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:
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• FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
  Item:
  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
• 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!

 

[lilchestnut]

ITEM: 9927 - Willis Bag
COLOR: Navy Blue
FULL SERIAL: R8B-9927

I purchased this purse at a rummage sale for $1. It feels like genuine Coach leather from the 90's and smells of it as well. I was trying to authenticate and noticed that the rule of thumb for serial numbers states that the first letter represents the month the bag was created and with that in mind, a serial number starting with "R" wouldn't be an actual month and therefore, must be fake. Are there any scenarios with this bag that an "R" may have been used? I've seen several fakes in my life, and this one just seems too real, and too old to be fake. Would love the expertise of this group. Thank you!

 

[Coachaddict4020]

@whateve so nice to have you back!

I was waiting to post this bag I got a little while ago because I was told you have more experience with the pre-creed items:

seller: modandvintageclassics
Link:

Vintage 1960 70 Bonnie Cashin Coach Black Kiss Lock Bag Rare for sale | eBay

Find great deals on eBay for Vintage 1960 70 Bonnie Cashin Coach Black Kiss Lock Bag Rare. Shop with confidence.

www.ebay.ca

Comments: Is there a name for this style? Can I get a year estimate? Any info at all would be greatly appreciated . Better pic of the coach stamp below.

 

[BeenBurned]

ITEM: 9927 - Willis Bag
COLOR: Navy Blue
FULL SERIAL: R8B-9927

I purchased this purse at a rummage sale for $1. It feels like genuine Coach leather from the 90's and smells of it as well. I was trying to authenticate and noticed that the rule of thumb for serial numbers states that the first letter represents the month the bag was created and with that in mind, a serial number starting with "R" wouldn't be an actual month and therefore, must be fake. Are there any scenarios with this bag that an "R" may have been used? I've seen several fakes in my life, and this one just seems too real, and too old to be fake. Would love the expertise of this group. Thank you!

Unfortunately, it's fake.

And nothing is "too old" to be fake!

 

[stayplatinum]

I found this bag at a goodwill near me - I'm really curious if it's authentic or fake! It's the rambler style.

 

[whateve]

I found this bag at a goodwill near me - I'm really curious if it's authentic or fake! It's the rambler style.

Authentic Rambler's Legacy made in 1998.

 

[whateve]

@whateve so nice to have you back!

I was waiting to post this bag I got a little while ago because I was told you have more experience with the pre-creed items:

seller: modandvintageclassics
Link:

Vintage 1960 70 Bonnie Cashin Coach Black Kiss Lock Bag Rare for sale | eBay

Find great deals on eBay for Vintage 1960 70 Bonnie Cashin Coach Black Kiss Lock Bag Rare. Shop with confidence.

www.ebay.ca

Comments: Is there a name for this style? Can I get a year estimate? Any info at all would be greatly appreciated . Better pic of the coach stamp below.
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It's authentic. I have it in my files as Three Frame Shoulder Tote from 1969.

 

[DL Harper]

Curious if this is real or fake, as a search revealed this seller has listed several wanna-be's in the past. Thank you!

Item: AUTH VINTAGE BLACK LEATHER COACH B7D-5291 Case Briefcase Attache w Strap USA
Listing number: 203992056222
Seller: jerseygirl2009
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/203992056222?hash=item2f7edfc19e:g:Sd8AAOSwTnpimr3m

 

[BeenBurned]

Curious if this is real or fake, as a search revealed this seller has listed several wanna-be's in the past. Thank you!

Item: AUTH VINTAGE BLACK LEATHER COACH B7D-5291 Case Briefcase Attache w Strap USA
Listing number: 203992056222
Seller: jerseygirl2009
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/203992056222?hash=item2f7edfc19e:g:Sd8AAOSwTnpimr3m

It's authentic. Note that the seller copied the month code as B in several places in the listing. It's F, meaning made in June, 1997, not February.

 

[DL Harper]

It's authentic. Note that the seller copied the month code as B in several places in the listing. It's F, meaning made in June, 1997, not February.

Thanks for confirming authenticity as well as noting the listing production month error. Do you have the name of the bag and/or line it was from?

 

[whateve]

Thanks for confirming authenticity as well as noting the listing production month error. Do you have the name of the bag and/or line it was from?

I have it in my files as Phelps Brief. I don't have a catalog picture.

 

[Birdie13]

Welcome back @whateve. I would appreciate it if you could have a look. I found it a few weeks back at a local vintage shop. You were away, then I was away…. It’s approximately 11”x 10”x3/4” Thanks in advance.

 

[stayplatinum]

Authentic Rambler's Legacy made in 1998.

Thank you!

 

[whateve]

Welcome back @whateve. I would appreciate it if you could have a look. I found it a few weeks back at a local vintage shop. You were away, then I was away…. It’s approximately 11”x 10”x3/4” Thanks in advance.

Authentic in my opinion. Looks like a shoulder frame pouch.

 

[DL Harper]

I have it in my files as Phelps Brief. I don't have a catalog picture.

Thank you, I appreciate having the additional information. Hopefully someone has a catalog photo to share or I'll run across one.

 

[Birdie13]

Authentic in my opinion. Looks like a shoulder frame pouch.

Thanks so much. Any idea of it’s age?