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!

 

[Hyacinth]

Two authentications in a row--this one, simple curiosity. I will add the creed photos sent to me by the seller:

coach drawstring bag | eBay

<p>A beautiful Coach bag, multicolored drawstring midnight blue almost black, beige, khaki and light blue striped leather. Comes with attached Coach hangtag. Clean inside and out. I have never carried this bag, but it is as new as you can get. Thank you for looking.. check out my other bags</p>

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My concern is that I know the style number is from @2000 and I don’t recall a multi color version.

The serial font is TOTALLY wrong for the D plant. We don't even need to open the link.

ETA - Which is probably just as well since it's already Poofed.

 

[Hyacinth]

In 2015, @Vlad promised a form which, unless properly filled in, requests couldn't go through. Although it would have been nice to have, in November, 2017, he said that the programming coders went out of business and they were "waiting for someone else to take over and finish the product."

It's been 5 years and I find it hard to believe that there isn't a programmer around who can do this! Perhaps those of us who volunteer our time aren't making enough noise! (And I doubt that Coach is the only forum that is getting incomplete requests.

@Vlad, any chance this'll ever happen in my lifetime? I'm not trying to be difficult but ........

And can we please add a requirement for a readable copy of the creed and serial number photo, either from the seller's online listing OR the buyer's photo if no online listing is available, be posted here with all authentication requests? Please Please Please?

Thanks!

 

[BeenBurned]

And can we please add a requirement for a readable copy of the creed and serial number photo, either from the seller's online listing OR the buyer's photo if no online listing is available, be posted here with all authentication requests? Please Please Please?

Thanks!

@Vlad

 

[Roro]

The first one is authentic.


Remember to include seller: tgc1971
This one is fake.

ETA: This is another fake from tgc1971: https://www.ebay.com/itm/265915358031?hash=item3de9ca5b4f:g:y5AAAOSwPAdjOdY0

Thank you, @BeenBurned. I apologize for the short-cut request. I actually know better. My brain must be water logged.

 

[Roro]

The serial font is TOTALLY wrong for the D plant. We don't even need to open the link.

ETA - Which is probably just as well since it's already Poofed.

Thank you, @Hyacinth. The larger version of this bag, the 9166, was my first Coach. I remembered all of the solid colors but thought that this one was fake. I always appreciate your help.

 

[jnjn23]

Understood about entruphy! I'll pass on that listing!
Please see pictures from the mercari site attached below- I appreciate your help!

The Mercari link isn't working at all for me. Maybe one of the other authenticators can try.

The Goodwill link doesn't include READABLE photos of the bag's creed and serial number. We need to see and read the stamps, including the small stamping details. If you an get better photos of those details we can take another look. "Certificates Of Authenticity", especially from Entrupy, are useless, we have seen far too many mistakes from those services. And if they only have access to the same photos that are in the listing, there's NO WAY they can accurately authenticate that item. NEVER base a buying decision on one. There are several threads here about serious mistakes by Entrupy, here's just one of them with 10 PAGES of posts:

Entrupy is not dependable!

Since I'd first heard about Entrupy and its "ability" to authenticate through computer algorithms, I had doubts about the dependability, but not having seen evidence in brands I know of mistakes, I couldn't be sure. After what I saw today, I offer a strong caveat because if a mistake can be...

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[jnjn23]

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[jnjn23]

The bag on Mercari is an authentic Willis made in 1996.

thanks!!!

 

[JuneCleaverSemperFi]

Hi would you please authenticate this bag that I have had for a few years? It is about 8 x 6"
Thank you

 

[mrsrtz]

Hello friends, I appreciate this sub-forum particularly!

If you could please have a look at this one:
Item: Coach City Bag 9790 Mahogany
Listing number: 1154373934
Seller and site where listed: novellousnovelties, Etsy
Link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1154373934/coach-brown-flap-city-crossbody-bag-9790

Creed photo: https://i.etsystatic.com/8761459/r/il/b5251e/3627861814/il_1140xN.3627861814_ky28.jpg

Comments: Serial J8N-9790 (Outlet stamp?)
Made in Mexico. It looks like someone poked an extra hole in the strap (pic 6).

Thank you in advance!

 

[Hyacinth]

Thank you, @Hyacinth. The larger version of this bag, the 9166, was my first Coach. I remembered all of the solid colors but thought that this one was fake. I always appreciate your help.

Your memory about the production date for the style was correct too, it wasn't even introduced until 2000. The date code in the fake is 5 YEARS too early. Good catch!

 

[Diablett]

Hi all, new here and been collecting vintage Coach for quite awhile but came across a tote that I took a chance on. Its thick leather and feels pretty right based on my past experience but the 'ye olde internets' hasn't helped me authenticate this large tote, especially as the creed is super shallow and faint. I think it reads: No. 1003-312, but not sure. Any help is appreciated.
#1:
Item: Chocolate brown leather Shopper/tote, maybe Soho Lafeyette? Serial number seems to be: 1003-312
Where purchased or how obtained; consignment
Comments: its large -17" X14" X 9"



#2
Item: Red Watson, H5D-9981, measures 8 X 7 X 3
Where purchased or how obtained; long ago thrift
Comments: Pretty sure this is real, but open to any info to help learn more (and I had pics for this one at hand!)

 

[Hyacinth]

Understood about entruphy! I'll pass on that listing!
Please see pictures from the mercari site attached below- I appreciate your help!

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Thanks for the photos. My old computer doesn't handle certain websites and Mercari is one of them.

BeenBurned confirmed the Mercari bag was genuine in an earlier post here:

Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

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...

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but it's always good to see additional confirmation.

 

[whateve]

Hi all, new here and been collecting vintage Coach for quite awhile but came across a tote that I took a chance on. Its thick leather and feels pretty right based on my past experience but the 'ye olde internets' hasn't helped me authenticate this large tote, especially as the creed is super shallow and faint. I think it reads: No. 1003-312, but not sure. Any help is appreciated.
#1:
Item: Chocolate brown leather Shopper/tote, maybe Soho Lafeyette? Serial number seems to be: 1003-312
Where purchased or how obtained; consignment
Comments: its large -17" X14" X 9"

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#2
Item: Red Watson, H5D-9981, measures 8 X 7 X 3
Where purchased or how obtained; long ago thrift
Comments: Pretty sure this is real, but open to any info to help learn more (and I had pics for this one at hand!)
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Both bags look okay.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi all, new here and been collecting vintage Coach for quite awhile but came across a tote that I took a chance on. Its thick leather and feels pretty right based on my past experience but the 'ye olde internets' hasn't helped me authenticate this large tote, especially as the creed is super shallow and faint. I think it reads: No. 1003-312, but not sure. Any help is appreciated.
#1:
Item: Chocolate brown leather Shopper/tote, maybe Soho Lafeyette? Serial number seems to be: 1003-312
Where purchased or how obtained; consignment
Comments: its large -17" X14" X 9"

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#2
Item: Red Watson, H5D-9981, measures 8 X 7 X 3
Where purchased or how obtained; long ago thrift
Comments: Pretty sure this is real, but open to any info to help learn more (and I had pics for this one at hand!)
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1- genuine Soho Bag style number 4082 from the Lightweight line and made between 1991 and 1994. It's too large for a Lafayette Bag.

2- Genuine Watson Bag from 1995

Here's a Soho Bag 4082 from a 1992 catalog: