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

[Vlad]

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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!

 

[momoyb]

The creed in that photo is for a genuine Willis made in 1999.

As for your other question - sometimes people are just lazy or careless. But a LOT of the blame is on Ebay's shoulders. They allow sellers to use generic descriptions from other listings with the same keywords just because the dimwits at Ebay don't understand that one "brown Coach Willis" isn't the same as every other "brown Coach Willis". They say they're making it easier for sellers to list similar items, but instead sellers blindly do as Ebay suggests and copy information FROM EBAY'S OWN APPROVED FILES that is totally wrong for the item they're selling. Any seller who takes short cuts like that is going to get into trouble sooner or later, and the people at Ebay who started this idiotic "short cut" should get thrown out on their arses for suggesting it AND keeping it going when it's clearly been shown to be a massively STUPID idea.

Always read listings carefully, and don't ever assume that a seller can figure out why copying details of someone else's listing, even if it's a "Ebay-approved" process or short cut, is a good idea. I don't know if that's what happened in this case, but it wouldn't be the first time.

Good luck.

You are seriously a WEALTH of information, wow!! Thanks again.

 

[ConnieinSeattle]

Genuine and made in 1994. Sounds like a good day at Value Village!

Thank you! And, Yes! I also found some more modern ones. Here's a little red one, measures 7.5 by 4.5 by 2. The chain strap is about 12 inches long.

 

[dollyO]

Hello authenticators

I would be so grateful as ever with your help with authenticating this Station bag:

FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
Item: Vintage Coach glove tanned leather Messenger bag
Listing number: 295028409372
Seller and site where listed ebay - janetromeo
Link: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295028409372

Many thanks

 

[Daisy303]

Good evening authenticators,
Could you please take a look at this vintage Coach bag? It’s the first vintage Coach backpack bag I’ve bought. Thank you in advance!
Item: vintage Coach bag
Seller and site where listed: Linda S (Mercari)
Link: https://merc.li/5VMtXNCRb
Comments: Thank you!

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello authenticators

I would be so grateful as ever with your help with authenticating this Station bag:

FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
Item: Vintage Coach glove tanned leather Messenger bag
Listing number: 295028409372
Seller and site where listed ebay - janetromeo
Link: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295028409372

Many thanks

It's a genuine Station Bag made in 1995

 

[Hyacinth]

Good evening authenticators,
Could you please take a look at this vintage Coach bag? It’s the first vintage Coach backpack bag I’ve bought. Thank you in advance!
Item: vintage Coach bag
Seller and site where listed: Linda S (Mercari)
Link: https://merc.li/5VMtXNCRb
Comments: Thank you!

It's a genuine Bixby Sling made in 1996.

 

[dollyO]

It's a genuine Station Bag made in 1995

Thank you as ever Hyacinth!

 

[shadeseeker]

Item: Coach Metropolitan 5180
Listing Number: 134126386033
Link: Here
Seller/Site: eBay - skylightgirl
Comments: Please and thank you

 

[Hyacinth]

Item: Coach Metropolitan 5180
Listing Number: 134126386033
Link: Here
Seller/Site: eBay - skylightgirl
Comments: Please and thank you

Genuine, from 1998

 

[lucy7550]

The listing in the previous post you mentioned was determined to be fake not because of the number but because the font used for the serial number was NOT correct for the year and plant shown in the number. The poster mentioned that in their original question:
" This serial number font does not look the same as any other 9816 I met before."

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The listing for the fake has been removed so we can't compare it with a genuine serial font, but there's nothing wrong that I can see with the bag you're asking about. it's genuine.

Hyacinth, I misread her post (or read it quickly and panicked so I didn’t pay enough attention!) I’m relieved. Thank you!

 

[lucy7550]

Authenticators, I’d appreciate info on the following:
Source: Goodwill
Creed serial number: 396-6205
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/145692481
Listing ID number: 145692481
Comments: I know this is a pre-1994 bag but I don’t know what style it is. it looks like an Ergo 9034, but they don’t have detachable handles. Is it a real Coach? If so, what’s the style name and approximately when was it made?
Thanks for your valuable help!

 

[Hyacinth]

Authenticators, I’d appreciate info on the following:
Source: Goodwill
Creed serial number: 396-6205
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/145692481
Listing ID number: 145692481
Comments: I know this is a pre-1994 bag but I don’t know what style it is. it looks like an Ergo 9034, but they don’t have detachable handles. Is it a real Coach? If so, what’s the style name and approximately when was it made?
Thanks for your valuable help!

None of the Ergos was made before 1994.

I'm surprised you don't recognise it, it's a style number 9235 Crescent Bag and Coach made the same style from at least 1976 and probably earlier up to about 1985. It never had "detachable handles". As the listing states, IT'S MISSING THE LONG SHOULDER STRAP, so unless you have one that fits, you may wish to look elsewhere. Finding one in the right width can be difficult, and matching the (unknown) color could be a real problem.

THIS is the bag in the listing, from a 1983 catalog:

 

[lucy7550]

None of the Ergos was made before 1994.

I'm surprised you don't recognise it, it's a style number 9235 Crescent Bag and Coach made the same style from at least 1976 and probably earlier up to about 1985. It never had "detachable handles". As the listing states, IT'S MISSING THE LONG SHOULDER STRAP, so unless you have one that fits, you may wish to look elsewhere. Finding one in the right width can be difficult, and matching the (unknown) color could be a real problem.

THIS is the bag in the listing, from a 1983 catalog:
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Thanks for the info and the old ad, Hyacinth. I am not very familiar with bags from the 60s, 70s and 80s. I love the style but wouldn’t buy this one due to the color (and missing strap). Without knowing the name and not having any style number to search, it’s not easy to find info on the older vintage bags. According to the old ad, the color in the Goodwill auction must be “Tabac.” Now that you gave me the name of the style, I looked for it online. There aren’t too many around, and those I found were very pricey (I saw one for over $600 and it wasn’t even in great condition) or were colors I’m not interested in. I saw a gorgeous burgundy one but it was really expensive. Now that I know the style name I can search periodically and maybe I’ll get lucky. While searching I found a Wall St. Journal article from 2012 about Coach’s launch of its Legacy collection, bringing back old styles but tinkering with them - lighter leather, etc. The article has a photo of two old Crescent bags from 1964. Interesting article. Makes me wonder why they didn’t bring back the Crescent. In case anyone wants to read it, here’s the link:

Coach Comes Around to Reclaim Its Iconic Look

Coming soon to stores is the Coach Legacy Collection, handbags that are more faithful to the brand's iconic designs.

www.wsj.com

 

[Daisy303]

It's a genuine Bixby Sling made in 1996.

Thank you so much, Hyacinth!

 

[chinchi11in]

Hello,
I’d greatly appreciate your help in authenticating this bag I purchased please.

Item: Coach Beatnik Dinky (listed as Coach leather handbag)
Listing/ Reference #: 5729510
Seller: Cecilia
Site: Vestiaire Collective
Link: https://www.vestiairecollective.com...ach/black-leather-coach-handbag-5729510.shtml

I noticed there is a letter missing on the word “number” at the end of the creed. The word is spelled “numbe”. Also, some of the rings around the stones are cracked. Some of the rivets seem to be plastic. I will add pictures that are not posted on the listing. Thank you very much!