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!

 

[Jacynthe]

Good afternoon dear authenticators! Request to authenticate please. Thank you!

Item: Equestrian? I thought I saw that name for this 9807 a few years ago, not sure.
Where purchased or how obtained: thrift store
Comments: Dimensions are 7" height, 9" width, 3" depth. The "No." in the creed has me concerned.

 

[alevier]

Welcome to TPF.

Please read the yellow post at the top of every page of the thread to see the other info (in addition to pictures) that we need for authentication requests.

we purchased it at a little thrift store.
It’s 12.5 inches in width and 10 in height
I’ve included a pic of the creed and serial number.

 

[missbaltimore]

L was a valid US plant but not with that font and spacing, and probably not in 1998. The latest L US creeds I have in my files have a prefix of C7L. The "No." is wrong for a US plant. The 'o' should be much smaller and the underline should be not much more than a dot. The most obvious mistake is the creed wording. In 1998, that creed wording had long been abandoned. It should have the newer creed wording, with the place of manufacture in the body of the creed, not at the bottom.

View attachment 4886733

ETA: Also, the zipper pull isn't sewn around on all sides.

You've got a bag with a 1998 year code and a creed format and wording "scars, scratches..." that was officially discontinued starting in 1994 and completely gone by 1996. The hangtag is fake too, and the top zipper pull is incompletely stitched. The size of the L in the serial is wrong, and L had stopped being a valid USA plant code about 1 year before the year 1998 indicated in the fake serial. Any and all L codes with US creeds more recent than 1997 are fakes.

ETA - CORRECTED BASED ON WHATEVE"S POST & PHOTO ABOVE.

Thank you both! I was able to file a counterfeit claim with Poshmark and they accepted thanks to your information. I sent it back yesterday!

 

[whateve]

we purchased it at a little thrift store.
It’s 12.5 inches in width and 10 in height
I’ve included a pic of the creed and serial number.

It's an authentic classic hobo 9855, made in the late 80s or early 90s.

 

[whateve]

Good afternoon dear authenticators! Request to authenticate please. Thank you!

Item: Equestrian? I thought I saw that name for this 9807 a few years ago, not sure.
Where purchased or how obtained: thrift store
Comments: Dimensions are 7" height, 9" width, 3" depth. The "No." in the creed has me concerned.

Authentic equestrian large flap. You can only compare creeds from the same plant and same timeframe.

 

[Jacynthe]

Authentic equestrian large flap. You can only compare creeds from the same plant and same timeframe.

Thank you so much whateve for taking the time to authenticate this handbag for me! Also, for the name and the creed information!!! You and the other authenticators are so generous sharing your knowledge. I appreciate it!

 

[alevier]

It's an authentic classic hobo 9855, made in the late 80s or early 90s.

Any idea of it’s worth?

 

[whateve]

Any idea of it’s worth?

We can't comment on that. In the current condition, with the stains, it wouldn't be worth as much as one in excellent condition. You can search ebay sold listings for similar vintage styles to get an idea of what similar bags have sold for. I didn't find any recent listings of the same style when I looked, but that doesn't mean there aren't any. Many sellers don't put the style name or number in their listing as they don't know it.

 

[alevier]

Any idea of it’s worth?

And thank you!

We can't comment on that. In the current condition, with the stains, it wouldn't be worth as much as one in excellent condition. You can search ebay sold listings for similar vintage styles to get an idea of what similar bags have sold for. I didn't find any recent listings of the same style when I looked, but that doesn't mean there aren't any. Many sellers don't put the style name or number in their listing as they don't know it.

Any thoughts on how to clean it?

 

[whateve]

And thank you!

Any thoughts on how to clean it?

You can lots of help in our rehab club. This type of bag responds really well to a complete rehab, which includes a bath in soapy water, and lots of conditioning with leather conditioners.

Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

Continued from here: http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-clubhouse/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club-624452-674.html Clubhouse thread for all things related to rehabbing your Coach finds!

forum.purseblog.com

 

[BeenBurned]

And thank you!

Any thoughts on how to clean it?

Check out this thread: Coach Rehab and Rescue Club

There's a wealth of information there.

 

[BeenBurned]

GMTA!

 

[Narnanz]

Please can I have this city looked at
Link https://www.ebay.com/itm/VTGE-COACH-HANDBAG-BROWN-LEATHER-TURNLOCK-CLOSURE-No-0729-026-/124281616589
Seller heavenstore0516

 

[LadaZuri]

GMTA!

I took @Coachaddict4020's advice and googled "GMTA" ... my guess is that it's Great Minds Think Alike and not Get My Toast Arsehole.

 

[whateve]

Please can I have this city looked at
Link https://www.ebay.com/itm/VTGE-COACH-HANDBAG-BROWN-LEATHER-TURNLOCK-CLOSURE-No-0729-026-/124281616589
Seller heavenstore0516

Very blurry creed photo, but it is probably okay.