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
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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!

 

[Jacynthe]

Good afternoon dear authenticators! A request to authenticate please. Thank you!

Item: Sonoma bucket?
Where purchased or how obtained: thrift store
Comments: dimensions are 10 1/2" height, a little over 8' width and almost 5" depth.

 

[Luvpurplepurses]

Would you please authenticate this Tribeca tote? Thanks!
Item: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284382667216
Seller: littel.a.woman1963

 

[GoStanford]

WOW. This has been an interesting fake to study!...
It would be hard to believe that counterfeiters would waste their time making a one-off and I've never seen another example of this possible fake before so I'm hesitant about reporting it. But there's absolutely NO WAY I would ever recommend buying it.

Other opinions are welcome.

Spectacular detective work, thank you so much for your time and the thorough explanation. I will be staying away from that listing. This type of expertise is one of the best things about coming back to the Coach forum!

 

[Hyacinth]

Would you please authenticate this Tribeca tote? Thanks!
Item: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284382667216
Seller: littel.a.woman1963

It seems OK, from 1998

 

[Hyacinth]

Good afternoon dear authenticators! A request to authenticate please. Thank you!

Item: Sonoma bucket?
Where purchased or how obtained: thrift store
Comments: dimensions are 10 1/2" height, a little over 8' width and almost 5" depth.

Genuine Sonoma Drawstring Natural Grain from 1996

 

[shannastory]

Good afternoon authenticators! Requesting your eyes on this one when convenient:

Item: Unsure!
Seller: 2011mjames
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-red-...p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
Comments: I know it’s not a City bag, grateful for any information on the style!

 

[Jacynthe]

Genuine Sonoma Drawstring Natural Grain from 1996

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Thank you very much Hyacinth for sharing with me your time and knowledge and also for providing the catalogue page!!!

 

[Jacynthe]

Dear authenticators, a request to authenticate please. Thank You!

Item: Beige A6B 4918
Where purchased or how obtained: thrift store
Comments: dimensions are 6" height, 8 1/2" width, a little over 3" depth

 

[Hyacinth]

Dear authenticators, a request to authenticate please. Thank You!

Item: Beige A6B 4918
Where purchased or how obtained: thrift store
Comments: dimensions are 6" height, 8 1/2" width, a little over 3" depth
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Genuine Sonoma Small Zip Bag Natural Grain from 1996

 

[Jacynthe]

Genuine Sonoma Small Zip Bag Natural Grain from 1996

Many thanks Hyacinth for sharing your time and knowledge with me on this request. I appreciate it!!!

 

[Jacynthe]

Good afternoon dear authenticators! Another request to authenticate please. Thank you!!!

Item: Soho bucket bag? 4148
Where purchased or how obtained: thrift store
Comments: dimensions are 9" height, 7 1/2" width, almost 3 1/2" depth. I am organising and have seen that there are quite a few that I don't believe I had requested an authentication. Please let me know when to stop, I don't wish to flood the thread or 'overstay my welcome'. Thank you!!! ETA the "H" in the creed concerns me.

 

[Syaki]

Hello,
Can you please authenticate the following:
Item: coach legacy
Site ebay
Seller: alecille0
Link:

Vintage Coach Lulu Legacy Black Leather Drawstring Purse | eBay

Vintage Coach Lulu Legacy Black Leather Drawstring Purse. Condition is "Pre-owned". Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.

www.ebay.com

 

[GoStanford]

And one more, thank you again:

Item: Prescott briefcase
Listing number: 124827000682
Seller and site: ronbis2013 on ebay
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/124827000682?hash=item1d1044df6a:g:~n0AAOSw3VVg5zL~&LH_BIN=1
Comments: Prescott briefcase in Prescott, AZ

 

[whateve]

WOW. This has been an interesting fake to study!

It's definitely fake (I THINK!). I even found the style it was copying, a Madison Brief style 5325 also made in China in 2000 but with a genuine China creed stamp and a genuine S plant code. (There was a B plant code being used very briefly in 2000 but apparently only for limited production items, see the last 2 photos).

The briefcase styles are identical, but the fake doesn't seem to have the same metal "slider" closure under the buckles as the genuine one. The fake was probably copied at the Chinese plant that was making the real one but with a different creed and VERY different serial number.

Here's the brown fake with the E0B-5355 half-upside-down serial number - click on the thumbnails to enlarge if necessary:

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and a GENUINE Madison Brief from 2000, H0S-5325 made in China's "S" plant:

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and finally, a GENUINE B-plant, possibly temporary, Made in the US creed for a Limited Edition "Bonnie Retro Hobo" Cashin remake

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Someone went through a lot of trouble to copy that Madison Brief but then messed up completely on the creed and serial number details.

ETA (ACMA) - to be completely fair to the seller, there's maybe a 1 in 10,000 chance that it's genuine and was just a badly messed up sample or pilot, but I've never seen one with such a screwed-up serial number stamp before, or one that used a B plant code. I've seen a few, less than a dozen maybe, other serials with MAYBE one number upside down but never two and never when the style number itself isn't correct.

It would be hard to believe that counterfeiters would waste their time making a one-off and I've never seen another example of this possible fake before so I'm hesitant about reporting it. But there's absolutely NO WAY I would ever recommend buying it.

Other opinions are welcome.

I agree. The shape of the zero, as well as some of the other letters, is completely off.

 

[whateve]

Good afternoon authenticators! Requesting your eyes on this one when convenient:

Item: Unsure!
Seller: 2011mjames
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-red-...p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
Comments: I know it’s not a City bag, grateful for any information on the style!

Authentic, no measurements in the listing so I can't be sure of the style but it is probably a compartment bag, #9850.