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!

 

[pursepiggy2]

It looks good. I don't have this exact style in my files. It was probably called a girlie bag.

Good Morning! Would you check this bag again? I’ve been trying to find a Girlie Girly Coach & keep coming up with style # 8125 & they are in wool. #8117 comes up as Blakely Sunglasses. Then I found # 8316 with the same bag & that’s also a sunglass style. Serial#s are so confusing, just when i think i’ve figured them out one like this stumps me. Let me know how you figure this out…. driving me nuts. I can send you the links of those other ones I’ve found- just let me know. tysm for your time

https://posh.mk/HxD9WIPeitb

 

[Roro]

Nope, not gone but fake and will be reported and hopefully gone soon.

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[Roro]

It's authentic, made in either 1995 or 1996 (can't read it too well).

ETA: I sure wouldn't call that bag "MINT!" That listing is NAD (not as described) waiting to happen. This is from the description: "No odor or tear with normal signs of wear. Untouched, In it’s original state."

LOL!

Thank you again, @BeenBurned. While I love the distressed look, the extent of it is making me question myself. Thank you also for the reaction.

 

[BeenBurned]

coach (?)
list- na
seller- eyeforyou
link https://posh.mk/KJ1EfABhftb
creed: EOE 8117

hope everyone is having a nice relaxing Sunday-

I looked up 8117- nothing came up about this style.

let me know if you want me to post pics instead of a link

It looks good. I don't have this exact style in my files. It was probably called a girlie bag.

Good Morning! Would you check this bag again? I’ve been trying to find a Girlie Girly Coach & keep coming up with style # 8125 & they are in wool. #8117 comes up as Blakely Sunglasses. Then I found # 8316 with the same bag & that’s also a sunglass style. Serial#s are so confusing, just when i think i’ve figured them out one like this stumps me. Let me know how you figure this out…. driving me nuts. I can send you the links of those other ones I’ve found- just let me know. tysm for your time

https://posh.mk/HxD9WIPeitb

Although I don't want to be assumed to be supporting Poshmark with this post, I did a bit of digging and though didn't find the exact style (leather girlie), there were/are several others that are the same size/style but in different materials in the same style numbering range.

Based on the style names, I'm guessing the bag in question was "Girlie leather"

Those that don't have pictures or style numbers weren't accessible.

 

[pursepiggy2]

Although I don't want to be assumed to be supporting Poshmark with this post, I did a bit of digging and though didn't find the exact style (leather girlie), there were/are several others that are the same size/style but in different materials in the same style numbering range.

Based on the style names, I'm guessing the bag in question was "Girlie leather"

Those that don't have pictures or style numbers weren't accessible.

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Wow! Coach sure doesn’t make it easy on you to authenticate. I’m so thankful you have those resources. How do I find those pages? The time the authenticators & yourself must have spent over the years learning Coach is mind blowing. ty again for looking into this & sharing.

 

[Laurie Loves Leather]

Hi Authenticators,
I'm at my local GW and found this bag and was hoping you can check it for me before I commit please? 10x10x2.5.
Thanks so much!

• FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
  Item: Coach 9927?
  Where purchased or how obtained
  Local Goodwill

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[Laurie Loves Leather]

That’s the correct number for that station bag.

 

[BeenBurned]

Wow! Coach sure doesn’t make it easy on you to authenticate. I’m so thankful you have those resources. How do I find those pages? The time the authenticators & yourself must have spent over the years learning Coach is mind blowing. ty again for looking into this & sharing.

I went to the Wayback machine. It takes time to learn to navigate that site and even then, the site doesn't show everything.

Wayback Machine

web.archive.org

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi Authenticators,
I'm at my local GW and found this bag and was hoping you can check it for me before I commit please? 10x10x2.5.
Thanks so much!

• FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
  Item: Coach 9927?
  Where purchased or how obtained
  Local Goodwill

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It's authentic, 1997.

That’s the correct number for that station bag.

It's not a station bag. It's a Willis.

But just because a number "matches" the bag it's on doesn't mean it's authentic. There are literally thousands of fake "Willis" bags with 9927 as the style number on the creed.

these are just 2 examples of FAKES with seemingly correct style numbers:

 

[pursepiggy2]

It's not a station bag. It's a Willis.

But just because a number "matches" the bag it's on doesn't mean it's authentic. There are literally thousands of fake "Willis" bags with 9927 as the style number on the creed.

these are just 2 examples of FAKES with seemingly correct style numbers:

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what do you look for on Willis that has 9927 to reveal it is fake? ik style #s are always dependable. Would you say they are high on the list to be forged? What have you found to be the top vintage bags that are forged?

 

[InTheWilderness]

It's authentic and was made in 2007.

Thank you.

 

[InTheWilderness]

It's authentic and was made in 2007.

It's authentic and was made in 2007.

What would the name of it be? Not sure whether to call it a satchel or messenger bag. I like it a LOT, its heavy leather. Does it have a name? Made in US or abroad. I’m wondering is it limited, as I can’t locate any photos or anything with serial number. Thanks so much.

 

[Hyacinth]

what do you look for on Willis that has 9927 to reveal it is fake? ik style #s are always dependable. Would you say they are high on the list to be forged? What have you found to be the top vintage bags that are forged?

There are just too many different indications of any fake, Willis or otherwise to list them. You have to realize that there were, and possibly still are, hundreds if counterfeit suppliers, small to large, in China and a dozen other countries around the globe, making Coach fakes and almost all of them make them differently AND MAKE DIFFERENT MISTAKES.

There are plenty of warning signs listed in the six Salearea Guides pinned to the top of this forum. They're complicated and can be confusing so read them often, that's one of the reasons I wrote them. There's a list of some of the most commonly-used fake serial numbers and prefixes immediately following the Salearea Guides called the Daria48 Fake Coach Numbers List - read it and refer to it before you ask here and always before you buy. That's why I wrote it.

SaleArea guides

Now that ebay is removing the guides they've been hosting for years, those who use those guides have been forced to either save them on their computers or print them. Tonight I found that the Salearea guides (including the Hyacinth/Salearea collaboration ones) have been saved to Salearea's...

forum.purseblog.com

The forums have a Search feature where you can research seller names as well as serial numbers and especially serial number prefixes. And anyone with any interest in buying or selling Coaches should make it a point to read THIS "Authenticate This Coach" forum thread every day if possible or at least every post on a regular basis if they REALLY want to learn about Coach fakes.

There's NO easy way to spot many of the fakes. Use the information provided here, read the Salearea Guides and the Daria48 Fake Numbers List and especially READ THIS FORUM THREAD. And learn how to effectively use the forum's Search feature to find posts about critical details. There aren't any shortcuts.

 

[Laurie Loves Leather]

That’s the correct number for that station bag.

Ooops

 

[pursepiggy2]

There are just too many different indications of any fake, Willis or otherwise to list them. You have to realize that there were, and possibly still are, hundreds if counterfeit suppliers, small to large, in China and a dozen other countries around the globe, making Coach fakes and almost all of them make them differently AND MAKE DIFFERENT MISTAKES.

There are plenty of warning signs listed in the six Salearea Guides pinned to the top of this forum. They're complicated and can be confusing so read them often, that's one of the reasons I wrote them. There's a list of some of the most commonly-used fake serial numbers and prefixes immediately following the Salearea Guides called the Daria48 Fake Coach Numbers List - read it and refer to it before you ask here and always before you buy. That's why I wrote it.

SaleArea guides

Now that ebay is removing the guides they've been hosting for years, those who use those guides have been forced to either save them on their computers or print them. Tonight I found that the Salearea guides (including the Hyacinth/Salearea collaboration ones) have been saved to Salearea's...

forum.purseblog.com

The forums have a Search feature where you can research seller names as well as serial numbers and especially serial number prefixes. And anyone with any interest in buying or selling Coaches should make it a point to read THIS "Authenticate This Coach" forum thread every day if possible or at least every post on a regular basis if they REALLY want to learn about Coach fakes.

There's NO easy way to spot many of the fakes. Use the information provided here, read the Salearea Guides and the Daria48 Fake Numbers List and especially READ THIS FORUM THREAD. And learn how to effectively use the forum's Search feature to find posts about critical details. There aren't any shortcuts.

tysm for taking the time to teach me all the different avenues to research these bags. I learn something new every day & take your resources to heart. much obliged!