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.
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• FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
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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!

 

[jookyvl]

Your wallet looks good.

Oh wow thank you!

 

[Ammrx]

Can this be looked at ? Thanks as always. Purchased at local gw. Approx 5or 6 inches by 8. If by any slim chance it is real can anyone give more info about it. Thanks for your time and expertise.

 

[JuneCleaverSemperFi]

Authentic and gorgeous but I don't know the name. (I don't want to attempt to date it because invariably, I'm wrong! But I'm thinking 70s.)

Awesome! Do you know why there is no creed number though? Is there a specific time period that no serial number was made?

 

[BeenBurned]

Can this be looked at ? Thanks as always. Purchased at local gw. Approx 5or 6 inches by 8. If by any slim chance it is real can anyone give more info about it. Thanks for your time and expertise.View attachment 4971471View attachment 4971472View attachment 4971471View attachment 4971472View attachment 4971473View attachment 4971474

It's an authentic Carnival bag made in 1997.

 

[Ammrx]

It's an authentic Carnival bag made in 1997.

thanks For the info.

 

[houseof999]

https://posh.mk/9vWeDmSNodb

Seller: carolinagrace
Does this look good?

 

[BeenBurned]

https://posh.mk/9vWeDmSNodb

Seller: carolinagrace
Does this look good?

It looks good to me.

 

[houseof999]

It looks good to me.

Thank you!

 

[AuntieA]

Many if not most Swingpacks from that "burnished leather" period in the early to mid 2000 decade didn't have serial numbers.

Thanks Hyacinth! This is good to know because I just received a Goodwill mystery box today with 3 (not so great) Coach bags inside. Of course, one was a very sad and ripped swingpack without a serial number. Doh. Lol.

Many if not most Swingpacks from that "burnished leather" period in the early to mid 2000 decade didn't have serial numbers.

Thanks Hyacinth! This is good to know because I just received a Goodwill mystery box with 3 (not so great) Coach bags inside including this poor swingpack without a serial number. Lol. Oy.

 

[whateve]

Awesome! Do you know why there is no creed number though? Is there a specific time period that no serial number was made?

When they first started using creeds, there were no numbers. I believe it is in the Salearea guides. Your bag is a skinny tote #9546 made in the mid to late 70s. I don't know exactly when this style first appeared but the first catalog picture I have of your bag is dated 1978. I suspect yours was made a year or two earlier.

 

[JuneCleaverSemperFi]

The Salearea guides, I have heard that come up before, but I did not know what it was. What a treasure trove of helpful information. Thank you! I am going to stock up on my snacks and start reading.

 

[JB Fletcher]

Hello Authenticators,
Could you please tell me if this Taft bag is authentic. I purchased it from a thrift store.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello Authenticators,
Could you please tell me if this Taft bag is authentic. I purchased it from a thrift store.

I'm sorry, but it's fake. That serial number prefix "K3H-" is ALWAYS fake, no exceptions. There's at least one other problem I'm seeing and I haven't even looked at all the photos yet. You need to take it back and insist on a full refund, or at least a full credit.

ETA - Make that TWO other problems, both with the bag's hardware, things like buckles, turnlocks, etc.

 

[JB Fletcher]

I'm sorry, but it's fake. That serial number prefix "K3H-" is ALWAYS fake, no exceptions. There's at least one other problem I'm seeing and I haven't even looked at all the photos yet. You need to take it back and insist on a full refund, or at least a full credit.

Thank you so much Hyacinth. Unfortunately they do not offer returns. Off to the trash bin this will go. Thank you again.

 

[Hyacinth]

The Salearea guides, I have heard that come up before, but I did not know what it was. What a treasure trove of helpful information. Thank you! I am going to stock up on my snacks and start reading.

Also read the Daria48 Fake Coach Numbers List and its updates that follow the Salearea Guides. Many but not all of the most frequently used fake serial numbers especially in classsic and vintage bags are listed there.