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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
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  • Full clear and legible creed text and serial number
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  • For bags with turnlock closures, show pictures of back of female side of turnlock
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Zealous said:
Good evening, Hyacinth! Thanks for responding. Sorry for not including measurements in my original request. My bag measures 9x7x3 inches. From your info, I was able to find a post of Cameochi's Dakota collection. With my smaller bag size & piping on the lower front, looks like it could be the similar Dakota Rider?

Thanks again! Your time is greatly appreciated!
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You're right, it's a Rider, style 4200. The two styles look almost identical. The catalog pic in my files is of a red one and the bottom piping in the photo is almost invisible.
 
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#5,318
Hyacinth said:
The Court Bag looks ok.

The Willis worries me. The plant code looks like a B and AFAIK, the B plant stopped making bags in 2000 and was probably permanently closed that year as Coach relocated production to China. From what I've seen, a D3B- prefix shouldn't exist. I'd have to call it Questionable at least. On the off-chance that the year code was an 8 and not a 3, I checked my photos of *8B- prefixes and there are small differences in the creed stamp there too.
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Thanks Hyacinth!

The year code is definitely a "3".

I have a few of these and compared every
single detail and it's exactly the same, so I am having a hard
time accepting that it might be fake. :sad:

I won't sell it of course but I can't put it in the junk pile yet.
I do trust your opinion 100%
but my investigative mind wants to try to dig around some more!
Since you say it is questionable,
I'm going to check around for more B factory bags and see if I can find anything else.
THANK YOU!
 
#5,319
Hyacinth said:
The Court Bag looks ok.

The Willis worries me. The plant code looks like a B and AFAIK, the B plant stopped making bags in 2000 and was probably permanently closed that year as Coach relocated production to China. From what I've seen, a D3B- prefix shouldn't exist. I'd have to call it Questionable at least. On the off-chance that the year code was an 8 and not a 3, I checked my photos of *8B- prefixes and there are small differences in the creed stamp there too.
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HIYA!
So I did a little bit of sleuthing and I found a few interesting things that might
show evidence possibly that the B plant was still being used in 2002....

First is another Willis bag with serial G2B-9927...also black with nickel hardware.
All details look good too and this would have been made in 2002.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Willi...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Then I found a messenger bag with serial no. D2B-9821, also from 2002.
I think you would agree that this looks authentic. I don't seem to remember ever seeing
this lining faked.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/16158953005...l?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=161589530054&_rdc=1

Just food for thought, and the search continues!!
 
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#5,323
thecollector629 said:
Thanks Hyacinth!

The year code is definitely a "3".

I have a few of these and compared every
single detail and it's exactly the same, so I am having a hard
time accepting that it might be fake. :sad:

I won't sell it of course but I can't put it in the junk pile yet.
I do trust your opinion 100%
but my investigative mind wants to try to dig around some more!
Since you say it is questionable,
I'm going to check around for more B factory bags and see if I can find anything else.
THANK YOU!
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thecollector629 said:
HIYA!
So I did a little bit of sleuthing and I found a few interesting things that might
show evidence possibly that the B plant was still being used in 2002....

First is another Willis bag with serial G2B-9927...also black with nickel hardware.
All details look good too and this would have been made in 2002.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Willi...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Then I found a messenger bag with serial no. D2B-9821, also from 2002.
I think you would agree that this looks authentic. I don't seem to remember ever seeing
this lining faked.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/16158953005...l?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=161589530054&_rdc=1

Just food for thought, and the search continues!!
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I too have found many authentic bags with B codes from 2002 but I can't find a single one with *3B.
 
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