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!

 

[ConnieinSeattle]

You received a fake from SS April Mott.

Get a refund!

Thank you! I've already begun the process.

 

[BeenBurned]

Please may I have the following bag authenticated. Thank you

Item: willis
Listing number: n/a
Seller and site where listed: calijam on Depop
Link: https://depop.app.link/4MiFtR9WItb
Comments: I’m hoping this is real. I love it already

Item: I’ve completely forgotten the name sorry
Listing number: n/a
Seller and site where listed: alicetvak and on depop
Link: https://depop.app.link/2wFhFukXItb
Comments:

Thank you so much in advance

Both are good. Second one is a Fletcher.

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi Hyacinth,

Just to check with you, does Regina code come in 9985 as well as when I search, most of the code for Regina is 9983? However, I did encounter some with code 9985. Thanks.

Reginas are highly faked so it's recommended that all be looked at before purchasing. Many of the fakes have the "correct" style number.

We have seen genuine Regina bags with 9985 style numbers, in those cases, mistakes made by Coach. The correct style number is 9983.

 

[Hyacinth]

Thank you in advance for your time helping with this bag I just bought.

Item: Court
Listing number: PoshMark
Seller and site where listed @Marcelo24 on PoshMark
Link:https://posh.mk/73CrBu05Itb
Comments:I purchased this Court bag and it came today. The leather feels different. It also doesn’t have a buckle on the strap but I have a green one that does.

ALL " *9G- " serial number prefixes regardless of the month code (which I represented by an asterisk *) are fake.
NOTE - PLEASE IGNORE THE ABOVE COMMENT.

Coach changed the strap to a buckled version around 1997-98. A genuine Court Bag that still had its original strap would have had a buckled strap, but we never use straps as primary proof of authenticity.

 

[unicornwhisperz]

ALL " *9G- " serial number prefixes regardless of the month code (which I represented by an asterisk *) are fake.

Coach changed the strap to a buckled version around 1997-98. A genuine Court Bag that still had its original strap would have had a buckled strap, but we never use straps as primary proof of authenticity.

Thank you for this information. Is this one a 9G? I can’t tell.

 

[Hyacinth]

Thank you for this information. Is this one a 9G? I can’t tell.

Sorry, I replied to a different poster also asking about a Court Bag at Poshmark.

I need to see a photo of the creed and serial number from your seller's listing to try to authenticate it, my computer won't open her photos.

 

[unicornwhisperz]

Sorry, I replied to a different poster also asking about a Court Bag at Poshmark.

I need to see a photo of the creed and serial number from your seller's listing to try to authenticate it, my computer won't open her photos.

 

[Hyacinth]

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Thank you.

The creed and serial number look good, from the early 1990s.

 

[unicornwhisperz]

Thank you.

The creed and serial number look good, from the early 1990s.

Thank you so much!

 

[BeenBurned]

Comments: I got this cute little bag today. Authentic? The hang tag looks fake to me. The seller didn't share the full creed image with serial no. so I've attached my own photo. What a tiny bag! Measures about 8.5 x 7. ETA: looking the bag over carefully, I'm getting "fake" vibes, some of the stitching is off kilter (the bottom front ends of the straps), and the buckles have a weird surface look, and the little metal piece that goes through the holes looks more elongated and not squarish. The more I look up close and personal with this bag, the more fake it seems. Oh, well. It wasn't a lot of money. Once you experts let me know your opinion, then I'll act. Either "relieved" or "get my money back!"
Item: Vintage Coach crossbody leather bag #J9G-9142
Listing number: m74092682859/
Seller and site where listed: Mercari, SS April Mott
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m74092682859/

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You received a fake from SS April Mott.

Get a refund!

ALL " *9G- " serial number prefixes regardless of the month code (which I represented by an asterisk *) are fake.
NOTE - PLEASE IGNORE THE ABOVE COMMENT.

Coach changed the strap to a buckled version around 1997-98. A genuine Court Bag that still had its original strap would have had a buckled strap, but we never use straps as primary proof of authenticity.

Sorry, I replied to a different poster also asking about a Court Bag at Poshmark.

I need to see a photo of the creed and serial number from your seller's listing to try to authenticate it, my computer won't open her photos.

I think @Hyacinth quoted the wrong post when she responded. The bag with the "G" plant wasn't trying to be a court bag.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who goofs!

 

[twizzleme]

Good evening! I hope everyone here is safe tonight.

I have an odd auth request tonight. I’ve been “spring” cleaning and stumbled across this little bag I bought at a yard sale 20 years ago.
Needless the say I was pretty excited when I pulled it out of the crate.

The leather feels delicious, stitching looks great etc.

But two issues:
1). No creed
2) crappy, failing snap closure.

I would appreciate your thoughts. Is it possible the snap was an “after market” addition?

Possible vintage studio flap 9144
Roughly 7 1/2” x 8”

Thank you in advance

 

[Hyacinth]

I think @Hyacinth quoted the wrong post when she responded. The bag with the "G" plant wasn't trying to be a court bag.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who goofs!

Thanks, BB!

I gladly give permission to ANYONE posting here to goof occasionally. I would hate to think that I have a monopoly on making a mistake. It's a rare gift, but I'll gladly share it.

It's the people (fortunately very rare here among us regular Coachies although some are still lurking in the shadows) who REFUSE to ever admit their mistakes who I have a problem with.

 

[SJAllison]

Question to those far more knowledgeable than I, did Coach ever make the convertible clutch in 2 tone leather?

 

[vintagecoachcollector]

Reginas are highly faked so it's recommended that all be looked at before purchasing. Many of the fakes have the "correct" style number.

We have seen genuine Regina bags with 9985 style numbers, in those cases, mistakes made by Coach. The correct style number is 9983.

Thanks BeenBurned for the info.

 

[vintagecoachuk]

Both are good. Second one is a Fletcher.

Thank you so much BeenBurned