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!

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi all~
Doing some hunting on Mercari (I know, I know...) and asked for a complete and legible photo of the entire creed for this bag. The seller's response was "no sorry".
This is the first time I've ever had a seller refuse to take additional or clearer photos of the whole creed.
Just for the heck of it...does anyone recognize this style of bag and ID it? https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m71918410864/ Is it legit?

Many thanks!

The problem with the listing in question is that it shouldn't be posted on the other ID thread and can't be identified unless and until confirmed authentic and because the seller of that bag, HelloKimmy refuses to supply a picture of the creed, we can't help here either.

And for the record, this is HelloKimmy's response to another request for a picture of the creed. (I did give her the benefit of the doubt.)



What is she hiding?

 

[whateve]

Vintage help please? Authentic? Name and approximate date if possible? Thanks in advance.

It's an authentic basic bag made in the late 70s or early to mid 80s.

 

[Hyacinth]

Vintage help please? Authentic? Name and approximate date if possible? Thanks in advance.

Please read the instructions at the top of the page that list the information we need such as the URL if it's a recent listing, the measurements of the bag, etc.

 

[Hyacinth]

And for the record, this is HelloKimmy's response to another request for a picture of the creed. (I did give her the benefit of the doubt.)
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What is she hiding?

Yep, and to her "FU" attitude, my response and I hope the response of other tPFers is the same "FU".

Welcome to my Official Not Recommended List, HELLOKIMMY


(And people wonder why we don't recommend Poshmark!)

 

[BeenBurned]

Yep, and to her "FU" attitude, my response and I hope the response of other tPFers is the same "FU".

Welcome to my Official Not Recommended List, HELLOKIMMY


(And people wonder why we don't recommend Poshmark!)

LOL! Or Mercari - where HELLOKIMMY is located!

 

[Luxforless77]

Please read the instructions at the top of the page that list the information we need such as the URL if it's a recent listing, the measurements of the bag, etc.

Sorry. No, not a listing, found today at a rummage sale. I love coach so thought I would take a chance for $5. Felt very quality. Just hadn’t run into a vintage one in a Long long time. I may sell it, just
Not sure yet. It’s approximately 12” wide x 7” high with a 10” strap drop.

 

[Hyacinth]

LOL! Or Mercari - where HELLOKIMMY is located!

Same difference!

 

[Morgan_Bellini]

On the subject of which comes first

Remember, a "Coach" has to be known or proven authentic before it can be identified. If it's not authentic, it's not a Coach and doesn't deserve a Coach name. It's just a nameless and possibly illegal item.

Authentication first, identification second, always. Fakes don't deserve names. It's not really fair to ask members to spend time and effort trying to identify something that might have a few details that are different from the genuine version it's copying, especially when it's a listing from a site known to sell fakes. And let's face it, ALL of them have been known to sell fakes, some more than others.

Educated guesses are OK as long as it's made clear that it's not known if that item is genuine, like in some of the "Deals" posts where it will say the item needs to be authenticated before buying. Some posters new to these forums might not understand the difference, which is why any statement implying something IS or even just LOOKS authentic can only be posted at the forums's official authentication threads by the authorized authenticators. If someone else wants to help by supplying information or photos, we'll be grateful for the information.

I understand. But she said she wasn't looking for an authentication, just identification, which indicated she wasn't aware that there was an ID thread, so I posted the link for her just to let her know the thread existed. It had nothing to do with the authenticity or identification of the bag in question. If my original comment indicated otherwise, it was a mistake on my part and unfortunately I cannot go back and edit it now.

 

[skunkie]

Last but not least...could someone please have a look at this one...from GW today.
Approx. 7.5"w x 8.25"h x .5"d. Strap drop 15.5 as shown...previous owner shortened it
2008 Bonnie something-or-other swingpack #42605. Is there a better name?
Thanks for everything

I have the large tote. It is a Bonnie Cashin Coach bag. Not sure of the age.

 

[Hyacinth]

Sorry. No, not a listing, found today at a rummage sale. I love coach so thought I would take a chance for $5. Felt very quality. Just hadn’t run into a vintage one in a Long long time. I may sell it, just
Not sure yet. It’s approximately 12” wide x 7” high with a 10” strap drop.

Thanks! Whateve posted the authentication you need in post 51152

 

[K-Coach]

It's a genuine Swinger Small from the late 1980s Lightweight line, style number 4080.

Thank you, Hyacinth. I like the simplistic and unstructured vibe of this style.

I kept referring to it as the "kidney bag" until I learned its name and style number from you today.

 

[BeenBurned]

Same difference!

yup

 

[BeenBurned]

Thank you, Hyacinth. I like the simplistic and unstructured vibe of this style.

I kept referring to it as the "kidney bag" until I learned its name and style number from you today.

LOL at "kidney" bag. It does look like one.

 

[K-Coach]

And for the record, this is HelloKimmy's response to another request for a picture of the creed. (I did give her the benefit of the doubt.)
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What is she hiding?

I don't know but that's the feeling all of this has left me with as well.

This is the first time I've had any seller flat out refuse to provide me with additional information that will help me buy (or most likely not buy, in this case) their product

 

[K-Coach]

LOL at "kidney" bag. It does look like one.

"kidney" bag = wet behind the ears tpf'er