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!

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello wonderful authenticators! Could you please check this periwinkle Legacy Zip I bought on Facebook marketplace today? My offer was accepted. Thank you so much for your valuable time and extraordinary expertise!!!

The bag is in the possession of my friend on the mainland now and she sent me some extra photos.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/206990688166817/

Seller: Charis Ord

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I hope she hasn't shipped yet. Request a refund! It's fake.

 

[BeenBurned]

Good evening authenticators!
I am unsure with this pocket purse, Could u please have a look? Thank u so much!
Item: coach pocket purse
Link:https://posh.mk/Y0YZfPUB7jb
Seller:stylist_alexis on Poshmark
Thanks again!

Definitely fake!!!

Thank you whateve!

Thank you whateve!!! I thought the older ones might not be fake but now I learned any time period can be lol.

It's not stylist_alexis's only fake.

Someone's going to lose $125 on this: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Duffel-purse-615843d82ca9ab0e4db1cefc
Sold: https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Signature-Backpack-60b82b93ae766fbe8d20c091

 

[LadaZuri]

I hope she hasn't shipped yet. Request a refund! It's fake.

Thank you so much, BB. I don't know how much recourse there is on Facebook Marketplace, but we're going to do our best to get reimbursed.

 

[Yvonne9321]

Genuine Watson Bag from 1995

Thank you a lot, Hyacinth! Good night.

 

[Hyacinth]

Good evening authenticators!
I am unsure with this pocket purse, Could u please have a look? Thank u so much!
Item: coach pocket purse
Link:https://posh.mk/Y0YZfPUB7jb
Seller:stylist_alexis on Poshmark
Thanks again!

Just so you're aware of the resources here at tPF that are intended to help buyers research Coach products, the serial number 012-3445 is included on the Daria48 Fake Coach Numbers list posted in the same thread as the Salearea Guides.

SaleArea guides

@Hyacinth I was just reading your excellent Italian coach guide above and I have a question. I am currently rehabbing a Gramercy Top Handle 7002 bag from 1999 (that you graciously authenticated for me) see below for one of the auction pictures. I am trying to figure out the color name for this...

forum.purseblog.com

And both the Fake Numbers List and the Salearea Guides also mention the spelling mistake in that creed that's found in some fakes - "SCRTCHES" instead of "scratches". ALWAYS read the creed carefully for mistakes in spelling and punctuation and in the actual description of the bag. A tiny percentage of mistakes can be found in genuine Coaches but the vast majority of them strongly indicate that a bag might be fake.

Nothing is "too old" to be counterfeited, but large-scale counterfeiting of Coach bags didn't really start until around 1989 when Coach opened up their first retail location in Japan and gave Korean counterfeiters easy access to their styles. They even created a thriving market by targeting American service personnel stationed in Korea who brought fakes back to the US. And many of the fakes were sold to Japanese buyers, there is still a large pool of Korean-made fakes being sold by both large and small Japanese sellers, and they are almost impossible to report and get removed even through Ebay. Items being sold by sellers located in or claiming to be located in Japan should ALWAYS be authenticated before buying.

 

[Plizzerz79]

Item: Vintage Coach City Bag 9790 Mahogany Brown
Listing number: 1034487222
Seller and site where listed: Rainbowgardenshop on Etsy.com
Link: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/103...g-9790-mahogany?ref=shop_home_active_17&cns=1
Comments: Looking for some help authenticating this before I pull the trigger to buy. It looks legit to me but I am obviously not an expert.I appreciate any help. For some reason Etsy is switching to UK version of site when I pull that up. Neither me or the bag are in the UK.

 

[Hyacinth]

Item: Vintage Coach City Bag 9790 Mahogany Brown
Listing number: 1034487222
Seller and site where listed: Rainbowgardenshop on Etsy.com
Link: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/103...g-9790-mahogany?ref=shop_home_active_17&cns=1
Comments: Looking for some help authenticating this before I pull the trigger to buy. It looks legit to me but I am obviously not an expert.I appreciate any help. For some reason Etsy is switching to UK version of site when I pull that up. Neither me or the bag are in the UK.

Genuine and made in 1997

 

[Plizzerz79]

Genuine and made in 1997

Thank you!!

 

[KittKatt]

Good evening! Could someone please check out my latest purchase? I have been wanting this style for a while and got sucked in by the yellow. Thank you in advance!

Item: Madison Sutton Satchel
Seller: cornell516
Link: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/133896664179

 

[whateve]

Good evening! Could someone please check out my latest purchase? I have been wanting this style for a while and got sucked in by the yellow. Thank you in advance!

Item: Madison Sutton Satchel
Seller: cornell516
Link: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/133896664179

Looks good.

 

[KittKatt]

Looks good.

Thank you, whateve! Much appreciated!

 

[helyli]

Noted! Thank you so much for authenticating!

Quick follow-up question: Is it normal to see bands of lighter color near the stitching on Casinos? The one in the inner pocket is quite wide. Thanks!

 

[Hyacinth]

Quick follow-up question: Is it normal to see bands of lighter color near the stitching on Casinos? The one in the inner pocket is quite wide. Thanks!

The light-colored bands are where the top layer of leather has been shaved off to make it a bit easier to sew two pieces of leather together.

 

[helyli]

The light-colored bands are where the top layer of leather has been shaved off to make it a bit easier to sew two pieces of leather together.

Great to know, thanks!

 

[BeenBurned]

Good evening authenticators!
I am unsure with this pocket purse, Could u please have a look? Thank u so much!
Item: coach pocket purse
Link:https://posh.mk/Y0YZfPUB7jb
Seller:stylist_alexis on Poshmark
Thanks again!

Definitely fake!!!

Thank you whateve!

Thank you whateve!!! I thought the older ones might not be fake but now I learned any time period can be lol.

It's not stylist_alexis's only fake.

Someone's going to lose $125 on this: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Duffel-purse-615843d82ca9ab0e4db1cefc
Sold: https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Signature-Backpack-60b82b93ae766fbe8d20c091

Just so you're aware of the resources here at tPF that are intended to help buyers research Coach products, the serial number 012-3445 is included on the Daria48 Fake Coach Numbers list posted in the same thread as the Salearea Guides.

SaleArea guides

@Hyacinth I was just reading your excellent Italian coach guide above and I have a question. I am currently rehabbing a Gramercy Top Handle 7002 bag from 1999 (that you graciously authenticated for me) see below for one of the auction pictures. I am trying to figure out the color name for this...

forum.purseblog.com

And both the Fake Numbers List and the Salearea Guides also mention the spelling mistake in that creed that's found in some fakes - "SCRTCHES" instead of "scratches". ALWAYS read the creed carefully for mistakes in spelling and punctuation and in the actual description of the bag. A tiny percentage of mistakes can be found in genuine Coaches but the vast majority of them strongly indicate that a bag might be fake.

Nothing is "too old" to be counterfeited, but large-scale counterfeiting of Coach bags didn't really start until around 1989 when Coach opened up their first retail location in Japan and gave Korean counterfeiters easy access to their styles. They even created a thriving market by targeting American service personnel stationed in Korea who brought fakes back to the US. And many of the fakes were sold to Japanese buyers, there is still a large pool of Korean-made fakes being sold by both large and small Japanese sellers, and they are almost impossible to report and get removed even through Ebay. Items being sold by sellers located in or claiming to be located in Japan should ALWAYS be authenticated before buying.

It never ceases to amaze me the lengths sellers will go to rip off buyers. And stylist_alexis is one of those sellers.

Not only was the bag (un)authenticated here, not only was another fake found to be currently listed, not only was a fake found to have been sold and not only was stylist_alexis told to cancel the sale because the bag was deemed fake, but she RELISTED IT!!!
New current listing:

Vintage Rare Coach Penny pocket purse

Shop stylist_alexis's closet or find the perfect look from millions of stylists. Fast shipping and buyer protection. Preloved in good condition little fading and olive green color….see pics and details before purchasing

poshmark.com

Previously sold but canceled listing:

Vintage Rare Coach Penny pocket purse

Shop stylist_alexis's closet or find the perfect look from millions of stylists. Fast shipping and buyer protection. Preloved in good condition little fading and olive green color

poshmark.com

And assuming STYLIST_ALEXIS isn't aware that the sale of counterfeit items is illegal, she didn't even mention that possibility (or rather, the fact) in the new listing!