Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

[Vlad]

IMPORTANT READ-ME

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For further information, please refer to the first post on page 1 of this thread.

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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.

Thank you and be safe!

 

[Roro]

Hello, authenticators! Hope everyone is enjoying a quiet Sunday. I have four bags in my possession that need authentication. I found them in a closet that I've been avoiding opening, until Covid. They've been in my possession for at least the past ten years and date from a time when I went to lots of garage sales and flea markets and bought everything that could even remotely be Coach. I think I'll be selling all of them but wanted to verify authenticity before I decided.

1. City Bag?
-British Tan
-11 1/2 inches by 8 inches
-single thin strap attached with dog leash clasps

I'll do these one at a time. This new format overloads my brain.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello, authenticators! Hope everyone is enjoying a quiet Sunday. I have four bags in my possession that need authentication. I found them in a closet that I've been avoiding opening, until Covid. They've been in my possession for at least the past ten years and date from a time when I went to lots of garage sales and flea markets and bought everything that could even remotely be Coach. I think I'll be selling all of them but wanted to verify authenticity before I decided.

1. City Bag?
-British Tan
-11 1/2 inches by 8 inches
-single thin strap attached with dog leash clasps

I'll do these one at a time. This new format overloads my brain.

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It always helps to show the strap ends and how they attach to the bag. It's not a City Bag, the flap is the wrong length and shape. If the strap is detachable with trigger-style clips, it's probably a 9635 Convertible Clutch. Please remember to include that strap detail in your next posts. Early to mid 1980s. I'm not sure what you mean by dog leash clips so please post a photo, dog leash and trigger style are different and I don't remember Convertible Clutches having what Coach called dog leash clips.

This is trigger-style:

 

[Hyacinth]

Think I may have found it. 70s Penny Pocket?

There's no such style as a Penny Pocket. Please don't make the mistake of believing that every seller knows the exact Coach name of the bag they're selling, because the majority of them don't, they just copy what other sellers call it, which is often also wrong.

The seller at depop didn't give measurements so there's no way to be sure what it is. But it's NOT a Penny, or a Pocket, and not a City Bag either. Both strap and flap are wrong. Measurements are one of the items required for authentication and identification of vintage Coaches. It's probably from the early to mid-1980s, not the 1970s.

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[shannastory]

Hello authenticators, I’m considering this bag and would love your thoughts on authenticity.

Item: Drawstring Tote (unclear on actual style name)
Listing number: ?
Seller: malloy34 / Poshmark
Link: https://posh.mk/7FmKpkadv7
Comments: Would love to know name of style if possible.

Thank you so much!

 

[Roro]

It always helps to show the strap ends and how they attach to the bag. It's not a City Bag, the flap is the wrong length and shape. If the strap is detachable with trigger-style clips, it's probably a 9635 Convertible Clutch. Please remember to include that strap detail in your next posts. Early to mid 1980s. I'm not sure what you mean by dog leash clips so please post a photo, dog leash and trigger style are different and I don't remember Convertible Clutches having what Coach called dog leash clips.

This is trigger-style:
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I see these discussions all of the time in the Vintage Coach threads and I now realize what all of the talk is about! I will include a clasp photo with future requests. This shows the clasp on this bag (looks like your photo, I think)

 

[MedicMom]

It always helps to show the strap ends and how they attach to the bag. It's not a City Bag, the flap is the wrong length and shape. If the strap is detachable with trigger-style clips, it's probably a 9635 Convertible Clutch. Please remember to include that strap detail in your next posts. Early to mid 1980s. I'm not sure what you mean by dog leash clips so please post a photo, dog leash and trigger style are different and I don't remember Convertible Clutches having what Coach called dog leash clips.

This is trigger-style:
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Thanks - this sure looks like it. I really like the bag style so I appreciate learning more about it.

 

[Hyacinth]

I see these discussions all of the time in the Vintage Coach threads and I now realize what all of the talk is about! I will include a claspView attachment 4764782 photo with future requests. This shows the clasp on this bag (looks like your photo, I think)

Yep. So you have a name for the bag and the clip. See why it's called a trigger clip?

THIS is a dog-leash clip:


and I'm not really sure but I don't think Coach used the term "clasp" but I could be wrong. To a jewelry junkie like me, a clasp is a piece of jewelry hardware, like a lobster-claw clasp.

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[Hyacinth]

Hello authenticators, I’m considering this bag and would love your thoughts on authenticity.

Item: Drawstring Tote (unclear on actual style name)
Listing number: ?
Seller: malloy34 / Poshmark
Link: https://posh.mk/7FmKpkadv7
Comments: Would love to know name of style if possible.

Thank you so much!

Genuine Drawstring Tote, style 4030 from the Lightweight line and probably from the late 1980s.

 

[Roro]

Here is my second of four closet finds:

foldover shoulder bag (wouldn't hazard a guess as to style name)
--black
--9 inches by 5 1/2 inches
--strap not removable (photo attached)

 

[Mustloveoldthings]

Hi
Could you please take a look at this Courier bag

Vintage COACH Courier Pouch Green Leather 8920 Bonnie Cashin 1970's Saddle Bag | eBay

The bag has 1 interior hanging pocket that doesn't zip. The leather is soft and supple. This bag has a tab closure that is threaded through a placket underneath the flap. Smaller folks can wear the bag crossbody.

www.ebay.com

The buyer has stated it's a fake and started a return.

Thank you for your time.

 

[Roro]

Bag number 3.

Regina (?) (!) (so much discussion in the Vintage threads--I was so surprised to find this in the closet--too bad it's not an interesting color)
Black
8 inches by 7 1/2 inches
Strap attaches with dog-leash clasps and I have a photo (thank you, Hyacinth! I always knew everything wasn't a dog leash clasp but didn't know the distinction)

 

[Roro]

Last one (hoping to finish prior to a Father's Day drive by from our daughter)

Sidepack (?)
brown
8 1/2 inches by 6 1/2 inches
strap attached



Last, funny, note. I actually found cash in all four of these bags. Assuming I carried each of them at some time in the past.

 

[Hyacinth]

Here is my second of four closet finds:

foldover shoulder bag (wouldn't hazard a guess as to style name)
--black
--9 inches by 5 1/2 inches
--strap not removable (photo attached)

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I should have mentioned needing a pic of the front with the flap open so we can see f there's a pocket under the flap.

Vintage bags without style numbers in the serial need these details shown because this is often the only way we can narrow down one early Coach from another:
Measurements
plus
Photos of:
Strap and strap connection
all pockets including Under Flap, Back outside (stick a piece of paper halfway inside to show it's a real pocket because sometimes it's hard to tell from a photo, and inside pockets showing the top along with the creed stamp so we can see if it's an open pocket or if it has a zipper
And any other unusual details like the inside kisslock change purses in styles like the 9385 Shoulder Purse.

Remember, most of the time all we have to refer to are a sometimes really small catalog pic with no inside or outside back photos and only a few lines of description, so we need to have pretty much the same information for the bag you're asking about as Coach normally put in their catalog descriptions, see the photo of the catalog page I posted earlier. Most of Coach's pre-1990 bags were just a few basic body designs, flap, tote, top zip, satchel, etc, and the only differences between different styles were size and things like strap and pocket details.

Yours could be a 9375 Dinky if it just has a zipped inside pocket.

 

[Hyacinth]

Bag number 3.

Regina (?) (!) (so much discussion in the Vintage threads--I was so surprised to find this in the closet--too bad it's not an interesting color)
Black
8 inches by 7 1/2 inches
Strap attaches with dog-leash clasps and I have a photo (thank you, Hyacinth! I always knew everything wasn't a dog leash clasp but didn't know the distinction)

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Looks good, from 1996

 

[Roro]

I should have mentioned needing a pic of the front with the flap open so we can see f there's a pocket under the flap.

Vintage bags without style numbers in the serial need these details shown because this is often the only way we can narrow down one early Coach from another:
Measurements
plus
Photos of:
Strap and strap connection
all pockets including Under Flap, Back outside (stick a piece of paper halfway inside to show it's a real pocket because sometimes it's hard to tell from a photo, and inside pockets showing the top along with the creed stamp so we can see if it's an open pocket or if it has a zipper
And any other unusual details like the inside kisslock change purses in styles like the 9385 Shoulder Purse.

Remember, most of the time all we have to refer to are a sometimes really small catalog pic with no inside or outside back photos and only a few lines of description, so we need to have pretty much the same information for the bag you're asking about as Coach normally put in their catalog descriptions, see the photo of the catalog page I posted earlier. Most of Coach's pre-1990 bags were just a few basic body designs, flap, tote, top zip, satchel, etc, and the only differences between different styles were size and things like strap and pocket details.

Yours could be a 9375 Dinky if it just has a zipped inside pocket.

Here's a photo of the zippered inside pocket. Seriously, I love learning all of this. I usually only ask about duffle sacs so all of these little details of all of these little bags are fascinating to learn about.