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    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
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Hello! I need some more help identifying/authenticating bags, please.


Item: Coach Black Purse (mini Christie?)
Listing number: 142245210
Seller and site where listed: Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Shopgoodwill.com
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/142245210
Comment: I don't even remember bidding on this purse Friday but I won it so there's that. lol I did email goodwill and asked for a closeup of the creed. It's attached.


Here are some other bags I'm interested in:


Item: Coach Women's Grey Leather Crossbody Purse (anyone know the right name for this style?)
Listing number: 142472131
Seller and site where listed: Goodwill of Greater Washington D.C., Shipgoodwill.com
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/142472131
Comment: Do you guys tend to trust those listing with authentication certificates?


Item: Vintage Coach E8C-9755 Leather Crossbody Bag Brown (name?)
Listing: 142253294
Seller and site where listed: Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region, Shopgoodwill.com
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/142253294
Comment: This listing says this is a brown bag but this looks black to me...


Item: Vintage Coach Stewardess Bag #9525 Black Natural Glove-Tanned Leather (name?)
Listing: 142463441
Seller and site where listed: Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Shopgoodwill.com
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/142463441

Item: Coach Messenger Bag (?)
Listing: 142458853
Seller and site where listed: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/142458853
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/142458853


Thank you so much for your time and expertise!
 

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#72,125
Good morning authenticators,

I would appreciate your help authenticating the two below bags below prior to purchase. Thank you so much!

Item: Vintage Willis in British Tan
Listing number: 224939837860
Seller and site where listed: Ebay/maxus51
Link:https://www.ebay.com/itm/224939837860
Comments:

Item: Vintage Court Bag
Listing number:224940095682
Seller and site where listed: Ebay/ kestrelcoins
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/224940095682
Comments: In love with this color. Is it loden green?
 
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twzr said:
Wow. Okay. Thanks for your quick reply.

I read a 7 digit number is from the 1980's.
So the font is the clue? I guess I did not see any difference in the font compared to others I own.

At the time, I called Coach to register it. And just today I discovered that Coach does not verify authenticity, even if they register it.

Thanks again.
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I'm not sure where you're getting that information from but it's not completely accurate.

Coach has used 7-digit serial or registration numbers from around 1980 to around 2005. They have changed the content and format of the numbers many times but with a few exceptions they've used "7-digit" serial numbers or even 6 or 8 digits in very rare examples. And so have the makers of counterfeit Coaches. The number stamped in a "Coach" can never prove by itself that the item is genuine, it's the physical details of a number that help us do that.

Coach only actually "registered" serial numbers up until 1994. After that, the number format changed and hundreds of bags could have the same serial number since it was made up of factory production codes instead of random numbers so "registering" a number became useless. Coach just kept using the "registration cards" only to add buyer names to their mailing lists, up until around 2005-06. "Registering" a number was never used to prove authenticity, it was initially just used to register the warranty back when each Coach bag had a unique serial or "registration number".

Coach has posted on their websites for at least the last 15 years that they and their employees do not verify authenticity, they are forbidden to do so by company policy even in their stores. When they were still headquartered in New York City they had an in-house service that would authenticate some items for a fee but they needed to physically see the item. That service also ended at least 15 years ago. The only way to authenticate any Coach now is to have it examined by competent authenticators from accurate photographs of specific details, and competent authenticators are extremely scarce. Many if not most people or services who call themselves authenticators couldn't authenticate their way out of a paper bag and have no idea what details to look for and no photo libraries to compare to genuine or fake examples.

Serial numbers are a very complicated subject and gone into detail in the Salarea Guides posted in this forum:

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salt.commune said:
Good morning authenticators,

I would appreciate your help authenticating the two below bags below prior to purchase. Thank you so much!

Item: Vintage Willis in British Tan
Listing number: 224939837860
Seller and site where listed: Ebay/maxus51
Link:https://www.ebay.com/itm/224939837860
Comments:

Item: Vintage Court Bag
Listing number:224940095682
Seller and site where listed: Ebay/ kestrelcoins
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/224940095682
Comments: In love with this color. Is it loden green?
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Both are genuine, the Willis was made in 1996 and the Court Bag in 1998.
 
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LadaZuri said:
Dear Authenticators, could you please evaluate this bag on Ebay for me? I purchased it last night having fallen in love with the style and colour. It appears fine, but your input is much appreciated! Many thanks for the incredible work you do as volunteers!!! :hugs:

Ebay link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/165437263967

Seller: amma2012

Listing number: 165437263967
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Genuine, made in 1997
 
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ima85 said:
Hello! I need some more help identifying/authenticating bags, please.

#1
Item: Coach Black Purse (mini Christie?)
Listing number: 142245210
Seller and site where listed: Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Shopgoodwill.com
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/142245210
Comment: I don't even remember bidding on this purse Friday but I won it so there's that. lol I did email goodwill and asked for a closeup of the creed. It's attached.


Here are some other bags I'm interested in:

#2
Item: Coach Women's Grey Leather Crossbody Purse (anyone know the right name for this style?)
Listing number: 142472131
Seller and site where listed: Goodwill of Greater Washington D.C., Shipgoodwill.com
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/142472131
Comment: Do you guys tend to trust those listing with authentication certificates?


#3
Item: Vintage Coach E8C-9755 Leather Crossbody Bag Brown (name?)
Listing: 142253294
Seller and site where listed: Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region, Shopgoodwill.com
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/142253294
Comment: This listing says this is a brown bag but this looks black to me...

#4
Item: Vintage Coach Stewardess Bag #9525 Black Natural Glove-Tanned Leather (name?)
Listing: 142463441
Seller and site where listed: Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Shopgoodwill.com
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/142463441

#5
Item: Coach Messenger Bag (?)
Listing: 142458853
Seller and site where listed: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/142458853
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/142458853


Thank you so much for your time and expertise!
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I've numbered your items to make it simpler.

1- I don't do newer styles, please wait for one of the authenticators who does

2- genuine Court Bag, 1998
and in answer to your question-
"Do you guys tend to trust those listing with authentication certificates?"
NO! Especially Entrupy! there are dozens of posts in these forums, across ALL major brands, where Entrupy has gotten it really WRONG.

3- genuine Pocket Purse from 1998

4- The creed and serial number are completely unreadable and it can't be authenticated. The wrinkles on the outside of the base are also cause for concern.

5- genuine Willis Bag from 1996
 
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beachdebbie said:
Can you please tell me if this bag is authentic? I would really appreciate it. Thanks so much in advance.

A client was given this bag by her daughter who has since passed away. Measurements: 18" across the top, 14" across the bottom, 10" height, 5" side (bottom).

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beachdebbie said:
Just making sure my post is not overlooked/buried. It is on the previous page (4807); the red one. Thanks!
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The best way to Bump an unanswered post is to use the REPLY button to bring the entire post including any links forward. I don't do newer styles, please wait for someone who does.

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