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!

 

[umadam]

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[Lake Effect]

I know I should wait for it to be authenticated first. . . .No Coach tag, but still, $8.99??

 

[umadam]

I know I should wait for it to be authenticated first. . . .No Coach tag, but still, $8.99??
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Is it not authentic?

 

[Narnanz]

I know I should wait for it to be authenticated first. . . .No Coach tag, but still, $8.99??
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I would not have cared at 8.99...

 

[umadam]

I would not have cared at 8.99...

Ha ha...I didn't

 

[umadam]

Ha ha...I didn't

Ha ha...I didn't

 

[whateve]

All the construction details are correct but without the tag we can't say it was made by Coach. My pre-creed courier had a stamp rather than a metal tag (possibly having been made a few years later) and had solid brass stamped on the buckles.

 

[DL Harper]

All the construction details are correct but without the tag we can't say it was made by Coach. My pre-creed courier had a stamp rather than a metal tag (possibly having been made a few years later) and had solid brass stamped on the buckles.

Curious. If it had a metal tag, would the tag have been attached to what appears to be a slit at the top of the the pocket in her last photo?

 

[umadam]

All the construction details are correct but without the tag we can't say it was made by Coach. My pre-creed courier had a stamp rather than a metal tag (possibly having been made a few years later) and had solid brass stamped on the buckles.

Thank you so much! It's happy and sad news lol. Do you think it was dyed, or is that an original color?

 

[whateve]

Curious. If it had a metal tag, would the tag have been attached to what appears to be a slit at the top of the the pocket in her last photo?

Yes, that looks like where it would have been.

 

[whateve]

Thank you so much! It's happy and sad news lol. Do you think it was dyed, or is that an original color?

You would probably be able to tell better than I can, being able to see and feel it. It could potentially be the original color if you don't see any evidence of dye. Pre-creed items often had more vibrant colors than later items.

 

[DL Harper]

I wouldn't have cared either! And the color is fabulous. Hope you enjoy it.

 

[Lake Effect]

Is it not authentic?

I am not an authenticator. Look at whateve's post and you will see the Authenticator label under her user name. Whateve and the other labelled Authenticator's are the "pro's" here in this thread. If you go all the way back to the beginning of this thread, it is explained.
I generally try not to comment on people's bags until one of the pro's gives an opinion.
It gets super confusing when people just offer their random opinions or comments before it is authenticated.

 

[Narnanz]

Thank you so much! It's happy and sad news lol. Do you think it was dyed, or is that an original color?

I have whats ment to be a precreed dinky where the cartouche is so faint and it come with no hangtag I think. I did not dunk it so as not to lose it completely.
Even though it cant be authenticated as Coach I would certainly have got it for that price. It will rehab beautifully and is still usable. You just cant sell it as a Coach.

 

[Hyacinth]

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There was definitely a small metal plaque exactly the same shape and size as the Coach plaque at the top of that pocket once upon a time. Although it might not be accepted as absolute proof in a court of law, I'm 99.99 percent sure it was made by Coach.

For $8.99, I'd say you've got a keeper, even if you end up hanging onto it yourself instead of selling it. And you might want to be carrying that one the next time you play Bingo or buy lottery tickets, maybe there's still a bit of that luck tucked away in that bag.