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]

Hello Awesome Authenticators,
May you please tell me if this handbag is authentic? Thank you in advance for your help. I am so grateful for this forum.

Item: Legacy Zip?
Listing number: N/A
Seller and site where listed: june_cleaver and Poshmark
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Blue-Legacy-Zip-Crossbody-Bag-5fc04d1606d59cc805337e22
Comments:

It's authentic, made in 1999.

 

[COACH_GAL]

The bag is authentic and the serial number is correct for when and where it was made.

I'm concerned though......the listing says that wovencycle ended the listing early "because the item is no longer available." Why is that? Did you buy it "off" ebay? Did the seller offer a cheaper price if you purchased off-site?

I purchased it, I sent the seller an offer through eBay. They accepted my offer, but I wanted to confirm authenticity before I went forward with paying for the item.

 

[BeenBurned]

I purchased it, I sent the seller an offer through eBay. They accepted my offer, but I wanted to confirm authenticity before I went forward with paying for the item.

Make sure you pay through the listing.

 

[COACH_GAL]

Make sure you pay through the listing.

Is there any other way? I listing had an option to make an offer. The seller accepted it and now I have to pay it through eBay.
Do you know what year the bag is from and if it’s black or navy?

thanks!

 

[whateve]

I purchased this vintage coach city bag on eBay. I have yet to pay for it. The serial number seemed off. Can someone please authenticate this.

Vintage style COACH City Bag 9790 Leather dark Navy Crossbody | eBay

This could benefit from a good cleaning a leather conditioning.

www.ebay.com

seller is : wovencycle

serial number is A8M-9790

The bag is authentic and the serial number is correct for when and where it was made.

I'm concerned though......the listing says that wovencycle ended the listing early "because the item is no longer available." Why is that? Did you buy it "off" ebay? Did the seller offer a cheaper price if you purchased off-site?

Is there any other way? I listing had an option to make an offer. The seller accepted it and now I have to pay it through eBay.
Do you know what year the bag is from and if it’s black or navy?

thanks!

It's really hard to tell navy from black. Usually the only way to tell is to put it next to a vintage bag you know is black and see if it looks navy then. Sometimes you can tell by the color of the inside of the pocket. The bag was made in 1998.

 

[kuratedc]

Hello authenticators,
Please help with this bag.
Item: flap bag crossbody
Listing number:
Seller and site where purchased: Mercari
Link:
Comments: measures approximately 11”x7”. Purchased this a while back from someone on Mercari. Im no longer on that app, so no link. I dont know name and the creed is not as clear as I’d like. Am planning to sell if real. Thanks a lot ladies!

 

[whateve]

Thank you very much! I wonder does all authenticate coach purse, the backside of rivets should be a concave? Also I wonder if the backside of the turnlock has notch is much be fake?View attachment 4975340

Usually with the oval kind of turnlock, there shouldn't be indentations on the back of it. However, it is okay to have indentations on the squarish kind of turnlock used on some briefcases. We don't use this feature alone to determine authenticity because it is always possible the turnlock was replaced by a non-Coach turnlock on an authentic bag. The rivets are usually indented on the backs if they are the original factory rivets. Again, these could have been replaced. I have had to replace rivets on some vintage bags and couldn't find some that were exactly the same as the original. Both of these things are warning flags that a bag might not be authentic, but it is the creed and other details that ultimately determine authenticity.

 

[whateve]

Hello authenticators,
Please help with this bag.
Item: flap bag crossbody
Listing number:
Seller and site where purchased: Mercari
Link:
Comments: measures approximately 11”x7”. Purchased this a while back from someone on Mercari. Im no longer on that app, so no link. I dont know name and the creed is not as clear as I’d like. Am planning to sell if real. Thanks a lot ladies!

Authentic city bag

 

[Dragonflyzoe]

Having never seen the bag/style, I'm not familiar with it but what I saw in your pictures seemed fine. I didn't want to comment until and unless I was sure. I believe that your bag is fine and is a Rhyder crossbody bag in metallic leather, made in 2014.

In my first search, I only found a Facebook listing from a seller in Singapore but her listing showed a picture that was taken in a Coach store (or outlet).
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So I did a bit more hunting and got lucky with the Wayback Machine.
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ETA: When you list it, be sure to disclose that the strap isn't the original strap that came with the bag and was replaced with a different Coach strap.

@BeenBurned Thank you so much for making such an effort to authenticate her for me.

I am so grateful. Noted re the strap, thank you.

Stay safe

Zoe xx

 

[Dragonflyzoe]

@BeenBurned Thank you so much for making such an effort to authenticate her for me.

I am so grateful. Noted re the strap, thank you.

Is the anomaly on the white tag, just that?

Stay safe

Zoe xx

 

[JB Fletcher]

Hello Awesome Authenticators,
May you please authenticate this handbag. Thank you in advance for your help. I am so grateful for this forum.

Item: Legacy Zip?
Listing number: N/A
Seller and site where listed: june_cleaver and Poshmark
Link:
Comments:

It's authentic, made in 1999.

Thank you so much for your help, BeenBurned.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi Authenticator Im just wondering if you could help me out in identifying the name and style of these minis so I can research. thanks.
purchased at a private estate sale, thanks.

You've already posted the same question in 3 different threads and no one has answered. That should tell you something.

Those styles are impossible to identify OR authenticate with the one single photo you've posted. Read the READ ME instructions at the top of this page for the information and photos we need to authenticate. Post each item in a separate post. But my advice would be to not waste your time.

I said in another thread that Coach has made dozens of similar styles. Many of them were made for the outlet stores and if there's no serial number inside the item there's no way to find them. If you walk into an outlet store in the weeks before the end of year holidays there are shelves and tables loaded with similar items, Coach makes the same basic designs almost every year. There's been a version of that Khaki Signature wristlet made at least once a year for probably the last 20 years since that fabric was first introduced.

Search Ebay for "Coach fabric wristlet" and look for similar styles and see what they've sold for by clicking on Completed. It won't be much unless they're unusual or limited styles. The numbers in GREEN are the actual selling prices. Even New With Tags wristlet items only sell for between 10 and 40 dollars. You can usually buy them brand new from the Coach Factory store for $40 or less using the in-store coupons they often hand out at the door.

Coach Fabric Wristlet in Clothing, Shoes & Accessories for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

And look at how many are currently for sale just under "coach fabric wristlet" - more than 3000.

Please read the posting instructions, if any, in any thread you're posting in. And please don't post the same question in more than one thread unless instructed to by one of the posters. If no one answers, it's because no one knows or because there's no answer possible with the information you provided.

 

[BeenBurned]

@BeenBurned Thank you so much for making such an effort to authenticate her for me.

I am so grateful. Noted re the strap, thank you.

Is the anomaly on the white tag, just that?

Stay safe

Zoe xx

What anomaly? Did I miss something?


Reposting the picture:

 

[Jacynthe]

I think it's fine.

Thank you BeenBurned for your time and sharing your knowledge!!!

 

[crocodilettante]

Item: vintage Coach brown leather backpack
Seller: drblondie on Poshmark
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Brown-Leather-Backpack-5d48fd8a26219fd6a1ec63bf
Comments: Measures 10" x 10.5" x 4.5". I've never seen this particular style, and the stitching and creed look potentially iffy to me. Anyone know if this is authentic?