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

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It's fake.

The READ ME instructions at the top of each page in this forum also say regarding the photos we need:

  • "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"
You're not showing this important detail but with what I see in the serial number, you don't have to although it would just be additional confirmation. Sadly you already spent time and effort on it that could have been avoided. The serial number shows a plant code that doesn't match the plant details shown in the creed stamp OR in my photo files. Both before and after the dates shown in the serial number, that plant was making ONLY a very limited line of leather and fabric luggage. And the rivet on the back of the belt shouldn't be there but was probably put there by the counterfeiter, not a previous owner. That shade of green is also a problem. There are also problems with certain stitching details and with at least one section of the construction of the bag itself. There are even problems with the strap.

And although color discrepancies can hardly ever be used as proof, there are NO pale green shades anywhere in any 1996 catalogs for the Soho line, and not in late 1995 either. Light green doesn't appear until Spring 1997 and then it's a yellowish-green called Lime, not at all what's shown in your photos.

Whoever questioned that bag's authenticity was correct. I hope you can still get your money back.

September 1995:
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March 1996:

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There was another green called leaf. I'm not sure when it was available. Do you have a date for this catalog picture?
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There was another green called leaf. I'm not sure when it was available. Do you have a date for this catalog picture?
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Leaf wasn't available until the Early Fall 1997 catalog. Before that, the only light green shade was Lime, which had more yellow in it. The page you posted is in the Early Fall 1997 book.

ETA - this is the catalog right before it, Summer 1997:
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Both books are included in the scanned copies in the Reference sub-forum
 
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Leaf wasn't available until the Early Fall 1997 catalog. Before that, the only light green shade was Lime, which had more yellow in it. The page you posted is in the Early Fall 1997 book.

ETA - this is the catalog right before it, Summer 1997:
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Both books are included in the scanned copies in the Reference sub-forum
Thanks!
 
Would anyone be able to authenticate this Essex please?

It's fine.
 
Could someone please take a look at this one from Poshmark? I'm not sure what style it is- maybe a 9875 pocket bag because of the gusseted front pocket?

Seller: gracebay7499


Thank you!
Authentic. I think it is 9850 compartment bag. 9875 has a different kind of strap and is much bigger.
 
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