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
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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!

 

[Lake Effect]

It's authentic. If I remember correctly, these reissues had lighter weight leather than the originals.

Thank you. Omg it is as light as a feather! It is the size of a Shoulder Purse and of course it doesn’t have the added weight of the embedded coin purse, but it is shockingly light!

 

[shesays]

Item: Leather Coach bag
Listing Number: 63314f011645f73c3126a6ea
Seller and site where listed: elenababez poshmark.com
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Leather-Coach-bag-63314f011645f73c3126a6ea
Comments: Please authenticate this bag, thank you so much

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Just curious who authenticates poshmark bags now?

 

[pursepiggy2]

Can you post a copy of the creed and serial number photo from the listing? I think the seller who is re-poshing it may be re-using the original seller's photos and my computer can't open them. If you posted your own photo of the creed, even better.

The color of the bag being sold looks like BT to me. Mango is more of a bright orange, see the 1993 catalog pic below, click to enlarge. The color of the inside pocket where the creed is stamped is often the most accurate photo of the actual color.

Can you post a copy of the creed and serial number photo from the listing? I think the seller who is re-poshing it may be re-using the original seller's photos and my computer can't open them. If you posted your own photo of the creed, even better.

The color of the bag being sold looks like BT to me. Mango is more of a bright orange, see the 1993 catalog pic below, click to enlarge. The color of the inside pocket where the creed is stamped is often the most accurate photo of the actual color.

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@Hyacinth - ty for looking at these photos- please let me know if you’d like more.

 

[aqua1117]

Hi Authenticators!
May I please ask this bag to be reviewed? Thank you so much in advance!

Item: 9020
Where purchased or how obtained: flea market
Comments: hangtag hangs on a longer chain. Is this to hang on strap?


Measurements: 9" x 7" x 2"
19" (top of strap to bottom)

 

[Hyacinth]

@Hyacinth - ty for looking at these photos- please let me know if you’d like more.
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Thanks very much for the photos!

Definitely genuine, and has the early 1990s serial number format as well as the correct hardware. And definitely British Tan.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi Authenticators!
May I please ask this bag to be reviewed? Thank you so much in advance!

Item: 9020
Where purchased or how obtained: flea market
Comments: hangtag hangs on a longer chain. Is this to hang on strap?
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Measurements: 9" x 7" x 2"
19" (top of strap to bottom)

Genuine Ergo Mini Zip from 1997. The hangtag and chain seem original.

 

[pursepiggy2]

Thanks very much for the photos!

Definitely genuine, and has the early 1990s serial number format as well as the correct hardware. And definitely British

Just thrilled! Tysm for the quick reply- have a wonderful evening

 

[Hyacinth]

Just curious who authenticates poshmark bags now?

I still try, but I need a readable copy of the seller's creed and serial number photos along with any details that a potential buyer is questioning. I still don't RECOMMEND Poshmark but they're not the only selling site playing dirty games these days, as anyone who reads this thread every day has probably noticed.

Unfortunately I DON'T authenticate newer styles from the last 10 or 12 years so I can't help with your question, maybe @whateve can take a look

 

[Hyacinth]

Mine is

Mine is M5E-4208 picture 10

Mine is M5E-4208

Mine is M5E-4208

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OK, that's definitely genuine, made in Italy in December 1995.

But that's not the listing I looked at earlier. The link you posted took me to THIS one. Same seller, almost the same style and color, and the serial number that I mentioned in my first reply, E6M-4140 for May 1996 Costa Rica plant.

Genuine COACH 4140 Totebag Leather Brown Old Coach Vintage | eBay

■ Product status <br> ・Outside: Fading, scratches, corner scratches, wrinkles, light stains, etc. can be seen. <br> <br> ・ Inside: There are small scratches and dirt, but overall it is in good condition. <br> <br> ■ Size / color <br> ・ W38 × H28 × D13cm <br> *Please forgive some size errors.

www.ebay.com

I wonder if the seller may have mixed up the listings and then corrected it? Or did you make any changes to your original post and maybe changed the link? I noticed you made an edit almost an hour after you posted, maybe your edit and my reply "crossed in the mail"? I was going strictly by the link in your post but it took a while to find and open the photos because I had to switch to a different browser. There doesn't seem to be any other way that could have happened.

ETA - even the endings of the Ebay listing numbers are similar, 59922 compared to 51599.

 

[Hyacinth]

Scratches is misspelled.

CORRECT!!!

It's amazing how many of those are in circulation. That's one of the mistakes buyers need to keep in mind when we keep reminding everyone to "read the creed".

 

[BeenBurned]

Update! Mercari customer service is giving me the runaround, say they cannot access the Purse Forum "for security reasons." I sent them the link and also screen captures of the authentication fail. They claimed they couldn't read it and to send them a zoomed in capture. I did that. The girl herself, SS April Mott, denies it's fake. "It's not fake. I promise on everything I love. It's a vintage bag. Real leather and it has coach on the inside. I would never lie to anyone who is buying something." I think she just didn't know. Such a rigamarole for a small-ish amount of money. Meanwhile, the return is still in limbo... Moral of the story: check here first before buying (or certainly before accepting).

Did you fund the payment with a credit card? If so, dispute it with the card company. (It won't hurt to let Mercari know that's what you plan to do. They might just issue the refund to avoid the $20-25 chargeback fee.)

As for SS April Mott, refer her here if she's willing to come.

 

[BeenBurned]

Would you please authenticate this watch I received as a gift? The face is about 1.3" The Case is 33mm and it fits up to about a 7.25" wrist.
Thank you

The watch is authentic.

 

[BeenBurned]

Dear Authenticator, please help me to authenticate these two bag again
Brompton and hampton
Thank you in advance for your precious time and comments

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I believe they're both genuine, but bags with Factory Store style numbers can be hard to verify.

The first one was made in 2007 and I think is a Factory Store version of a Soho Leather Flap Satchel. I've never seen it called a Brompton, it was a Soho Leather Flap satchel on Coach's website when it was originally released in 2005 and still uses the original 2005 style number.

I can't find a name for the second one but it's one of Coach's nearly 100 Hamptons styles. This particular one was made in 2008 and might also be an outlet version of an earlier style.

More opinions are welcome.

I agree that both are authentic.

I think the second one is called Hamptons signature carryall.

 

[ConnieinSeattle]

Did you fund the payment with a credit card? If so, dispute it with the card company. (It won't hurt to let Mercari know that's what you plan to do. They might just issue the refund to avoid the $20-25 chargeback fee.)

As for SS April Mott, refer her here if she's willing to come.

Yes, I used a CC. And I did tell her (?) about this forum.

 

[SJAllison]

Hi all! Found this at the thrift store today. Would love to know if it’s the real deal because it was a deal . Thank you!