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!

 

[SJAllison]

Would really appreciate help authenticating this bag. To my novice eye it looks good but I defer to those more knowledgeable than I. This is my first time posting a request from a listing so my apologies if I haven‘t gotten it quite right. Thank you!
Item: Willis Black Bag 9927
Listing number:
Seller and site where listed: laurak29 Poshmark
Link: https://posh.mk/LBm61JSDCtb
Comments:

 

[JuneCleaverSemperFi]

Would you please authenticate this briefcase I purchased from a friend? It's 16" x 11" x 2.5"

 

[BeenBurned]

Would really appreciate help authenticating this bag. To my novice eye it looks good but I defer to those more knowledgeable than I. This is my first time posting a request from a listing so my apologies if I haven‘t gotten it quite right. Thank you!
Item: Willis Black Bag 9927
Listing number:
Seller and site where listed: laurak29 Poshmark
Link: https://posh.mk/LBm61JSDCtb
Comments:

You don't want that bag!

It's fake.

ETA: It looks like laurak29 knows it's fake based on the first sentence in her description: "I’m not going to say this is actually coach, because i’m not sure."

And the rest of the description goes on to tell why she thinks it's fake.

 

[twizzleme]

It's authentic.

Thank you!

 

[BeenBurned]

Would you please authenticate this briefcase I purchased from a friend? It's 16" x 11" x 2.5"

It's authentic.

 

[twizzleme]

Good evening!

I’m hoping you can help with an authentication. I was in a thrift store at closing time and noticed 2 bags. I quickly snapped some photos before they pushed me out the door.

I’ve already written one off as fake after referencing the fake number post so thanx for that!

But I’m holding out hope that this other bag is good. Unfortunately my pics are crap. Feel free to ignore this whole post if I’m wasting your time:

I believe it’s a Patricia Legacy flap? With a serial number instead of a model number?

Sorry - I was not able to get a measurement. The size seeemed right.

Thx in advance!!

 

[whateve]

Good evening!

I’m hoping you can help with an authentication. I was in a thrift store at closing time and noticed 2 bags. I quickly snapped some photos before they pushed me out the door.

I’ve already written one off as fake after referencing the fake number post so thanx for that!

But I’m holding out hope that this other bag is good. Unfortunately my pics are crap. Feel free to ignore this whole post if I’m wasting your time:

I believe it’s a Patricia Legacy flap? With a serial number instead of a model number?

Sorry - I was not able to get a measurement. The size seeemed right.

Thx in advance!!

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If that is the creed, it's fake.

 

[JuneCleaverSemperFi]

Thank you. Ok Last 2: Would you please authenticate this messenger brief I purchased at the estate sale? It's pretty big, 17" x 11" x 3.5"
& This duffle sac 15" x 13" x 5"
Thanks

 

[whateve]

Thank you. Ok Last 2: Would you please authenticate this messenger brief I purchased at the estate sale? It's pretty big, 17" x 11" x 3.5"
& This duffle sac 15" x 13" x 5"
Thanks

Both look good.

 

[shellybelly12]

Hello! Looking for an authentication of this bag that I found stashed in our local goodwill today.
11x9.5

 

[whateve]

Hello! Looking for an authentication of this bag that I found stashed in our local goodwill today.
11x9.5

It's fake. Real leather doesn't peel like that. Goodwill should give your money back.

 

[SJAllison]

You don't want that bag!

It's fake.

ETA: It looks like laurak29 knows it's fake based on the first sentence in her description: "I’m not going to say this is actually coach, because i’m not sure."

And the rest of the description goes on to tell why she thinks it's fake.

Thank you! See, always better to ask the experts! I saw that she said she wasn’t sure it was authentic but thought I would double check to see. I appreciate the quick reply. I’m going to messaged and let her know she may want to change the wording in her post. Thanks again!

 

[lucy7550]

Hello, all - I’d appreciate an opinion on this bag I bought without first doing extensive research on eBay. (See photo attachments). I have not payed for it yet.
Platform: eBay
Seller: alemode8 (I looked her up here and found she has sold a couple of fakes but also genuine bags - her approval rating is 100% and she has been selling vintage bags for a long time.)
Product: Worth bag in “Light Teal”
Serial #: FC6-4143
Listing #: 144723514757

Comments:
Since the auction is over I don’t think you can see the listing.

I see that it was a Coach outlet bag and that made me feel it was very unlikely to be a fake because I wouldn’t think a counterfeiter would put an outlet stamp on the creed. But I started worrying about the color. I did a search on Wayback and found photos and colors of the 1997 Worth bag, and Teal was not a color. Wayback does not have 1996 web pages for Coach. After more searching, I found a YouTube video with info and photos from the 1996 holiday season Coach catalog. At least in that 1996 catalog, the light teal color leather was not included. It occurs to me that it might have been included in an early ‘96 catalog for spring and summer styles.

Is it a fake?

 

[BeenBurned]

Would really appreciate help authenticating this bag. To my novice eye it looks good but I defer to those more knowledgeable than I. This is my first time posting a request from a listing so my apologies if I haven‘t gotten it quite right. Thank you!
Item: Willis Black Bag 9927
Listing number:
Seller and site where listed: laurak29 Poshmark
Link: https://posh.mk/LBm61JSDCtb
Comments:

You don't want that bag!

It's fake.

ETA: It looks like laurak29 knows it's fake based on the first sentence in her description: "I’m not going to say this is actually coach, because i’m not sure."

And the rest of the description goes on to tell why she thinks it's fake.

Thank you! See, always better to ask the experts! I saw that she said she wasn’t sure it was authentic but thought I would double check to see. I appreciate the quick reply. I’m going to messaged and let her know she may want to change the wording in her post. Thanks again!

FYI, it's illegal to sell fakes PERIOD. Claims not to know whether authentic, claims of items being gifts or even an admission of an item being fake don't make it okay to sell.

Counterfeit items are illegal and cannot legally be sold anywhere.

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello, all - I’d appreciate an opinion on this bag I bought without first doing extensive research on eBay. (See photo attachments). I have not payed for it yet.
Platform: eBay
Seller: alemode8 (I looked her up here and found she has sold a couple of fakes but also genuine bags - her approval rating is 100% and she has been selling vintage bags for a long time.)
Product: Worth bag in “Light Teal”
Serial #: FC6-4143
Listing #: 144723514757

Comments:
Since the auction is over I don’t think you can see the listing.

I see that it was a Coach outlet bag and that made me feel it was very unlikely to be a fake because I wouldn’t think a counterfeiter would put an outlet stamp on the creed. But I started worrying about the color. I did a search on Wayback and found photos and colors of the 1997 Worth bag, and Teal was not a color. Wayback does not have 1996 web pages for Coach. After more searching, I found a YouTube video with info and photos from the 1996 holiday season Coach catalog. At least in that 1996 catalog, the light teal color leather was not included. It occurs to me that it might have been included in an early ‘96 catalog for spring and summer styles.

Is it a fake?

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The link still works:

Coach 4143 Vintage Bag Leather Pale Teal Crossbody - Shoulder Bag Made in USA | eBay

Handles /Strap: Single adjustable crossbody detachable strap. Color: Pale teal. Lining: Suede. Pockets: One slip pocket front. Material: Genuine leather. Strap Drop: 20.5" max.

www.ebay.com

The bag is authentic, made in 1996.

Note: We've seen fakes with outlet bullets so that's not necessarily proof of authenticity.