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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Craigers said:
Oh no, not mad, I’m now more knowledgeable. I just posted what this seller listed. Thank you for helping to educate me. I h

Fabulous, thank you. Just as I was writing this I saw the catalog page that you sent me, very nice info to have. Oh no, not mad, I’m now more knowledgeable. I just posted what this seller listed. Thank you for helping to educate me. I haven’t used this forum aside from asking for authentication but is there a place here where I can further educate myself? Thank you again.
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Hyacinth said:
This is for @Craigers, sorry I messed up the Quote!



I'm SO glad you asked! Shameless Self-Promotion, coming up !!!

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SaleArea guides

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ETA - Ooo, nice to know that someone else found all that information useful! At least I've done ONE positive thing with my life. :biggrin: Thanks, @Morgan_Bellini :flowers:
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Thank you so much, fantastic information.
 
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Craigers said:
Please authenticate this Coach Leather Handbag —thank you.

Item: COACH Vintage Brown Leather New York City Crossbody Shoulder Handbag
Listing#: 133446016957

Seller: charchar1515
Site where listed: eBay
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Vintage-Brown-Leather-New-York-City-Crossbody-Shoulder-Handbag/133446016957?_mwBanner=1&ul_ref=https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11304.m43.l44813/7?euid=fe9d577c598c4153a78a69341542b9b6&bu=44462166342&segname=11304&crd=20200627091139&osub=-1~1&ch=osgood&loc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F133446016957&sojTags=bu=bu,ch=ch,segname=segname,crd=crd,url=loc,osub=osub&srcrot=e11304.m43.l44813&rvr_id=0&rvr_ts=f68e9d081720a9c9f3a620a9fffddd36&ul_noapp=true&pageci=a48079e1-4427-4533-9547-00a5960f0abd
Comments: I’m looking to authenticate this purse with any other details: when and where it was manufactured and style name and number. Thank you.
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It's an authentic swagger #9820 made in the mid to late 80s in New York City as it says in the creed.
 
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shannastory said:
Good morning! Have a few items I’m eyeballing as gifts and would love authentication. Thanks in advance :smile:

First up...

Item: Embassy Tote
Listing number: Unknown
Seller: duarte61 / Ebay
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/324126590800
Comments: Looks like this may be one of the styles from the 70s/80s that used an 8-digit serial number with no hyphens, but would appreciate validation on that.

Thanks!
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shannastory said:
Next up...

Item: Kiss lock Tote
Listing number: unknown
Seller: joyride6 / Ebay
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/254377988628
Comments: Hoping the picture the seller provides of the creed/serial number will work for validation!
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1 - genuine, but not an Embassy Tote, I don't think Coach ever used that name, at least not for a vintage item. It's actually a style 5230 Shoulder Brief from the late 1980s which is when all those serial numbers with a number replacing the hyphen were made.

2- genuine. My catalog files aren't available at the moment, but maybe Whateve can supply a name if she's awake this early, or I can try later when I have access to my files. Probably from some time in the 1970s.
 
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Hyacinth said:
1 - genuine, but not an Embassy Tote, I don't think Coach ever used that name, at least not for a vintage item. It's actually a style 5230 Shoulder Brief from the late 1980s which is when all those serial numbers with a number replacing the hyphen were made.

2- genuine. My catalog files aren't available at the moment, but maybe Whateve can supply a name if she's awake this early, or I can try later when I have access to my files. Probably from some time in the 1970s.
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Just a quick update - the second one might be a Skinny Tote, style 9545 but I can't be sure.
 
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