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
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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!

 

[petite_chic]

I don't see any problems with either one.

Thank you so much Hyacinth! For awhile, thought I was going to have to do a return to sender. Love the Sonoma flaps, now will have 4

 

[BexDC]

Good morning people,

Can someone please take a look at this one?

seller = janetheobscure7

saddle bag

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321747041930?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[BexDC]

Here is another of the same style bag:

seller = granslittleacre

http://www.ebay.com/itm/371321042026?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[fuzzymummy]

Hi, did anyone find out if the bag in post 5638 was real? It's a poshmark listing of a leather open weave made in Italy bag. I didn't make the request but I was interested in its' authenticity. Poshmark only deals with US transactions so I'm not a threat to the original poster.

 

[crafty_yogi]

This is adorable and I've never seen it before. Can someone authenticate/ID this bag? Please and thank you!

Coach Basketweave Bag
https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Basketweave-Handbag-54e165a42599fe166901d739
Seller: jasmindaily on Poshmark

Hi, did anyone find out if the bag in post 5638 was real? It's a poshmark listing of a leather open weave made in Italy bag. I didn't make the request but I was interested in its' authenticity. Poshmark only deals with US transactions so I'm not a threat to the original poster.

Bump!

 

[yellowjello]

Thank you whateve!

Please take a look at one last Court
Vintage COACH 9870 Brown Court Bag Leather Cross Body Shoulder Bag
s-d-s111
261877587977
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-COACH-9870-Brown-Court-Bag-Leather-Cross-Body-Shoulder-Bag/261877587977?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D777000%26algo%3DABA.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D30542%26meid%3D96fd933d8a91413b9e6837880f2f927d%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D251945568687

Thank you!

 

[BeenBurned]

This is adorable and I've never seen it before. Can someone authenticate/ID this bag? Please and thank you!

Coach Basketweave Bag
https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Basketweave-Handbag-54e165a42599fe166901d739
Seller: jasmindaily on Poshmark

Hi, did anyone find out if the bag in post 5638 was real? It's a poshmark listing of a leather open weave made in Italy bag. I didn't make the request but I was interested in its' authenticity. Poshmark only deals with US transactions so I'm not a threat to the original poster.

Bump!

When there aren't any responses, it's usually because we can't authenticate it.

I'll speak for myself when I say that I wouldn't buy that bag.

Although the creed stitching and stamping don't scream problems, the lack of a serial number is a problem. I don't think it's a recent style being made sans serial numbers, I don't recognize a style even remotely similar to the open weave of this listing and if it's a sample, there's no way to authenticate it.

This seller doesn't call her bag a sample so I'm not implying that she's representing it as such, however we've seen bags/listings claiming to be "samples" with various creeds. (IMO, some of the sample stories were BS by dishonest sellers.) There have been creeds with and without serial numbers, bags without creeds at all, bags with creeds with serial and style numbers that conflicted with the era/year and style of the bags they were one.

We don't know how or even if Coach did "samples" and if they did, how they marked them as such and how one would know.

Re the bag on Poshmark from jasmindaily, I'd be interested in seeing more pictures, specifically a closeup of buckle hardware and any markings on it, a closeup of the tassel, a picture of any tags or content labels that might be inside the bag on a lining seam, etc.

I'd also like to know where the seller purchased it.

I'm guessing that the seller might consider these requests as coming from a PITA buyer but without answers, there's no way I recommend buying it because there's no way to authenticate it.

 

[sb2]

This was a last second buy. Can you tell if it is authentic by the pictures provided Thank you. They have no feedback either so I figured I was taking a chance. I don't usually do that

Ebay
Coach handbag Poppy edition authentic
marius_6215tiu




http://www.ebay.com/itm/251951009014?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[Hyacinth]

This is adorable and I've never seen it before. Can someone authenticate/ID this bag? Please and thank you!

Coach Basketweave Bag
https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Basketweave-Handbag-54e165a42599fe166901d739
Seller: jasmindaily on Poshmark

When there aren't any responses, it's usually because we can't authenticate it.

I'll speak for myself when I say that I wouldn't buy that bag.

Although the creed stitching and stamping don't scream problems, the lack of a serial number is a problem. I don't think it's a recent style being made sans serial numbers, I don't recognize a style even remotely similar to the open weave of this listing and if it's a sample, there's no way to authenticate it.

This seller doesn't call her bag a sample so I'm not implying that she's representing it as such, however we've seen bags/listings claiming to be "samples" with various creeds. (IMO, some of the sample stories were BS by dishonest sellers.) There have been creeds with and without serial numbers, bags without creeds at all, bags with creeds with serial and style numbers that conflicted with the era/year and style of the bags they were one.

We don't know how or even if Coach did "samples" and if they did, how they marked them as such and how one would know.

Re the bag on Poshmark from jasmindaily, I'd be interested in seeing more pictures, specifically a closeup of buckle hardware and any markings on it, a closeup of the tassel, a picture of any tags or content labels that might be inside the bag on a lining seam, etc.

I'd also like to know where the seller purchased it.

I'm guessing that the seller might consider these requests as coming from a PITA buyer but without answers, there's no way I recommend buying it because there's no way to authenticate it.

I've never seen it before. One problem I can see is that except for replacing the "nubuc" description with "natural full grain cowhide" it's exactly the same creed wording used on the old Sonoma Nubuc bags. And I don't see ANY evidence of "gentle tumbling" which is how Coach described the treatment used for the Sonoma pebbled leathers. That's NOT a pebbled leather and it doesn't look tumbled to me, it's as smooth as a baby's bottom.

Also it was my understanding that Coach closed their Italian plant some time around 2010-2011 so if it's a newer style, how could it have an Italy creed? And if it was from 2010 or earlier it should have had a serial number.

The white "x" in the corner of the creed is suspicious too, on newer bags starting from aound maybe 2005 any "final sale" mark like that should have been stamped in, not just marked with white pencil or chalk.

Even if there's a microscopic chance that it's genuine, I'd still want to see some other proof. Like BeenBurned said, we've seen a LOT of really hinky bags claiming to be factory samples, but so far not a single seller has ever been able to show ANY kind of receipt or proof of purchase. If Coach is selling bags at sample sales they had better be giving valid receipts showing that they're collecting the correct state and city sales tax - New York State AND NYC take a dim view of retailers who fail to collect their sales taxes.

 

[fuzzymummy]

When there aren't any responses, it's usually because we can't authenticate it.

I'll speak for myself when I say that I wouldn't buy that bag.

Although the creed stitching and stamping don't scream problems, the lack of a serial number is a problem. I don't think it's a recent style being made sans serial numbers, I don't recognize a style even remotely similar to the open weave of this listing and if it's a sample, there's no way to authenticate it.

This seller doesn't call her bag a sample so I'm not implying that she's representing it as such, however we've seen bags/listings claiming to be "samples" with various creeds. (IMO, some of the sample stories were BS by dishonest sellers.) There have been creeds with and without serial numbers, bags without creeds at all, bags with creeds with serial and style numbers that conflicted with the era/year and style of the bags they were one.

We don't know how or even if Coach did "samples" and if they did, how they marked them as such and how one would know.

Re the bag on Poshmark from jasmindaily, I'd be interested in seeing more pictures, specifically a closeup of buckle hardware and any markings on it, a closeup of the tassel, a picture of any tags or content labels that might be inside the bag on a lining seam, etc.

I'd also like to know where the seller purchased it.

I'm guessing that the seller might consider these requests as coming from a PITA buyer but without answers, there's no way I recommend buying it because there's no way to authenticate it.

I've never seen it before. One problem I can see is that except for replacing the "nubuc" description with "natural full grain cowhide" it's exactly the same creed wording used on the old Sonoma Nubuc bags. And I don't see ANY evidence of "gentle tumbling" which is how Coach described the treatment used for the Sonoma pebbled leathers. That's NOT a pebbled leather and it doesn't look tumbled to me, it's as smooth as a baby's bottom.

Also it was my understanding that Coach closed their Italian plant some time around 2010-2011 so if it's a newer style, how could it have an Italy creed? And if it was from 2010 or earlier it should have had a serial number.

The white "x" in the corner of the creed is suspicious too, on newer bags starting from aound maybe 2005 any "final sale" mark like that should have been stamped in, not just marked with white pencil or chalk.

Even if there's a microscopic chance that it's genuine, I'd still want to see some other proof. Like BeenBurned said, we've seen a LOT of really hinky bags claiming to be factory samples, but so far not a single seller has ever been able to show ANY kind of receipt or proof of purchase. If Coach is selling bags at sample sales they had better be giving valid receipts showing that they're collecting the correct state and city sales tax - New York State AND NYC take a dim view of retailers who fail to collect their sales taxes.

Thanks, guys. It is definitely an unusual bag. I thought the stitching, etc. was impeccable but I know that means nada.

 

[Hyacinth]

Thank you whateve!

Please take a look at one last Court
Vintage COACH 9870 Brown Court Bag Leather Cross Body Shoulder Bag
s-d-s111
261877587977
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-COA...f2f927d&pid=100009&rk=1&rkt=1&sd=251945568687

Thank you!

Sorry, I'm not comfortable trying to authenticate when there's no clear readable photo of the creed and serial number. I'm also concerned that in at least one of the photos, the strap looks like a slightly different color, although that might just be caused by the lighting.

 

[Hyacinth]

Good morning people,

Can someone please take a look at this one?

seller = janetheobscure7

saddle bag

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321747041930?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Here is another of the same style bag:

seller = granslittleacre

http://www.ebay.com/itm/371321042026?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

They both seem genuine.

Always double-check the measurements given for Saddle Pouches, since they were made in three different sizes.

 

[Hyacinth]

This was a last second buy. Can you tell if it is authentic by the pictures provided Thank you. They have no feedback either so I figured I was taking a chance. I don't usually do that

Ebay
Coach handbag Poppy edition authentic
marius_6215tiu




http://www.ebay.com/itm/251951009014?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

It seems ok but wait for more opinions if you can.

 

[sb2]

It seems ok but wait for more opinions if you can.

Thank you. Im hoping I didn't make a mistake.!

 

[crafty_yogi]

Re the bag on Poshmark from jasmindaily, I'd be interested in seeing more pictures, specifically a closeup of buckle hardware and any markings on it, a closeup of the tassel, a picture of any tags or content labels that might be inside the bag on a lining seam, etc.

I'd also like to know where the seller purchased it.

I'm guessing that the seller might consider these requests as coming from a PITA buyer but without answers, there's no way I recommend buying it because there's no way to authenticate it.

Even if there's a microscopic chance that it's genuine, I'd still want to see some other proof. Like BeenBurned said, we've seen a LOT of really hinky bags claiming to be factory samples, but so far not a single seller has ever been able to show ANY kind of receipt or proof of purchase. If Coach is selling bags at sample sales they had better be giving valid receipts showing that they're collecting the correct state and city sales tax - New York State AND NYC take a dim view of retailers who fail to collect their sales taxes.

Thank you both for clarifying! I was interested in it partly because I hadn't seen any other designs even remotely like it coming from Coach and I thought maybe it was an item from a very limited production run or some such. I'm not sure if I'm interested enough in it right now to ask for more pictures, but if I do I'll definitely run it by you guys first.