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:
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• 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!

 

[Hyacinth]

Picked this one up at a thrift shop I had never been to before. I questioned it‘s authenticity because of the female part of the turnlock but grabbed it anyway. I looked it up and it seemed like the style number was right but the majority of the bags like it for sale on line were on Poshmark which I know can be hit and miss for authenticity and none of the photos showed the back side of that piece of the hardware. Please let me know if it’s authentic or not. Thank you!

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Genuine Demi Turnlock from 1999. That's apparently the correct turnlock for that style.

 

[SJAllison]

Genuine Demi Turnlock from 1999. That's apparently the correct turnlock for that style.

Thank you so much! The turnlock is smaller than they are on any of my other bags so I wondered if that might have been why it was different.

 

[ConnieinSeattle]

Picked this one up at a thrift shop I had never been to before.

Inquiring minds who live near you want to know what thrift store?

 

[Roro]

Hello, everyone. Could one of our wonderful authenticators take a look at this skinny case? I see that the seller has a mixed history and that has me a bit concerned. I also don't see the stamped 'coach' anywhere, although I think it could be concealed by the hangtag. Any help is, of course, appreciated.

Vintage Coach Red Leather Skinny Wallet Case #7170 Blue/White Fabric Lining VGC | eBay

Freshly cleaned and reconditioned. That is due to the lighting that was used when the photos were taken. No dyes, paints or color enhancers have been used on this case. No gross or unpleasant odors.

www.ebay.com

seller: kollector-kim

Item # 334629593577

 

[Hyacinth]

Thank you so much! The turnlock is smaller than they are on any of my other bags so I wondered if that might have been why it was different.

They had to use the same turnlock that was used for most of the small leather coin pouch key fobs from a few years earlier, the standard turnlocks were too big.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello, everyone. Could one of our wonderful authenticators take a look at this skinny case? I see that the seller has a mixed history and that has me a bit concerned. I also don't see the stamped 'coach' anywhere, although I think it could be concealed by the hangtag. Any help is, of course, appreciated.

Vintage Coach Red Leather Skinny Wallet Case #7170 Blue/White Fabric Lining VGC | eBay

Freshly cleaned and reconditioned. That is due to the lighting that was used when the photos were taken. No dyes, paints or color enhancers have been used on this case. No gross or unpleasant odors.

www.ebay.com

seller: kollector-kim

Item # 334629593577

The Coach stamp is in the lower right corner in the first photo. It's VERY faint.

I'm not comfortable with how the stripes in the lining don't match up at the bottom seam. Even many of the fakes we've seen match up the stripes.

Please wait for more opinions.

 

[BeenBurned]

The Coach stamp is in the lower right corner in the first photo. It's VERY faint.

I'm not comfortable with how the stripes in the lining don't match up at the bottom seam. Even many of the fakes we've seen match up the stripes.

Please wait for more opinions.

Hello, everyone. Could one of our wonderful authenticators take a look at this skinny case? I see that the seller has a mixed history and that has me a bit concerned. I also don't see the stamped 'coach' anywhere, although I think it could be concealed by the hangtag. Any help is, of course, appreciated.

Vintage Coach Red Leather Skinny Wallet Case #7170 Blue/White Fabric Lining VGC | eBay

Freshly cleaned and reconditioned. That is due to the lighting that was used when the photos were taken. No dyes, paints or color enhancers have been used on this case. No gross or unpleasant odors.

www.ebay.com

seller: kollector-kim

Item # 334629593577

I believe it's authentic.

This is a picture of one that I had and the stripes don't match. I doubt they would waste fabric matching linings that most people don't see. (Some skinny cases and chunky cases have creeds and some do not.)

 

[Roro]

The Coach stamp is in the lower right corner in the first photo. It's VERY faint.

I'm not comfortable with how the stripes in the lining don't match up at the bottom seam. Even many of the fakes we've seen match up the stripes.

Please wait for more opinions.

@Hyacinth! You and I are of a similar age. Good looking! seeing that stamp. Thank you! Waiting for others.

 

[DL Harper]

The Coach stamp is in the lower right corner in the first photo. It's VERY faint.

I'm not comfortable with how the stripes in the lining don't match up at the bottom seam. Even many of the fakes we've seen match up the stripes.

Please wait for more opinions.

Hope I'm not overstepping. Quite a while back I had an eBay listing for a 7170 that was authenticated here. The stripes were not aligned on it either, but were perfectly offset. Photo attached

 

[Roro]

I believe it's authentic.

This is a picture of one that I had and the stripes don't match. I doubt they would waste fabric matching linings that most people don't see. (Some skinny cases and chunky cases have creeds and some do not.)


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Thank you @BeenBurned.

 

[lilyjpotter]

Hi everyone! I'm new here and have just started collecting vintage Coach bags. I came across one on Poshmark recently and while I've seen a lot of Coach bags, I've never seen this one. It looks real to me and it looks to be from the 70s. I really love the shape and will buy it immediately but wanted to ask for help authenticating it first. The listing info is below and I've attached photos. Any help would be so appreciated!
Item: Coach vintage Soho crossbody bag from 1970s
Listing number: unsure where to find the listing number, so sorry!
Seller and site where listed: Jadranka M, @jacamu60 on Poshmark
Link:
https://posh.mk/u2cpSGwL0ub
Comments:

 

[SJAllison]

They had to use the same turnlock that was used for most of the small leather coin pouch key fobs from a few years earlier, the standard turnlocks were too big.

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Thank you for sharing! I’m working on creating my own little reference guide so I can remember all great info you share with us like this little gem (see what I did there? )

 

[SJAllison]

Inquiring minds who live near you want to know what thrift store?

I was surprised to find a little thrift store on Mercer Island.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi everyone! I'm new here and have just started collecting vintage Coach bags. I came across one on Poshmark recently and while I've seen a lot of Coach bags, I've never seen this one. It looks real to me and it looks to be from the 70s. I really love the shape and will buy it immediately but wanted to ask for help authenticating it first. The listing info is below and I've attached photos. Any help would be so appreciated!
Item: Coach vintage Soho crossbody bag from 1970s
Listing number: unsure where to find the listing number, so sorry!
Seller and site where listed: Jadranka M, @jacamu60 on Poshmark
Link:
https://posh.mk/u2cpSGwL0ub
Comments:

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Bags from the 1970s are unlikely to have serial numbers, and the "Made in..." line in a 1970s bag's creed stamp would always say "..New York City". Coach didn't change that line until around 1988. And it's not from the Soho line since "Soho" wasn't an official line name until around 1993 when it replaced "Lightweights".

There's an infamous "guide" that's been floating around the 'net for years that has several serious mistakes regarding Coach dates, often the manufacturing dates they list are as much as 10 years off. Be careful where you get your information, much of what's found on the internet is just plain wrong. And far too many sellers don't have a clue about what they're selling, like this one.

HERE'S where you should start:

SaleArea guides

Now that ebay is removing the guides they've been hosting for years, those who use those guides have been forced to either save them on their computers or print them. Tonight I found that the Salearea guides (including the Hyacinth/Salearea collaboration ones) have been saved to Salearea's...

forum.purseblog.com

The bag is a Carlyle Bag, style 9854 from the very early 1990s, here's the Holiday 1990 catalog. Note the "New" in the description:

 

[lilyjpotter]

Bags from the 1970s are unlikely to have serial numbers, and the "Made in..." line in a 1970s bag's creed stamp would always say "..New York City". Coach didn't change that line until around 1988. And it's not from the Soho line since "Soho" wasn't an official line name until around 1993 when it replaced "Lightweights".

There's an infamous "guide" that's been floating around the 'net for years that has several serious mistakes regarding Coach dates, often the manufacturing dates they list are as much as 10 years off. Be careful where you get your information, much of what's found on the internet is just plain wrong. And far too many sellers don't have a clue about what they're selling, like this one.

HERE'S where you should start:

SaleArea guides

Now that ebay is removing the guides they've been hosting for years, those who use those guides have been forced to either save them on their computers or print them. Tonight I found that the Salearea guides (including the Hyacinth/Salearea collaboration ones) have been saved to Salearea's...

forum.purseblog.com

The bag is a Carlyle Bag, style 9854 from the very early 1990s, here's the Holiday 1990 catalog. Note the "New" in the description:

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