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!

 

[whateve]

Hello, new to using purse forum for advice on bags and I'm confused where to post so apologies in advance if this is the wrong place.
I buy and sell vintage coach bags and am fairly good at deciphering real from fake, however everyone is an expert these days and customers have been asking why some of my vintage legacy bags have old looking slightly silver-tone chain link zip pulls on inside pockets. I cannot for the life of me find any information to be able to verify and answer people. I'm attaching a couple images of a Made in New York City with a different color zip pull. Can anyone confirm this is normal?

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It's normal. Whatever metal plating was used on zipper pulls wasn't the same quality as on the rest of the hardware, and it often looks like it is some kind of base metal.

 

[zoeyyyy]

It's authentic though I don't know the name of the style. It's similar to and was made at the same time as the signature demi pouch (6094). Maybe because they were so similar and the demi was more popular, they may have discontinued 6023.

Thank you so much!!

 

[greenandred]

Hi, all. Might I ask you to have a look at a few more today? Thank you again, as always, for your help & expertise.

All older thrift/consignment finds:

1. Hippie Flap—black—B0P-9134—13"x11"
2. Companion Flap—brown — K9C-9076—7.5"x7"x3"
3. Rambler Legacy—black —H3O-9061—9.25"x8"x3.25"

(Also, I'm trying to spread out my requests a bit & not to overuse this resource, so if I'm overdoing it, please just let me know, and I'll be more sparing/infrequent with my asks. I appreciate your time, and I want to be respectful of it.)

 

[nauticalstar]

Genuine Legacy Zip made in 1999

Yay! Thank you! Now I get to hop over to the restoration thread

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi, all. Might I ask you to have a look at a few more today? Thank you again, as always, for your help & expertise.

All older thrift/consignment finds:

1. Hippie Flap—black—B0P-9134—13"x11"
2. Companion Flap—brown — K9C-9076—7.5"x7"x3"
3. Rambler Legacy—black —H3O-9061—9.25"x8"x3.25"

(Also, I'm trying to spread out my requests a bit & not to overuse this resource, so if I'm overdoing it, please just let me know, and I'll be more sparing/infrequent with my asks. I appreciate your time, and I want to be respectful of it.)

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All three are genuine.

 

[greenandred]

All three are genuine.

Thanks very much, Hyacinth. I really appreciate it.

 

[JuneCleaverSemperFi]

Would you please authenticate this belt? I've had it for years & never worn it. It says brass on the stamp but the buckle is clearly silver nickel. Thank you

 

[BeenBurned]

Coach Vintage bag?
list# na
seller- mellisawils129. Poshmark
link- https://posh.mk/x7RqLsWIqtb
no creed # that i can see..

The male part of the turn lock doesn’t look correct compared with my other bags. The creed is US - I was under the impression that pre number creeds are only nyc…. then again maybe the serial #s i can’t see. What do you think?

Since I can only see the first 5 photos, and since there apparently aren't any fully readable creed or serial photos, I'm not even going to speculate.

Once again I'm going to suggest or ask that sellers' photos of the creed and serial number be included in authentication requests, especially when anyone thinks they see a possible problem with the creeds and serial numbers.

I wrote to the seller to post a clear creed- the male portion of the lock was really bothering me so i took the chance of posting. Here’s their reply just a second ago- The #s are so faint, i can’t decipher them- tysm for looking at this

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The serial number is much too faint to read. I'm not sure if even BeenBurned could work her magic on that one. But there IS a serial number, it's not "pre-serial" or "pre-number", and the creed wording is what Coach began to use in the mid-1990s. It looks like there could be an H or M in the prefix and the style number might be 9755 but that's not nearly enough to authenticate. IF THE SERIAL NUMBER IS MISSING OR UNREADABLE OR THE SELLER WON'T SEND A COPY, DON'T BID.

If comparing one piece of hardware to another, post photos of both.

I did try to enhance and sharpen the creed and didn't meet with too much success. My opinion is that it looks like mellissawils129 may have blurred the serial number with her photo-editing software.

I may be seeing things but I believe I see an "N" as the plant code, definitely making the bag fake.

 

[BeenBurned]

Would you please authenticate this belt? I've had it for years & never worn it. It says brass on the stamp but the buckle is clearly silver nickel. Thank you

The belt is authentic. If it's the buckle that you say is silver, it's possible that the buckle was replaced with a (probably) non-Coach one.

 

[somelikeus]

Wrong thread on my part, this is very confusing to me

 

[Hyacinth]

I did try to enhance and sharpen the creed and didn't meet with too much success. My opinion is that it looks like mellissawils129 may have blurred the serial number with her photo-editing software.

I may be seeing things but I believe I see an "N" as the plant code, definitely making the bag fake.

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Thanks for trying, BB!

Definitely best to give that one a pass.

 

[pursepiggy2]

style: unknown
obtained:goodwill
Creed: faded with no numbers
i currently have my friends bag. Let me know what other pics you would like. i took these pics

My friend wants to start posting here & join the community, however… tPF banned the account because- user is only allowed 1 account. He’s screen name is: Pursepiggy2b & has no other accounts. They could be confusing mine with that account. We are great friends & started our collections together. messaged tPF but no reply- any advice?

I’m posting this bag for them. tysm for any advice & comments.

 

[JuneCleaverSemperFi]

The belt is authentic. If it's the buckle that you say is silver, it's possible that the buckle was replaced with a (probably) non-Coach one.

Thank you. Interesting.

 

[whateve]

style: unknown
obtained:goodwill
Creed: faded with no numbers
i currently have my friends bag. Let me know what other pics you would like. i took these pics

My friend wants to start posting here & join the community, however… tPF banned the account because- user is only allowed 1 account. He’s screen name is: Pursepiggy2b & has no other accounts. They could be confusing mine with that account. We are great friends & started our collections together. messaged tPF but no reply- any advice?

I’m posting this bag for them. tysm for any advice & comments.

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It's fake.

You could send a PM to one of the mods about your friend.

 

[pursepiggy2]

It's fake.

You could send a PM to one of the mods about your friend.

doesn’t surprise me it’s fake- been coming across that recently. im not sure who the mods are or how to pm them. Can you give me the highlights that makes this fake? What style # was is a fake of?