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]

The seller, orlandobaba123, listed a fake today: http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-USA-1...r-/131402841533?ssPageName=ADME:SS:SS:US:3160

This isn't the first fake listed by orlandobaba123.

This post is from October 2013:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-818914-432.html#post25489680

And in August 2014, she listed a fake Dooney.
http://forum.purseblog.com/dooney-a...-316.html?highlight=131255663441#post27183331

 

[WishingonaCoach]

OK, time to start begging for your expertise

A coworker has offered to sell me a purse she has not used in a loooong time, a vintage one, so before I say "I do" let me know if I should, please.
It says Made in Costa Rica Numbers are F1P-9713 and it is (I guess) 12x7x3.

If you need more pictures I will be able to get more, she knows I am asking here. If I am doing something wrong in the way I am asking, please correct me.

 

[BeenBurned]

OK, time to start begging for your expertise

A coworker has offered to sell me a purse she has not used in a loooong time, a vintage one, so before I say "I do" let me know if I should, please.
It says Made in Costa Rica Numbers are F1P-9713 and it is (I guess) 12x7x3.

If you need more pictures I will be able to get more, she knows I am asking here. If I am doing something wrong in the way I am asking, please correct me.

It's authentic but not vintage. Vintage is considered to be 20+ years old. This bag was made in 2001 so it has 6 years before being vintage.

 

[thecollector629]

The bag is authentic and it is vintage and it is leather. I'm sure the problem is that it is a Lightweight. I had a similar problem with a Sheridan. Won't ebay require proof from a paid authenticator?

I always look at your listings when I encounter a style I'm unfamiliar with. I've learned a lot from you!

OMG - This is a SIN!!
How can someone leave feedback like that, it is ridiculous.
She could bring it to a shoemaker to validate it is leather to begin with.
Regarding COLOR, that is not a valid reason for feedback...
geez - cocoa, brown, chocolate, a gazillion words to describe the shade!
I am ranting a bit but this really gets my goat.

 

[WishingonaCoach]

It's authentic but not vintage. Vintage is considered to be 20+ years old. This bag was made in 2001 so it has 6 years before being vintage.

Got it! Looks like many sellers in Ebay do not know what vintage is either, LOL

Thanks for your reply, I really thank you. I will buy the bag, I do not care how old it is, it's pretty (IMO) and I think that following the techniques some of you use at the Rehab forum, I will be able to make it look gorgeous, at least I am not afraid to try.

 

[robin0714]

It is authentic. The leather on the very early bags was different than the leather they used later. I think the leather was thinner. I don't know if they feel the way they do because of age or because the leather they used was inferior. Several of my very early bags look pebbled. I don't know if it was there from the beginning or developed over time.

The zipper pull is the original one. These are very rare. They look like paper clips.

Thank Whateve. I was certain that if the bag was authentic, the zipper pull was a replacement. I had planned to replace it, I'm so glad you told me it was original and rare! I'll give her a bath and some leather therapy conditioner.

 

[whateve]

Got it! Looks like many sellers in Ebay do not know what vintage is either, LOL

Thanks for your reply, I really thank you. I will buy the bag, I do not care how old it is, it's pretty (IMO) and I think that following the techniques some of you use at the Rehab forum, I will be able to make it look gorgeous, at least I am not afraid to try.

It's a beautiful style that appeals to vintage lovers.

Thank Whateve. I was certain that if the bag was authentic, the zipper pull was a replacement. I had planned to replace it, I'm so glad you told me it was original and rare! I'll give her a bath and some leather therapy conditioner.

You're welcome! I was afraid you were going to replace the zipper pull!

 

[thecollector629]

Hi - Please authenticate this purse in my possession, measures about 8.5" x 7.5".
I believe it is called the CHESTER? Thank you!http://forum.purseblog.com//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/

 

[EleanorMeri]

Hi Everyone! Just wanted to see if I did ok. I won this bag last night, but now I'm worried it's not Authentic. Thanks in advance!

Item: 19518898
Seller: Goodwill
Link: http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=19518898

 

[mrk2014]

OK, time to start begging for your expertise

A coworker has offered to sell me a purse she has not used in a loooong time, a vintage one, so before I say "I do" let me know if I should, please.
It says Made in Costa Rica Numbers are F1P-9713 and it is (I guess) 12x7x3.

If you need more pictures I will be able to get more, she knows I am asking here. If I am doing something wrong in the way I am asking, please correct me.

Welcome to the forum! You are in good hands here, the expert ladies are very nice and of course knowledgeable, they helped me out in many occasions.

I have a bag like this in camel color, although mine is smaller and I remember the chat at the time I got it, because nobody knew that the key hood was, and how to attach it. It was given a very fancy word, that now I can not recall. It's been a while since I had the chance to participate.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi Everyone! Just wanted to see if I did ok. I won this bag last night, but now I'm worried it's not Authentic. Thanks in advance!

Item: 19518898
Seller: Goodwill
Link: http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=19518898

It's a genuine Soho Whitney Bag from 1997

 

[EleanorMeri]

It's a genuine Soho Whitney Bag from 1997

Thank you so much!

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi - Please authenticate this purse in my possession, measures about 8.5" x 7.5".
I believe it is called the CHESTER? Thank you!http://forum.purseblog.com//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/

Yes, it's a genuine Chester Bag

 

[Hyacinth]

OK, time to start begging for your expertise

A coworker has offered to sell me a purse she has not used in a loooong time, a vintage one, so before I say "I do" let me know if I should, please.
It says Made in Costa Rica Numbers are F1P-9713 and it is (I guess) 12x7x3.

If you need more pictures I will be able to get more, she knows I am asking here. If I am doing something wrong in the way I am asking, please correct me.

It's authentic but not vintage. Vintage is considered to be 20+ years old. This bag was made in 2001 so it has 6 years before being vintage.

... and the style was called a Penelope Satchel

 

[Hyacinth]

Welcome to the forum! You are in good hands here, the expert ladies are very nice and of course knowledgeable, they helped me out in many occasions.

I have a bag like this in camel color, although mine is smaller and I remember the chat at the time I got it, because nobody knew that the key hood was, and how to attach it. It was given a very fancy word, that now I can not recall. It's been a while since I had the chance to participate.

Coach usually calls it a "key hood". Many of the French and Italian design houses like LV and I think Fendi, Prada and Chanel among others call it a "clochette" which I think translates as "little bell".