Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

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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!
 
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Lake Effect said:
Hi BB, vikach did attach the pics in the post at 12:12 am that tell that story :shocked: . . .
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Hyacinth said:
Problems with the hardware, the creed and the serial number. We don't like going into detail since that just helps the crooks make more accurate fakes. Let's just say that it takes a large library of text files and photos to spot one or two of the mistakes.
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BeenBurned said:
Ugh! I am so sorry. Not that it's a good excuse but I'll use it anyway!

Not only did I not go back to look at the post but I didn't realize that the pictures were only two posts up!

THat's what happens when I try to rush and respond while on my way out the door.

I'm glad Hyacinth was able to give a better answer.

Note to self: Take your time when responding. :doh:
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I appreciate all the responses! As always!
 
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Hyacinth said:
We can't say this often enough - spotting fake Coaches is NOT something that should be done by anyone unless they have years, even decades, of experience doing it. There are as many different indicators of fakes as there are different styles of Coach bags. There's NO "One Rule Fits All" that tells you what to look for, and often comparing photos of the details of a bag being authenticated with known, proven genuine bags with the same style numbers and made in the same plant and year, sometimes even the same month, is the only way to do it accurately.

Anyone who does their own authenticating unless they know how to find those kind of details here at tPF or who to ask is going to end up with fakes. That's why there are over 65, 000 authentication requests just in this Coach forum, and another 10,000-plus that were archived a few years ago. And that's JUST Coach.

ETA - The six Salearea Guides posted in this same sub-forum explain some of the warning signs but neither they nor the Daria48 Fake Coach Numbers List posted right after them in tha same thread have all the answers or list all the red flags. They're just Guides, but they're damned good ones if I do say so myself. I suggest you read through them several times at least just to learn some basics.

SaleArea guides

Now that ebay is removing the guides they've been hosting for years, those who use those guides have been forced to either save them on their computers or print them. Tonight I found that the Salearea guides (including the Hyacinth/Salearea collaboration ones) have been saved to Salearea's...
forum.purseblog.com forum.purseblog.com
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I had no idea there were so many fakes out there. It’s a little disheartening. My stats don’t look good, out of 3 bags 2 were fakes. ☹️ I have two more being shipped to me right now. I’ll submit the requests for authentication once I get them. Your help is very much appreciated.
 
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sunnydaze41 said:
Hi, I won an auction for a courier bag on shopgoodwill (link below) and they cancelled the sale afterward, saying it wasn't authentic. I'm so bummed. The only thing I thought was maybe off was the zipper and I can't see any brass grommets on the strap. The creed looks good to me. What do you think? I know there's not much I can do about it, but I would feel better if I knew for sure it was fake. Thanks for your opinion.

https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/128947177
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There aren't enough of the right photos to determine authenticity, but Goodwill's usual authentication services, ESPECIALLY Entrupy, have made an absolute MESS of probably close to 100 authentications just based on complaints we've seen posted here at tPF, and their record with Coach products is the absolute PITS. They couldn't tell genuine Coach from fake if their corporate lives depended on it. I'm not seeing any red flags but there's no photo of the serial number so how can anyone say it's fake?

There's nothing you can do about it. Find an online site like Ebay or Bonanza that takes authentications seriously. Avoid sites like Goodwill and Poshmark where their reputations for selling or not selling fakes is about as bad as it can get.
 
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vikach said:
I had no idea there were so many fakes out there. It’s a little disheartening. My stats don’t look good, out of 3 bags 2 were fakes. ☹ I have two more being shipped to me right now. I’ll submit the requests for authentication once I get them. Your help is very much appreciated.
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If they're from online selling sites or auctions and have a webpage with a URL for each listing, you don't have to wait until you get them in the mail. The READ ME post at the top of this and every other page in this thread explains how to get an authentication for a Coach product being sold online.

If there aren't enough of the needed pictures in the listing, we can wait until you receive the actual item.
 
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Hyacinth said:
If they're from online selling sites or auctions and have a webpage with a URL for each listing, you don't have to wait until you get them in the mail. The READ ME post at the top of this and every other page in this thread explains how to get an authentication for a Coach product being sold online.

If there aren't enough of the needed pictures in the listing, we can wait until you receive the actual item.
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Sounds good!

Here is the first one:

Coach Helen’s Legacy 9953 Brown
Seller: Idb1969
Mercari

https://merc.li/hxEvaP7Ab

And the second one:

Coach Black Prairie 9954
Seller: blyhe531
Ebay

www.ebay.com

Coach Vintage Black Prairie Bag 9954 | eBay

<p>Coach Vintage Black Prairie Bag 9954. </p>
www.ebay.com

Photo of the creed for bag #2. It wasn’t in the listing
 

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Good evening Authenticator! I acquired this through a private neighborhood listing. The listing link isn't valid for people who aren't a part of the group and the seller has deleted the listing as per group rules (because it's sold). I have the bag in my procession. Here are the pictures.

Item: Coach mini backpack 9960
Measurements (roughly):
9.5 inches tall (not including the top handle)
Bottom back width is 7.5 inches
Bottom front width is 7 inches
Bottom side width is 4 inches
Top Flap width is 6 inches

Many thanks!!!
 

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Hoku44 said:
Good evening Authenticator! I acquired this through a private neighborhood listing. The listing link isn't valid for people who aren't a part of the group and the seller has deleted the listing as per group rules (because it's sold). I have the bag in my procession. Here are the pictures.

Item: Coach mini backpack 9960
Measurements (roughly):
9.5 inches tall (not including the top handle)
Bottom back width is 7.5 inches
Bottom front width is 7 inches
Bottom side width is 4 inches
Top Flap width is 6 inches

Many thanks!!!
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It's a genuine Daypack made in 2001.
 
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