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]

Item: Vintage Coach Leather Ridgefield Crossbody Shoulder Turnlatch Purse Bag Distress
Listing number:114337762567
Seller and site where listed: Ebay; nepolokochon19938
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-Leather-Ridgefield-Crossbody-Shoulder-Turnlatch-Purse-Bag-Distress/114337762567?hash=item1a9f0fcd07:g:XuMAAOSw2oxfKN5b&LH_BIN=1
Comments: Hello - I am wondering if this is an authenticate Coach bag? Thanks!

It's authentic.

 

[BeenBurned]

Could somebody look at this for me. Thank you.

Item: Carnival bag
List number: 830520028
Seller: flyingvalise

Vintage Coach Carnival Bag Mahogany Brown Leather Style - Etsy

Great little crossbody bag for moving through the day with your hands free. Front open pocket, heavy duty zipper on the main compartment. Inside is unlined. Thin tubular shoulder strap is removable with brass trigger snaps at either side. Coach creed patch is on the inside of the front pocket with

www.etsy.com

It's authentic.

 

[JorieD]

It's authentic.

Thank you!

 

[daimlerz]

YES! And since I'm possibly the world's Number One Outside Pockets fanatic, the style has piqued my curiosity. We even discussed it 2 or 3 times since 2014 at different forums here at tPF and found a few more examples, but never found a name or a NWT photo of the price tag and info. Even our Travel and Business Bag Guru NoShoePolish didn't have any information. It might have been made for the outlets in which case there wouldn't be any information on the net unless there was one with a pic of the price tag. I did find one small photo of a black one with a tag but all the links are dead and the tag is folded and too small to read anyway.

So, we have another Mystery Bag to add to the collection.

Apologies if I added unnecessary mystery to your otherwise admirable and stellar breadth of Coach information!

 

[Hyacinth]

Apologies if I added unnecessary mystery to your otherwise admirable and stellar breadth of Coach information!

Oh, but mysteries are fun! They help the Jessica Fletchers among us keep our brain cells sharp.

 

[Yrelle]

FYI - I bought a bag from flyingvalise and while the bag was in beautiful condition it had a really strong smell to it when I received it. It was some kind of a leather treatment or moisturizer smell. You might want to ask about what she uses on her bags or just expect that unless mine was an exception, yours might smell too. Mine has been airing out for a few weeks now and it still smells but it's dissipating. I would still buy another bag from her, the leather on mine is among the best of all my bags, so whatever she uses works, it's just a little smelly.

Thank you for the heads up. Appreciate it.

 

[Yrelle]

It's authentic.

Thank you

 

[mpd]

Thank you for the heads up. Appreciate it.

Will you share on the rehab thread what kind of conditioner she uses? Thanks in advance!

 

[ShariZain]

Hi. Please authenticate this bag if you can. Notice the circled area on one picture. There's a zipper there. No posts for these bags mentions anything about it. I already purchased the bag from Goodwill and planned to clean and list it but need to be sure it's authentic.

No. M0873-13382
13"(L) x 8"(H) x 6"(W)
Strap drop 10"

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi. Please authenticate this bag if you can. Notice the circled area on one picture. There's a zipper there. No posts for these bags mentions anything about it. I already purchased the bag from Goodwill and planned to clean and list it but need to be sure it's authentic.

No. M0873-13382
13"(L) x 8"(H) x 6"(W)
Strap drop 10"

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Other than that weird zipper on the bottom of the bag, I don't see any red flags.

Does the zipper look like it may have been added by a previous owner? Is the construction/insertion sloppy or amateurish?

In the future (and if you list it), showing the zipper brand is a waste of time,unnecessary and has nothing to do with authenticity.

Other opinions are welcome.

 

[SuzieSueSure]

Thank you for your help!

Item: Vintage Coach Purse and Wallet
Seller:VintageShortsCo on Mercari
Link:
https://merc.li/JaN9Xav9b
Comments: additional creed picture attached

Thanks again!

 

[kittyqueen]

• Item: Coach Leopard Diaper Bag
  Purchased on second hand site - Mercari
  Comments: I'm a naive buyer and think I might have just made a mistake... should have looked into this BEFORE buying. I have three days to return though. It feels like fake leather and there are tiny marks on the bottom edges that are rubbing off white. See pics. Also see the handle.
• I appreciate any advice you have to offer. Thank you
• https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m52491576430/
• Seller ID: Kandi Caswell

 

[BeenBurned]

• Item: Coach Leopard Diaper Bag
  Purchased on second hand site - Mercari
  Comments: I'm a naive buyer and think I might have just made a mistake... should have looked into this BEFORE buying. I have three days to return though. It feels like fake leather and there are tiny marks on the bottom edges that are rubbing off white. See pics. Also see the handle.
• I appreciate any advice you have to offer.

Welcome.

Please post a link to the listing as well as the seller ID on Mercari.

 

[kittyqueen]

Welcome.

Please post a link to the listing as well as the seller ID on Mercari.

I have updated my post with that information. Thank you.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi. Please authenticate this bag if you can. Notice the circled area on one picture. There's a zipper there. No posts for these bags mentions anything about it. I already purchased the bag from Goodwill and planned to clean and list it but need to be sure it's authentic.

No. M0873-13382
13"(L) x 8"(H) x 6"(W)
Strap drop 10"

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Other than that weird zipper on the bottom of the bag, I don't see any red flags.

Does the zipper look like it may have been added by a previous owner? Is the construction/insertion sloppy or amateurish?

In the future (and if you list it), showing the zipper brand is a waste of time,unnecessary and has nothing to do with authenticity.

Other opinions are welcome.

Or, as the multiple pieces of the lining were being sewn together, someone on the production line grabbed the wrong panel and sewed it where it wasn't supposed to be.

I've compared the creed of this bag with another one from the same plant, month and year that's currently listed on Ebay (there are 18 others currently listed), and they're identical. The creed is a much better indication of authenticity than a misplaced zipper. Mistakes in production HAPPEN.

And as BeenBurned has already said, please don't spend time photographing zipper brands. The name stamped on a zipper mechanism has absolutely NOTHING to do with whether or not the Coach is authentic. That lie has been floating around the internet for at least 15 years and it's just as wrong today as it was then. Don't believe everything you read on the internet especially when it's from anonymous sources who can't back up their statements.