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.
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• FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
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  Listing number:
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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!

 

[Jacynthe]

It's fine.

Thank you so much BeenBurned!!!!

 

[Darcyl]

Hello!
I made this purchase at a local thrift store yesterday. It is missing the hang tag unfortunately. I'm guessing it's a lenox and the color is like a burgundy. The measurements are 10 1/2" width x 8 1/4" height x 3 1/2" deep. If authentic, what is the color, please? Thank you so much for your time and expertise!

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello!
I made this purchase at a local thrift store yesterday. It is missing the hang tag unfortunately. I'm guessing it's a lenox and the color is like a burgundy. The measurements are 10 1/2" width x 8 1/4" height x 3 1/2" deep. If authentic, what is the color, please? Thank you so much for your time and expertise!

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It's authentic. There was a 1993 color called Bordeaux, maybe that's it.

 

[Darcyl]

It's authentic. There was a 1993 color called Bordeaux, maybe that's it.

Wonderful! Thank you so much Hyacinth!

 

[Wild Horses]

Dear Authenticators,

Would it be possible to have the purse listed below authenticated? I purchased it at a yard sale for $3.00. It looked so sad and unwanted. I am not sure what it is called - thinking it could be a stewardess, but is seems to be slightly smaller. I am hoping to rehab it and bring it back to life. Thank you for all of your wonderful help!

Measurements: about: 10.5 inches wide X 9 inches high X 3 inches diameter

 

[Hyacinth]

Dear Authenticators,

Would it be possible to have the purse listed below authenticated? I purchased it at a yard sale for $3.00. It looked so sad and unwanted. I am not sure what it is called - thinking it could be a stewardess, but is seems to be slightly smaller. I am hoping to rehab it and bring it back to life. Thank you for all of your wonderful help!

Measurements: about: 10.5 inches wide X 9 inches high X 3 inches diameter

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Ooooo, lucky you!!!!!

Not only is it a genuine Stewardess, but it looks like a United Airlines Stewardess! Take a close look at the stamp near the end of the strap. Better yet, post a photo here.

The UAL Stewies were slightly smaller than the "civilian" version and had the window in the small slip pocket under the flap. The strap was also a bit shorter IIRC. You actually have a tiny bit of mid-1980s aviation history in your hands.

Give me a few minutes to find a photo.

ETA - Here's what that stamp should look like if it's from United:



Here's the original:


and here it is in an ad from some time between 1981 and 1986, click on the thumbnail to enlarge:




Nice find! And I'm sure you'll give it a good home. If those bags could talk ...!

 

[Wild Horses]

Ooh thank you Hyacinth ! It just looked really sad so I decided to take a chance. So happy I did! Thank you for being so awesome . You are amazing .

 

[Wild Horses]

I am hoping she cleans up nicely. What color is she? British Tan? Thank you so much!

 

[Hyacinth]

I am hoping she cleans up nicely. What color is she? British Tan? Thank you so much!

There's plenty of rehabbing advice at the Rehab And Rescue thread, and I'm sure they'd love to see your "find"! And yes, it looks like British Tan to me too. Congratulations!

 

[Wild Horses]

Hyacinth thank you! Definitely going to seek advice from the rehabandrescue thread. Thank you once again for being so amazing .

There's plenty of rehabbing advice at the Rehab And Rescue thread, and I'm sure they'd love to see your "find"! And yes, it looks like British Tan to me too. Congratulations!

 

[whateve]

I am hoping she cleans up nicely. What color is she? British Tan? Thank you so much!

Might be tabac. Lucky you!

 

[Nataluccia3]

Hello authenticators! Could you please take a look at these for me?

Poshmark
Seller: ahineg

https://posh.mk/0PowAUBNC9

Seller: claudiahuidobro

https://posh.mk/f28Qd8FNC9

any insight regarding style names would be appreciated. The tan one also looks to be in better shape than I’d imagine for leather that old... something seems odd to me. And the black one looks blue!

thank you for all your help!

 

[whateve]

Hello authenticators! Could you please take a look at these for me?

Poshmark
Seller: ahineg

https://posh.mk/0PowAUBNC9

Seller: claudiahuidobro

https://posh.mk/f28Qd8FNC9

any insight regarding style names would be appreciated. The tan one also looks to be in better shape than I’d imagine for leather that old... something seems odd to me. And the black one looks blue!

thank you for all your help!

Both are authentic. The first is a Lightweights Monterey hobo 4027 from around 1992. The second is a Boulevard bag 4128 from around 1993. The color is probably terracotta. Many black bags photograph blue depending on the camera and the reflections of things nearby.

 

[Wild Horses]

Might be tabac. Lucky you!

Thank you Whateve! BT or Tabac - can't wait to see which one!

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello authenticators! Could you please take a look at these for me?

Poshmark
Seller: ahineg

https://posh.mk/0PowAUBNC9

Seller: claudiahuidobro

https://posh.mk/f28Qd8FNC9

any insight regarding style names would be appreciated. The tan one also looks to be in better shape than I’d imagine for leather that old... something seems odd to me. And the black one looks blue!

thank you for all your help!

Regarding color - don't ever expect that a photo of a bag is going to show the color exactly the way the human eye sees it. Many times it doesn't and camera and monitor settings, lighting and even the background color where it's being photographed will affect the way a color looks. I won't even get into what factors can lighten or darken leather over time. That's why I try to never get involved in guessing games about a bag's color.


The first one is NOT from the 1970s as the seller claims, it's from the early 1990s. The hangtag isn't the original one. The style is a 4027 Monterey Hobo from the Lightweight/Soho line

The listing for the second one doesn't state its age but it's also from the early 1990s. No measurements but probably a Boulevard Bag style 4128 from around 1993 and part of the Manhattan Series and made of a similar leather to the Lightweight line.

ETA - Nuts, sniped. At least great minds think alike.