those hours of lurking here have paid off And thank you for the detailed answer to point 2. i'll think on the Swinger but definitely getting the Lewiston (my first old 80s Coach acquisition!)

 

[K-Coach]

Hi!
May I have an authentication please? I am concerned that the serial/model number stamp is inauthentic.
Thanks much!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-COACH-MESSENGER-SHOULDER-OR-CROSSBODY-BAG/303568029809
seller: tortis

 

[Aku_no_Hana]

Please authenticate. Seller: inez254
https://www.ebay.com/itm/164166848202
Thank you!

 

[MaraudingMagpie]

Dear wise people,
I like my Chester so much that I might gift myself another one for my birthday.
But only after getting a go from you of course, so if you could take a look, I'd appreciate it.
Item: Chester
Item number: 254589921272
Seller: bjnrbweaver
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-Chester-Canteen-Purse/254589921272
Comments: I've asked for a pic in natural light, but if you could weigh in on whether or not that is Bordeaux, that'd be great.
Thanks a ton, as always!

 

[CR Graham]

Hope everyone is having a great day! When you have time, I'd appreciate your thoughts on this lunchbox zip from GW online. I'm mainly interested in your take on the last photo showing the top of the handle because I was comparing it to shots Hyacinth posted in February (https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-3070#post-33616906) and couldn't really make up my mind if it matched the genuine or didn't.

Item: Lunch Box Zip
Item #: 93151235
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/93151235

 

[Catbird9]

Hi!
May I have an authentication please? I am concerned that the serial/model number stamp is inauthentic.
Thanks much!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-COACH-MESSENGER-SHOULDER-OR-CROSSBODY-BAG/303568029809
seller: tortis

It's fake.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hope everyone is having a great day! When you have time, I'd appreciate your thoughts on this lunchbox zip from GW online. I'm mainly interested in your take on the last photo showing the top of the handle because I was comparing it to shots Hyacinth posted in February (https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-3070#post-33616906) and couldn't really make up my mind if it matched the genuine or didn't.

Item: Lunch Box Zip
Item #: 93151235
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/93151235

It doesn't worry me if the top handle isn't quite as flared in the center as we've seen on other examples. Details like that, and turnlock backs and other "sometimes fake" indicators shouldn't be used as proof that something's fake. The most important authenticating detail is almost always the creed and serial number stamping, and this one looks good.

 

[Hyacinth]

Dear wise people,
I like my Chester so much that I might gift myself another one for my birthday.
But only after getting a go from you of course, so if you could take a look, I'd appreciate it.
Item: Chester
Item number: 254589921272
Seller: bjnrbweaver
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-Chester-Canteen-Purse/254589921272
Comments: I've asked for a pic in natural light, but if you could weigh in on whether or not that is Bordeaux, that'd be great.
Thanks a ton, as always!

It's genuine, late 1980s.

It might be Burgundy. As I've mentioned before, I don't don't like guessing colors especially since we can't pin down an exact year and season when it was made. I don't remember Bordeaux being a late 1980s color but I could be wrong.