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:
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• FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
  Item:
  Where purchased or how obtained
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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!

 

[Narnanz]

Very blurry creed photo, but it is probably okay.

Thank you
she stated that its been polished so Im waiting for the seller to answer my question about polished with what.

 

[dolali]

I have put offers on some Ramblers you have graciously authenticated for me, but I have not heard back. Still looking for that perfect one! Hope you don't mind me asking again for your help in authenticating one more!

Item: Vintage COACH Brown Leather Flap Legacy RAMBLER Cross-Body Turn-Lock Purse Bag 9

Listed number: 133550775402

Seller and site where listed: shop4you! listed on ebay

Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-CO...Cross-Body-Turn-Lock-Purse-Bag-9/133550775402


Comments: IF this bag is authentic, is the color Mahogany?


Thank you for your help

 

[BeenBurned]

I have put offers on some Ramblers you have graciously authenticated for me, but I have not heard back. Still looking for that perfect one! Hope you don't mind me asking again for your help in authenticating one more!

Item: Vintage COACH Brown Leather Flap Legacy RAMBLER Cross-Body Turn-Lock Purse Bag 9

Listed number: 133550775402

Seller and site where listed: shop4you! listed on ebay

Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-CO...Cross-Body-Turn-Lock-Purse-Bag-9/133550775402


Comments: IF this bag is authentic, is the color Mahogany?


Thank you for your help

It's authentic and looks like mahogany.

 

[dolali]

It's authentic and looks like mahogany.

YAY! Thank you so, so much!!!

 

[snowlilly]

Hi, I’d like to get this authenticated:

Item: Willis in Mahogany
Listing number:
Seller and site where listed: purplehorse_1 on poshmark
Link: https://posh.mk/FarKWmcuWab
Comments: Extra photo of the creed

Thank you for your help!

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi, I’d like to get this authenticated:

Item: Willis in Mahogany
Listing number:
Seller and site where listed: purplehorse_1 on poshmark
Link: https://posh.mk/FarKWmcuWab
Comments: Extra photo of the creed View attachment 4890770

Thank you for your help!

Sorry, it's fake. I hope you didn't buy it. The serial number prefix is known to always be fake when it's with a creed that says the bag was made in the US.

There are also problems with construction details AND other stamping details of the creed and serial number.

 

[shopeire01]

Do you mean that you're trying to find the Guide? If so, you might not find it. The copy she has posted on her site has non-functioning links, or my browser is too out of date to open them. The photos I have were saved from a functioning copy of her Guide years ago.

Hi there again so I just wanted to find out for sure if this vintage suspender strap bag is genuine based on the previous messages Thank you

 

[MaryThorpe]

Good Morning , can someone help me authenticate this whiplash saddle, as per the seller is 14x 12, but the creed looks different and can't find much info on this size in the saddle whiplash, the seller is steple8 from my Canadian Facebook coach group thank you

 

[snowlilly]

Sorry, it's fake. I hope you didn't buy it. The serial number prefix is known to always be fake when it's with a creed that says the bag was made in the US.

There are also problems with construction details AND other stamping details of the creed and serial number.

Thank you! I didn’t buy it.

 

[orangekitty121]

Hello dear authenticators,

I was wondering if this red station bag was authentic. The creed is in the front inside flap, is that normal?

Seller: shopalexis69x

Authentic vintage COACH purse

Shop shopalexis69x's closet or find the perfect look from millions of stylists. Fast shipping and buyer protection. This 100% authentic vintage cross body COACH purse is used/pre-owned. It has user marks, mostly on the inside but still very sturdy and perfect for when you’re getting groceries or...

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[Hyacinth]

Hello dear authenticators,

I was wondering if this red station bag was authentic. The creed is in the front inside flap, is that normal?

Seller: shopalexis69x

Authentic vintage COACH purse

Shop shopalexis69x's closet or find the perfect look from millions of stylists. Fast shipping and buyer protection. This 100% authentic vintage cross body COACH purse is used/pre-owned. It has user marks, mostly on the inside but still very sturdy and perfect for when you’re getting groceries or...

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It's fine. Very early versions of the Station Bag when they were called the Shoulder Pouch Large and still had the Made In New York City creeds had them stamped in the same place, maybe the very early ones didn't have an inside pocket. Once in a while we'll see it happen in slightly newer versions too.

 

[orangekitty121]

It's fine. Very early versions of the Station Bag when they were called the Shoulder Pouch Large and still had the Made In New York City creeds had them stamped in the same place, maybe the very early ones didn't have an inside pocket. Once in a while we'll see it happen in slightly newer versions too.

Very interesting! I'm always amazed at all the information yall know. Thanks

 

[Jacynthe]

Dear authenticators, request to authenticate please. Thank you!
Item: Christie satchel?
Where purchased or how obtained: thrift store
Comments: dimensions are 7" height, 10" width, 3" depth
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[Hyacinth]

Hi there again so I just wanted to find out for sure if this vintage suspender strap bag is genuine based on the previous messages Thank you

I'm not sure if we've come to a conclusion on that.

Please understand something. Some bags, especially very old ones with no PERMANENT Coach stamps or details, simply can't always be solidly authenticated because we have nothing we can depend on when (and IF) we can compare it with a known genuine version. There are no official photos or records, just a few scattered photos on sites like this, and even then there's always the question of Provenance, which is a critical detail in any kind of antiques market.

Any manufacturer COULD ( and some did and still do) copy the details of any other company's bag (or dress or shoes or anything else) legally as long as they didn't use another company's name. There's no trademark protection on styles except in very rare cases and maybe even then only if the company name is something like Louis Vuitton or Hermes.

The bag you asked about only has a removable metal tag which by the looks of the holes in the leather has been removed and reattached more than once. That doesn't surprise me, it's a white bag and to look the way it does it probably would have to have been cleaned more than once. (I've also noticed that some white leathers tend to yellow a bit over the years but I'm not sure if that was a Coach problem.) I've noticed that there seems to be a difference in the strap ends and shape of the leather pieces there compared to the other white bag in the comparison photos but I didn't really look that closely since I'm not anything even close to an expert in pre-creed bags and usually don't get involved. For me the strap ends could be a problem although I'm more confident that the metal tag is genuine, but that's not a permanent unchageable part of the bag.

So my opinion would have to be that it's Questionable, but more likely to be genuine than not.

That's the best I can do, sorry. Maybe the others have come to different conclusions. Or it's possible that "Questionable, but ... " (fill in the blank) is the best we can do right now.

 

[orangekitty121]

I have only one more bag I'd like to identify for today (famous last words, I know)

This looks like an older basic bag?
Seller: gigi56859

Vintage coach

Shop gigi56859's closet or find the perfect look from millions of stylists. Fast shipping and buyer protection. Cross body detachable strap 100% leather with coach tag 8 X 6

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