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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.
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Please help to verify this Coach Hampton tote bag.
Got it from Facebook Maketplace but my friend said it's a remake, not original.
 

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#59,192
Amandali430 said:
Please help to verify this Coach Hampton tote bag.
Got it from Facebook Maketplace but my friend said it's a remake, not original.
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I'm not really sure what your friend means by a remake. If she means that there was an earlier bag called a Hampton Tote, that's possible, Coach re-used names over and over again for both similar and not-so-similar styles. A search of Ebay for "Hampton tote" brings up over 1000 listings of dozens of different styles described by their sellers as Hampton Totes. There were probably at least a dozen different styles OFFICIALLY called Hampton Totes of one sort or another, that doesn't mean that the more recent ones were remakes. A remake to me is when Coach brings back an older and maybe vintage style such as a Stewardess Bag and gives it the same name and sometimes the same style number as the originals from the 1980s.

This one you're asking about is a style made for the Factory Outlet stores. I don't have any information that would tell me whether or not it's a "remake" but the style number is consistent with the date code in the serial number so I don't think so. And it IS genuine, from 2007. The "official" name isn't in my files, and none of the ones being sold on Ebay still have their original tags so I can't find what it was actually called.
 
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Hi, Looking to Authenticate this coach bag, would appreciate any help! I can provide more information if necessary.

FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
Item: Red Coach Leather Bag
Listing number: 26203764
Seller: gwangcarrot
Site: Vinted
Link: https://www.vinted.co.uk/women/handbags/26203764-red-coach-bag
Comments: Attached is an additional photo of the inside label.
 

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#59,194
GwangCarrot said:
Hi, Looking to Authenticate this coach bag, would appreciate any help! I can provide more information if necessary.

FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
Item: Red Coach Leather Bag
Listing number: 26203764
Seller: gwangcarrot
Site: Vinted
Link: https://www.vinted.co.uk/women/handbags/26203764-red-coach-bag
Comments: Attached is an additional photo of the inside label.
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Welcome to TPF.

Posting direct links to your own listing is disallowed by TPF rules.

Because we (in the Coach subforum) appreciate sellers who want to avoid listing fakes and do their due diligence, we are willing to verify authenticity of items prior to the seller listing them. (And the law requires that sellers know items are authentic before listing so that's the time to authenticate.) A seller should never list an item without knowing that it's genuine.

In those cases, just post pictures - not a link to a listing.

With that said, I do have some comments on your listing.
1. Never list an item without including pictures of the elements necessary for buyers to know what they're getting and for authenticators to be able to evaluate the item (when asked).
2. Full creeds and serial numbers as well as any other labels, tags, props, etc. should be included in the listing
3. For any used or pre-owned items, clear pictures should be shown of any scuffs, stains, marks, scratches, etc. as well as if there are any out-of-the-ordinary odors
4. Another picture is necessary for authentication purposes. (See the first post at the top of the page.) "If applicable, search interior of bag and/or pockets for small white tag with production information and include a picture of that." Since your bag doesn't have a "serial number" on the creed, that part of the requirements applies to your item.
 
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Hyacinth said:
I'm not really sure what your friend means by a remake. If she means that there was an earlier bag called a Hampton Tote, that's possible, Coach re-used names over and over again for both similar and not-so-similar styles. A search of Ebay for "Hampton tote" brings up over 1000 listings of dozens of different styles described by their sellers as Hampton Totes. There were probably at least a dozen different styles OFFICIALLY called Hampton Totes of one sort or another, that doesn't mean that the more recent ones were remakes. A remake to me is when Coach brings back an older and maybe vintage style such as a Stewardess Bag and gives it the same name and sometimes the same style number as the originals from the 1980s.

This one you're asking about is a style made for the Factory Outlet stores. I don't have any information that would tell me whether or not it's a "remake" but the style number is consistent with the date code in the serial number so I don't think so. And it IS genuine, from 2007. The "official" name isn't in my files, and none of the ones being sold on Ebay still have their original tags so I can't find what it was actually called.
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Thank you very much for the information. Glad to know and learn.
 
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For some reason when I try to upload pictures it says " The upload failed because the file could not be written to the server. The siteadministrator will need to resolve this before any files can be uploaded. " Maybe a just a computer glitch.
I will try back in a little bit.
 
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