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Hyacinth said:
There's actually nothing that's RIGHT with either item. Anything your uncle paid would have been too much since whoever sold it to him is in violation of US Federal Law. Both items should either be used until they fall apart, or destroyed. Please do NOT donate them to any thrift or charity since they'll only end up being sold to someone else.

For starters - the bag is a fake style never made by Coach, the fabric design and colors also not Coach, the outside emblem is fake, the "leather" looks thin and cheap and is probably vinyl, not leather. The lining is fake and never used by Coach in any C pattern or Logo bag, there should be a serial number, all the zipper pulls are wrong, fabric C pattern bags were never made in Italy, and "enOuring" is misspelled. Oh, and the stitching around the patch is too thick, too wide and much too sloppy. It looks more like butcher's twine.

The wallet - fake and much too big C pattern, different fabric patterns inside and outside, fake Carriage emblem, off-center C pattern, wrong details on the ID window and the credit card slots, and invalid NON-Coach font used on the inside Coach stamps. Sorry, they're just really BAD fakes. I hope your uncle didn't get ripped off too badly.
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Thanks again Hyacinth! Wow! That's A LOT wrong!! Whoever it was did not do very good. I'm glad you mentioned about Not Donating! I didn't think about that!! ... Well, THANK YOU again for helping me! You are Very Good at what you do!! ~ Stay Well! :)
 
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Kind authenticators, a request to authenticate my bag please. Thanks!

Item:Day Pack/Ruck Sack
Where purchased: Thrift store
Measurements: 15” tall/ 10” Wide/9” Deep
Buckle closure
No interior tags
Coach Leatherware
Serial number: No: 306-0237
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monogirl said:
Kind authenticators, a request to authenticate my bag please. Thanks!

Item:biggrin:ay Pack/Ruck Sack
Where purchased: Thrift store
Measurements: 15” tall/ 10” Wide/9” Deep
Buckle closure
No interior tags
Coach Leatherware
Serial number: No: 306-0237
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Genuine, it was just called (Surprise!) a Backpack, maybe the first or one of the first ones Coach made, and was made between 1991 and 1993. The style number was 509.
 
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Good evening, Would you please authenticate this squeeze case? Is the color Burgundy? Do you think it was made in the United States? This belongs to my aunt and that is what she thinks so I wanted to get your expertise to know for sure. Thank you.
 

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JuneCleaverSemperFi said:
Good evening, Would you please authenticate this squeeze case? Is the color Burgundy? Do you think it was made in the United States? This belongs to my aunt and that is what she thinks so I wanted to get your expertise to know for sure. Thank you.
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It's fine, style 7215.

I don't know where it was made.
 
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JuneCleaverSemperFi said:
Good evening, Would you please authenticate this squeeze case? Is the color Burgundy? Do you think it was made in the United States? This belongs to my aunt and that is what she thinks so I wanted to get your expertise to know for sure. Thank you.
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Coach made SLGs (small leather goods) in half a dozen different countries. I don't think there's any way to know where any of them were made unless they're actually stamped, and not all of them were. That style of squeeze key pouch was probably made by Coach and dozens if not hundreds of other companies for a very long time, Coach even describes it in the 1986 catalog as an old favorite making its first mail order appearance. I remember my grandmother having one although it wasn't made by Coach. My grandmother passed away in the mid 1960s so you can judge how old the design is.

Coach made ONLY small leather goods until around 1962 when they added handbags to their inventory. They had a Squeeze Keycase in their 1986 catalog and were certainly making them long before that, there's just no paper record of it and the small details such as the Coach stamp and keyring may have been slightly different.

The design details in your example match Coach's pictures from their Summer 1986 catalog where it is described as "New" and style number 7215 so it could be at least 30 or 35 years old. It seems to have disappeared from the paper catalogs about 3 or 4 years later although that doesn't mean it was removed from their inventory, it could still have been in the stores especially around the holidays. So mid to late 1980s are the only years we're sure about. Burgundy was one of the available colors but color can change over 35 years so I'm not comfortably guessing colors.

Here's Coach's listing from the Summer 1986 catalog:

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Hyacinth said:
Coach made SLGs (small leather goods) in half a dozen different countries. I don't think there's any way to know where any of them were made unless they're actually stamped, and not all of them were. That style of squeeze key pouch was probably made by Coach and dozens if not hundreds of other companies for a very long time, Coach even describes it in the 1986 catalog as an old favorite making its first mail order appearance. I remember my grandmother having one although it wasn't made by Coach. My grandmother passed away in the mid 1960s so you can judge how old the design is.

Coach made ONLY small leather goods until around 1962 when they added handbags to their inventory. They had a Squeeze Keycase in their 1986 catalog and were certainly making them long before that, there's just no paper record of it and the small details such as the Coach stamp and keyring may have been slightly different.

The design details in your example match Coach's pictures from their Summer 1986 catalog where it is described as "New" and style number 7215 so it could be at least 30 or 35 years old. It seems to have disappeared from the paper catalogs about 3 or 4 years later although that doesn't mean it was removed from their inventory, it could still have been in the stores especially around the holidays. So mid to late 1980s are the only years we're sure about. Burgundy was one of the available colors but color can change over 35 years so I'm not comfortably guessing colors.

Here's Coach's listing from the Summer 1986 catalog:

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Thank you so much, another treasure! :)
 
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