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!

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi,
Please authenticate the following Item: Vintage Coach Crossbody Flap Purse. Willis & how old?
Comments:thrift find
Length: 6.5”
Height: 9.5”
Width: 3”
Thank you for your expertise (:
Happy holidays!
PamView attachment 4932862View attachment 4932863View attachment 4932864View attachment 4932865

Genuine Murphy bag made in 1995.

 

[Busykitty]

Request for authentication

https://posh.mk/MtnqHDk4jcb

Seller: ninahansendvm
Hudson backpack?
Thanks in advance

 

[padelca]

Hi,
Please authenticate the following Item: VTG Coach Crossbody Flap Purse w/ Nickel Hardware. Rambler & how old?
Comments:thrift find
Length: 9.5”
Height: 8”
Width: 3.5”
Thank you for your expertise (:
Happy holidays!
Pam

 

[BeenBurned]

Request for authentication

https://posh.mk/MtnqHDk4jcb

Seller: ninahansendvm
Hudson backpack?
Thanks in advance

WTF? Who do they use for authenticators?!?!?!?

This explains why there are so many mistakes made on that site -- with fakes being sold as authentic and authentic items charged as fake.

ETA again: And papabailey (the Poshmark authenticator) claims to have worked at Coach fraud prevention for 20 years?

ETA: As pointed out several years ago, there are some anomalies with the creed but that prefix HAS been seen and it matches others from the same year and plant:

AUTHENTICATE this COACH!

Hello, I have another bag I'd like opinions on: Item:Vintage COACH Speedy Doctor British Tan Leather Boston Satchel Purse Seller: timeless-collections! Ebay item#: 221392629461 Ebay URL: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221392629461?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Comments...

forum.purseblog.com

AUTHENTICATE this COACH!

Thanks for the heads up. When I receive the item, I'll double the check the strap to see if it has been altered or just measured incorrectly. Thanks again! Can't wait to get it in the mail! You're welcome!

forum.purseblog.com

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi,
Please authenticate the following Item: VTG Coach Crossbody Flap Purse w/ Nickel Hardware. Rambler & how old?
Comments:thrift find
Length: 9.5”
Height: 8”
Width: 3.5”
Thank you for your expertise (:
Happy holidays!
PamView attachment 4932900View attachment 4932901View attachment 4932900View attachment 4932901View attachment 4932902View attachment 4932903View attachment 4932904

Authentic, 2000.

 

[Busykitty]

WTF? Who do they use for authenticators?!?!?!?

This explains why there are so many mistakes made on that site -- with fakes being sold as authentic and authentic items charged as fake.

ETA again: And papabailey (the Poshmark authenticator) claims to have worked at Coach fraud prevention for 20 years?

ETA: As pointed out several years ago, there are some anomalies with the creed but that prefix HAS been seen and it matches others from the same year and plant:

AUTHENTICATE this COACH!

Hello, I have another bag I'd like opinions on: Item:Vintage COACH Speedy Doctor British Tan Leather Boston Satchel Purse Seller: timeless-collections! Ebay item#: 221392629461 Ebay URL: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221392629461?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Comments...

forum.purseblog.com

AUTHENTICATE this COACH!

Thanks for the heads up. When I receive the item, I'll double the check the strap to see if it has been altered or just measured incorrectly. Thanks again! Can't wait to get it in the mail! You're welcome!

forum.purseblog.com

So I take that as an authentic Hudson backpack?

 

[BeenBurned]

So I take that as an authentic Hudson backpack?

I don't know if that's the "official" name of the bag but yes, it's authentic. (And for the record, the authenticator's statement of "Coach never used this lining," that's nonsense. Both Sonoma and Hudson bags have the lining.)

 

[Busykitty]

I don't know if that's the "official" name of the bag but yes, it's authentic. (And for the record, the authenticator's statement of "Coach never used this lining," that's nonsense. Both Sonoma and Hudson bags have the lining.)

I know, right!? About the lining! I was like what????

 

[Dragonflyzoe]

I have a few comments.

Without a picture of the creed, we can't make a credible comment on authenticity but even knowing that the bag has a "supposed" same serial number, I recommend against buying it. (And why wouldn't the seller SHOW you a picture of the creed?!?)

Considering the lack of the creed photo (and any other definitive pictures), the seller's description of the serial number and the seller's 97% feedback which includes a "fake" allegation, izato-88 isn't a seller I recommend.

In general, a good rule of thumb (even with a great seller) is to avoid listings with sample creeds/serial numbers as they cannot be authenticated.

@BeenBurned...Thank you for your wise counsel. I won’t be bidding on this bag. Someone is going to be sorely disappointed x

 

[Hyacinth]

Request for authentication

https://posh.mk/MtnqHDk4jcb

Seller: ninahansendvm
Hudson backpack?
Thanks in advance

Request for authentication

https://posh.mk/MtnqHDk4jcb

Seller: ninahansendvm
Hudson backpack?
Thanks in advance

WTF? Who do they use for authenticators?!?!?!?

This explains why there are so many mistakes made on that site -- with fakes being sold as authentic and authentic items charged as fake.

ETA again: And papabailey (the Poshmark authenticator) claims to have worked at Coach fraud prevention for 20 years?

ETA: As pointed out several years ago, there are some anomalies with the creed but that prefix HAS been seen and it matches others from the same year and plant:

AUTHENTICATE this COACH!

Hello, I have another bag I'd like opinions on: Item:Vintage COACH Speedy Doctor British Tan Leather Boston Satchel Purse Seller: timeless-collections! Ebay item#: 221392629461 Ebay URL: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221392629461?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Comments...

forum.purseblog.com

AUTHENTICATE this COACH!

Thanks for the heads up. When I receive the item, I'll double the check the strap to see if it has been altered or just measured incorrectly. Thanks again! Can't wait to get it in the mail! You're welcome!

forum.purseblog.com

I don't know if that's the "official" name of the bag but yes, it's authentic. (And for the record, the authenticator's statement of "Coach never used this lining," that's nonsense. Both Sonoma and Hudson bags have the lining.)

I agree completely with BeenBurned. I've even found another bag from the same plant, year and month INCLUDING the usually invalid month code and from 1998, with a stamped mark that indicates it's genuine. Definitely a Hudson, a bit earlier than most but still within the time period when the Hudson line was in the stores and catalogs. Both the lining and all the creed and serial details are correct for an early Hudson bag.

ETA - And as for PAPABAILEY aka Ms Fraud Prevention, as I mentioned in my response to what BeenBurned posted back in February about that "authenticator and Fraud Prevention expert" at Posh, in the mostly-words of Inigo Montoya, "I do not believer those words mean what she thinks they do".

 

[JuneCleaverSemperFi]

Hello, Would you please authenticate this pouch? Someone is telling me that it is fake because it does not have a creed. I tried to explain that not all Coach items have creed numbers. I realize that the box does not match, but it is an older picture from when I first started collecting pouches and I got it from a friend. I would like to have the pouch authenticated so that I can move on please. The pouch is about 7.45" x 4" x 2"

 

[JuneCleaverSemperFi]

Hello, Would you please authenticate this pouch? Someone is telling me that it is fake because it does not have a creed. I tried to explain that not all Coach items have creed numbers. I realize that the box does not match, but it is an older picture from when I first started collecting pouches and I got it from a friend. I would like to have the pouch authenticated so that I can move on please. The pouch is about 7.45" x 4" x 2"

 

[JuneCleaverSemperFi]

Here are a couple more pics

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello, Would you please authenticate this pouch? Someone is telling me that it is fake because it does not have a creed. I tried to explain that not all Coach items have creed numbers. I realize that the box does not match, but it is an older picture from when I first started collecting pouches and I got it from a friend. I would like to have the pouch authenticated so that I can move on please. The pouch is about 7.45" x 4" x 2"

Here are a couple more pics

It's authentic and I believe a chunky case.

If the "someone" is an ebay member who is alleging that you're selling a fake, PLEASE let me know her ID so I can block! I dare say that none of us who sell need someone who doesn't know what she's talking about accuse us of selling a fake.

 

[kthlndly]

Dear authenticators, can you please authenticate this bag? This was sent to me as an early christmas gift. I was just wondering about the hang tag and the creed that’s the first time i saw that kind.

Item: Coach Riley Top Handle 22 in Signature Canvas
Dimension: 9” x 6.5” x 4”