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!

 

[Foz]

Genuine Metropolitan Brief made in 1999

Thank you so much

 

[BeenBurned]

I just bought this from eBay.

Post a link to the listing and the seller's name. Post a picture of the back of the flap, showing the back of the turnlock.

These are my photos.

@pegmo

Even for ended listings, we need a link to listing(s) and seller ID. It's one of the forum rules.

 

[junoandcinnamon]

Hello everyone! I just purchased this Coach bag on impulse after a very loooong period of not buying any new bags and a hard day at work haha. I was hoping someone might be able to help me authenticate it? Even though I already purchased it, it would really give me peace of mind as I know very little about this style of bag and everything that I've searched seems to indicate it should have a 1970's format creed, which it does not. Thank you in advance!

Item: Coach 9790 (City Bag)
Listing number: m10061823118 (on Mercari)
Seller: Txjunkingmama
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m10061823118/?url_scheme=item/openDetail&id=m10061823118
Comments: Not sure if the creed is correct for this style of bag because it seems like this bag was produced in the 70's and if so the creed doesn't seem to have the right format. Also, some of the words - "glove-tanned" and "variations" - are hyphenated because there wasn't enough room to include them on the same line of the creed. Is that normal? [Including a photo of the creed below since the one in the listing is upside down!)

 

[JuneCleaverSemperFi]

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!

Hi can you please authenticate this bag? I bought it at a thrift store and it has been dyed brown. It was originally tan. It is about 9.5' x 9' thank you

 

[Christina07161977]

Can someone authenticate this? I'm trying to see if I've got ahold of a shady seller on ebay because I bought a wallet that's kate soade and they shut down the thread so my only hope now is to see if the other items they have sold are authentic....

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello everyone! I just purchased this Coach bag on impulse after a very loooong period of not buying any new bags and a hard day at work haha. I was hoping someone might be able to help me authenticate it? Even though I already purchased it, it would really give me peace of mind as I know very little about this style of bag and everything that I've searched seems to indicate it should have a 1970's format creed, which it does not. Thank you in advance!

Item: Coach 9790 (City Bag)
Listing number: m10061823118 (on Mercari)
Seller: Txjunkingmama
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m10061823118/?url_scheme=item/openDetail&id=m10061823118
Comments: Not sure if the creed is correct for this style of bag because it seems like this bag was produced in the 70's and if so the creed doesn't seem to have the right format. Also, some of the words - "glove-tanned" and "variations" - are hyphenated because there wasn't enough room to include them on the same line of the creed. Is that normal? [Including a photo of the creed below since the one in the listing is upside down!)

View attachment 4891664

It's authentic and was made in 1997.

 

[BeenBurned]

Can someone authenticate this? I'm trying to see if I've got ahold of a shady seller on ebay because I bought a wallet that's kate soade and they shut down the thread so my only hope now is to see if the other items they have sold are authentic....

Please post the seller's ID.

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi can you please authenticate this bag? I bought it at a thrift store and it has been dyed brown. It was originally tan. It is about 9.5' x 9' thank you

It's authentic.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello everyone! I just purchased this Coach bag on impulse after a very loooong period of not buying any new bags and a hard day at work haha. I was hoping someone might be able to help me authenticate it? Even though I already purchased it, it would really give me peace of mind as I know very little about this style of bag and everything that I've searched seems to indicate it should have a 1970's format creed, which it does not. Thank you in advance!

Item: Coach 9790 (City Bag)
Listing number: m10061823118 (on Mercari)
Seller: Txjunkingmama
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m10061823118/?url_scheme=item/openDetail&id=m10061823118
Comments: Not sure if the creed is correct for this style of bag because it seems like this bag was produced in the 70's and if so the creed doesn't seem to have the right format. Also, some of the words - "glove-tanned" and "variations" - are hyphenated because there wasn't enough room to include them on the same line of the creed. Is that normal? [Including a photo of the creed below since the one in the listing is upside down!)

View attachment 4891664

I don't know where you're finding your Coach information, but I strongly recommend that you find another source for it especially for dates and details.

Why does it seem like it was produced in the 1970s? The style wasn't even introduced until 1987. And creed formats are determined by when that particular bag was actually MADE, not by when the original version was designed or released. Creed formats have changed regularly over the years. And formats and spacing sometimes changed for individual plants in different months and sometimes even different years.

Every plant's creed and serial number history is different, and creeds and numbers can ONLY be compared between two items made in the same plant, year and sometimes even the same month, and usually with the same style number. There's an accurate history of Coach creeds and serial numbers in the Salearea Coach Guides posted here at tPF. Any other so-called guide is probably full of mistakes and outdated information. Coach changes details constantly and most guide writers never bother to keep up even if their guides were actually more or less accurate when written. Read this entire thread for more information:

SaleArea guides

Now that ebay is removing the guides they've been hosting for years, those who use those guides have been forced to either save them on their computers or print them. Tonight I found that the Salearea guides (including the Hyacinth/Salearea collaboration ones) have been saved to Salearea's...

forum.purseblog.com

The creed fonts, formatting, spacing, hyphens and all other details are exactly what they should be for a genuine City Bag made in late 1997 at Coach's "I' (the letter, not the number) plant in Turkey. There's nothing wrong with it.

This is Coach's 1989 catalog page:

 

[BeenBurned]

This is a curious one. I'm curious about others' opinions on the bag!

Comments: I've never seen this type of creed on a fabric bag. Although the creed stamping, stitching and lining seem okay, the prefix has too many characters and is scrambled on top of that! (And a scrambled creed on an item made AFTER a legit creed seems odd.)

Seller yonderbound

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Side by side with creed from known authentic item:




And this is a comparison of Yonderbound's bag, supposedly style 8888 vs. Coach stock image for style 757:

 

[junoandcinnamon]

It's authentic and was made in 1997.

Thank you, BeenBurned! I really appreciate it.

 

[junoandcinnamon]

I don't know where you're finding your Coach information, but I strongly recommend that you find another source for it especially for dates and details.

Why does it seem like it was produced in the 1970s? The style wasn't even introduced until 1987. And creed formats are determined by when that particular bag was actually MADE, not by when the original version was designed or released. Creed formats have changed regularly over the years. And formats and spacing sometimes changed for individual plants in different months and sometimes even different years.

Every plant's creed and serial number history is different, and creeds and numbers can ONLY be compared between two items made in the same plant, year and sometimes even the same month, and usually with the same style number. There's an accurate history of Coach creeds and serial numbers in the Salearea Coach Guides posted here at tPF. Any other so-called guide is probably full of mistakes and outdated information. Coach changes details constantly and most guide writers never bother to keep up even if their guides were actually more or less accurate when written. Read this entire thread for more information:

SaleArea guides

Now that ebay is removing the guides they've been hosting for years, those who use those guides have been forced to either save them on their computers or print them. Tonight I found that the Salearea guides (including the Hyacinth/Salearea collaboration ones) have been saved to Salearea's...

forum.purseblog.com

The creed fonts, formatting, spacing, hyphens and all other details are exactly what they should be for a genuine City Bag made in late 1997 at Coach's "I' (the letter, not the number) plant in Turkey. There's nothing wrong with it.

This is Coach's 1989 catalog page:

View attachment 4891718

Thanks so much for sharing the guide. This is really helpful and I'll be sure to refer to that rather than others for future shopping!

 

[BeenBurned]

This is a curious one. I'm curious about others' opinions on the bag!

Comments: I've never seen this type of creed on a fabric bag. Although the creed stamping, stitching and lining seem okay, the prefix has too many characters and is scrambled on top of that! (And a scrambled creed on an item made AFTER a legit creed seems odd.)

Seller yonderbound

Coach EXTREMELY RARE Shoulder handbag | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Coach EXTREMELY RARE Shoulder handbag at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

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Side by side with creed from known authentic item:
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And this is a comparison of Yonderbound's bag, supposedly style 8888 vs. Coach stock image for style 757:
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Here's another weird one from the same seller.

This is supposedly a limited edition in which the number if left blank. Has anyone ever seen that?

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www.ebay.com

 

[Lainy926]

It's authentic. It was called a skinny tote and was made in the early 1970s. The style number was 8605.

Thank you so much!

 

[Narnanz]

The hunt for a city continues
Item BT city
Link https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coach-Leather-Crossbody-Bag-Purse-/164472144960
Seller gingys_closet
Thank you