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!

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi,


Thank you Hyacinth for authenticating my purse. I am now trying find a matching wallet. My question is do the coach wallet's have the leather label with a letter and numbers stitched inside the wallet like the way my purse has? Thank you. Take care. God bless you.


Warmest regards,
pursebloguser


:tpfrox:

No, almost NO Coach wallets have any kind of creed patch or stamped serial number and almost all the ones you might find that will be fake. But a huge number of "Coach" wallets that you'll find for sale whether on auction sites like Ebay or through private sale or "estate" or garage sales or resale or thrift stores will be fake anyway.

Wallets are very easy to counterfeit, and we strongly urge you to have any wallet that you're thinking of buying authenticated here first. If it can't be authenticated here before you purchase it, DON'T BUY IT. Wallets are the most widely counterfeited Coach item on Ebay and there's a ring of fakes sellers in Southern California that's been flooding Ebay with fake wallets for years.

In fact if your budget allows and you have a legitimate Coach Factory Store within easy driving distance, it's best to just buy at the outlet, at least you know that you're getting a genuine item. Coach's partner stores like Macy's and Dillard's sometimes have sales too.

 

[pursebloguser]

Hi,

Thank you for expert advice Hyacinth on Coach wallets, I will definitely heed for sure. You rock! I wish my budget could afford a new Coach wallet, but unfortunately it can not. I am bidding on this purse on shopgoodwill.com, could you please authenticate this Coach purse for me? NoD1073 - 15409. Thank you. Take care. God bless you.


Warmest regards,
pursebloguser

 

[pursebloguser]

Hi,

Could you please authentic this Coach purse that I am bidding on shopgoodwill.com. NoJ2K - 6347. I have a funny feeling this a fake, but I hope not. Thank you. Take care. God bless you.

Warmest regards,
pursebloguser

 

[Hyacinth]

Please authenticate:


Item Name: COACH VINTAGE CASHIN SADDLE SHOULDER BAG PURSE LEGACY BERKELEY #9014 RED NYC US
Item Number: 301631264938
Seller: Sockmonkey13
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-VINTA...938?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item463a9fd8aa


TIA!

It looks ok, but the seller really needs to show the creed and serial number in focus. And if she says there's a stamp near the creed she should show the entire stamp.

Also there's a very good chance that although the creed says it was made in the US, it probably was NOT made in New York City, so that "NYC" in the listing title isn't right. And it has a year to go before it's actually "vintage", if I'm reading that horribly blurry serial number photo right.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi,

Could you please authentic this Coach purse that I am bidding on shopgoodwill.com. NoJ2K - 6347. I have a funny feeling this a fake, but I hope not. Thank you. Take care. God bless you.

Warmest regards,
pursebloguser

A lot of the Signature styles in the 6200 to 6400 style number range were counterfeited extremely accurately and with some of them like this one it's almost impossible to be sure either way. But I'm not completely comfortable with it (that does NOT mean that it should be reported!) and if you're not either then it's best to just keep looking.

For example, here's a photo of the creed and serial number in a bag known to be genuine, and although they're different styles they're from exactly the same month, year and plant, so I'd expect the the serial number font and spacing to be the same, but they're not. The differences are small but definitely there. And notice the difference in the creed stitching.

 

[pursebloguser]

Hi,

I found this Coach billfold that I am interested in maybe bidding on at ebay.com . Could you please authenticate this billfold for me? Thank you. Take care. God bless you.

Warmest regards,
pursebloguser

 

[tjones]

It looks ok, but the seller really needs to show the creed and serial number in focus. And if she says there's a stamp near the creed she should show the entire stamp.

Also there's a very good chance that although the cred says it was made in the US, it probably was NOT made in New York City, so that "NYC" in the listing title isn't right. And it has a year to go before it's actually "vintage", if I'm reading that horribly blurry serial number photo right.

Hi Hyacinth,


Thank you so much for taking a look - all of this is good to know! I really appreciate having a place to come to get bags authenticated and all the work that you, whateve, and beenburned, and the other authenticators on this forum do!

 

[pursebloguser]

Hi,

Here is another Coach Large Soho Signtaure Hobo in Khaki and Mahogany Purse that I am bidding on ebay.com. Could you please authenticate this purse for me? Thank you. Take care. God bless you.

Warmest regards,
pursebloguser

 

[maramd]

Please authenticate. Thanks.

vintage Coach genuine leather green rare large satchel cross body
Item 251957810922.
Seller karrinandbuckwheat
http://www.ebay.com/itm/25195781092...49&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&autorefresh=true

 

[WishingonaCoach]

Please authenticate...

In my possession: Coach Mini Shopper?
What is the little pouch attached to it? The color not quite match but I liked it. Found listing 3 minutes before auction ended, didn't have time to ask first, hoping for the best... Thanks in advance.

My pictures.

 

[Hyacinth]

Please authenticate...

In my possession: Coach Mini Shopper?
What is the little pouch attached to it? The color not quite match but I liked it. Found listing 3 minutes before auction ended, didn't have time to ask first, hoping for the best... Thanks in advance.

My pictures.

Genuine. And the "little thing" is just called a City Bag Keyfob, although some of us just call them Coin Purses. Coach made them in several different styles and a variety of colors, mostly in the middle to late 1990s.

 

[Hyacinth]

Please authenticate. Thanks.

vintage Coach genuine leather green rare large satchel cross body
Item 251957810922.
Seller karrinandbuckwheat
http://www.ebay.com/itm/25195781092...49&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&autorefresh=true

Did you notice that the leather tab holding the strap on one side doesn't match the rest of the bag and looks like it's been replaced? And it's a really badly made replacement too, the replacement was NOT done by Coach. The seller shows it in a photo but doesn't mention it in the description. It looks like the leather tabs on BOTH sides have problems and have been replaced, redyed or badly repainted and heaven knows WHAT else.

The serial number is also in the old 1990-1993 format but starts with a C instead of a number. It may be a legitimate mistake but that whole bag looks like it has a LOT of problems and may be in worse shape than even the pictures show. I'm not going to even try and guess what style it is but I'd honestly recommend that you hit the Back button.

 

[WishingonaCoach]

Genuine. And the "little thing" is just called a City Bag Keyfob, although some of us just call them Coin Purses. Coach made them in several different styles and a variety of colors, mostly in the middle to late 1990s.

Thank you so much Hyacinth! Wow, the things one learns here, so they are Keyfobs. I thought it was like a coin purse, but why put it outside of the bag? LOL

I bet you knowledgeable (and long time Coach lovers), at times must have a good laugh at how we newbies describe things,

 

[LouisieAnna]

Item: RED COACH CROSSBODY MESSENGER LEATHER BAG SHOULDER PURSE VINTAGE 3195-786 PEBBLE
Listing number: 141649764331
Seller: craigpadgett
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/141649764331
Comments: If authentic, is it a (badly abused) '93 Madison Carlyle? Thank you! I hope you're all having a lovely Sunday.

Creed photo:

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi,

Here is another Coach Large Soho Signtaure Hobo in Khaki and Mahogany Purse that I am bidding on ebay.com. Could you please authenticate this purse for me? Thank you. Take care. God bless you.

Warmest regards,
pursebloguser

It seems to be ok.

BTW, please use the format set down in Post number one of this thread and include the seller's name, auction number and a URL for the auction.