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!

 

[padelca]

Hi,
Please Authenticate Coach Devon? VTG Shoulder Bag. Age please?
In a Thrift store, No online Link.
I’m thinking about buying..
Approx 9” length 2.5” width 7” height

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello, everyone.

I very much appreciate whatever you can tell me about these bags. We got them from my great-aunt's home recently, and I don't know if they're real, when they were made, what they're called, or anything!

The brown bag is about 10 inches wide and 9 inches tall. The darker bag is about 9 inches wide and 8 inches tall.

In case the images aren't clear, the serial numbers are 014-9006 and F9C-9120.

Any information you can give in addition to authentication would be super heroic. You have my thanks in advance.

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The tan one is a 1999 re-issue of the Classic Shoulder Bag, style 9170. The style itself goes all the way back to at least 1976 when it was called a Classic Pouch.

The second one is a Court Bag, style number 9870. This particular one was made between 1989 when it was introduced and 1992.

Below are catalog pages for the styles.

Style 9170 from the Fall 1997 catalog:


style 9870 from a 1997 webpage:


Both are genuine.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi,
Please Authenticate Coach Devon? VTG Shoulder Bag. Age please?
In a Thrift store, No online Link.
I’m thinking about buying..
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Genuine Devon Bag made in 1994

 

[Jacynthe]

Dear authenticators, request to authenticate please. Thank you!

Item: 4186, was unable to find a name, a seller is calling it hipster and another called it rare. Not all sellers know the names. Not sure about either.
Where purchased or how obtained: thrift store
Comments: dimensions are 7 1/2" height, 10" width and 3" depth

 

[whateve]

Dear authenticators, request to authenticate please. Thank you!

Item: 4186, was unable to find a name, a seller is calling it hipster and another called it rare. Not all sellers know the names. Not sure about either.
Where purchased or how obtained: thrift store
Comments: dimensions are 7 1/2" height, 10" width and 3" depth
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It's authentic and is called a Lexington zip.

 

[Jacynthe]

It's authentic and is called a Lexington zip.

Thank you whateve!!! Thank you for your time, knowledge and the name of this bag!!!

 

[Dragonflyzoe]

Good morning Knowledgeable Ones,

It is with some trepidation that I seek your opinion on this bag. But I do need to know:

Name: Drifter Crossbody
Purchased: Depop UK, 02/2020
Seller ID: Kent Kicks (no longer active)
Dimensions cms: 20 x 6.5 x 16.5 + Strap: 34+87
Comments: That creed?! I have read it may refer to a sample or not released version? Anyway, the snakeskin, quality of leather and suede plus the gunmetal hardware do make for a very pretty bag...I just need to know whether she is authentic. Also pictured her against my all-black top handle Drifter (authentic) for scale.

Be gentle with me please.

Many thanks in advance, as always.

Zoe xx

 

[ManwithaPurpurse]

So the green one has a "creed" as I believe its called and I saw the code come up online but still not sure. The other bag has no creed in the bag. Any information is greatly appreciated.

 

[audreybow]

Hello! I am an eBay seller and was hoping to authenticate this bag received as a donation to our thrift store) before posting. I believe it is a vintage Berkeley saddle crossbody bag, just wanted to be sure as there is no creed and only a small coach stamp on the inner pocket. I know this could mean it is a 1960s/1970s bag but just wanted to double check! Thank you so much, let me know if more pictures are needed!

 

[mwinkelm3]

Hello, Can you please authenticate this 2002 Carousel bag? The style number doesn't match for a Carousel but it does have the bullseye and other factors seem to match for it being authentic. I assume, if it is authentic i.e. the style number is a mistake. Could use some third party perspective.

Item Name (if you know it): Carousel 9924 (but marked 9945)
Link (if available):not available (a neighbor is selling)

 

[BeenBurned]

Good morning Knowledgeable Ones,

It is with some trepidation that I seek your opinion on this bag. But I do need to know:

Name: Drifter Crossbody
Purchased: Depop UK, 02/2020
Seller ID: Kent Kicks (no longer active)
Dimensions cms: 20 x 6.5 x 16.5 + Strap: 34+87
Comments: That creed?! I have read it may refer to a sample or not released version? Anyway, the snakeskin, quality of leather and suede plus the gunmetal hardware do make for a very pretty bag...I just need to know whether she is authentic. Also pictured her against my all-black top handle Drifter (authentic) for scale.

Be gentle with me please.

Many thanks in advance, as always.

Zoe xx

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It may or may not be authentic. The problem with 00000 and 99999 style numbers is that they've been used on many different styles of bags over the years and unless an obvious fake, they can't be authenticated one way or the other.

And although there haven't been many with 00000 prefixes, those are even more difficult (and questionable?) because there's no indication of when and where they were made.

If you like the bag and want to use it, that's fine. But if you ever tire of it and want to either resell or donate, it shouldn't be done. As a seller, you need to know items are authentic and you can't prove this one. And if you donate, it keeps a questionable and unprovable item in circulation.

Personally, I'd return it for a refund.

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello, Can you please authenticate this 2002 Carousel bag? The style number doesn't match for a Carousel but it does have the bullseye and other factors seem to match for it being authentic. I assume, if it is authentic i.e. the style number is a mistake. Could use some third party perspective.

Item Name (if you know it): Carousel 9924 (but marked 9945)
Link (if available):not available (a neighbor is selling)

I believe it's okay.

My records have several examples of mistakes out of the A plant.

One of the mistakes was an authentic Murphy bag (9930) with a station bag (5130) style number.

Other mistakes include scrambled prefixes, missing month code and a probably authentic 0000 style number bag.

 

[mwinkelm3]

I believe it's okay.

My records have several examples of mistakes out of the A plant.

One of the mistakes was an authentic Murphy bag (9930) with a station bag (5130) style number.

Other mistakes include scrambled prefixes, missing month code and a probably authentic 0000 style number bag.

Thank you! Would it be possible for me to resell this then? I mean I like the bag but at some point I may want to resell it and not get stuck with something I can not resell.

 

[HiLau]

Hello!

Could somebody please authenticate my bags? I've had them for a few months and never even knew they made fakes.

I've bought them on the Dutch version of eBay called Marktplaats and vinted.

First one: pocket purse (I think) not sure what the colour is called.
Size: 24x17x6cm approximately.

Second one: court bag in mahogany (I think)
Size: 25x20x9 cm approximately

Both came without hangtags.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Dragonflyzoe]

It may or may not be authentic. The problem with 00000 and 99999 style numbers is that they've been used on many different styles of bags over the years and unless an obvious fake, they can't be authenticated one way or the other.

And although there haven't been many with 00000 prefixes, those are even more difficult (and questionable?) because there's no indication of when and where they were made.

If you like the bag and want to use it, that's fine. But if you ever tire of it and want to either resell or donate, it shouldn't be done. As a seller, you need to know items are authentic and you can't prove this one. And if you donate, it keeps a questionable and unprovable item in circulation.

Personally, I'd return it for a refund.

Thank you for your time and counsel @BeenBurned I will err on the side of caution and just keep her for my own pleasure. Unfortunately I can’t return her as the Seller is no longer active on Depop. I’m glad I asked though. Thanks again. Zoe xx