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

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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!
 
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ecm360 said:
Oh! There was a link on the authentication document with more photos! EDIT: These are screen shots, and I see that they are not displaying very clearly here - sorry.

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Sorry. Still not enough of the right pictures.

If a company is going to bill itself as professional and knowing brands, they need to know what's necessary to determine authenticity and prove credibility of their company.

Although Vlad's post at the top of each page of the authentication thread gives info as to what we need for most authentications, more information is given in Post #1 on the first page of the thread (copied below).

  • Since mid-2014, Coach stopped putting serial numbers on creeds so in newer bags where the creeds don't have serial numbers, we also need to see pictures of the labels/tags from inside the bag. They are either both in the main open part sewn into the seam of the lining, or one might be buried deep inside the zipper pocket. One shows where made and the other has a serial number.
 
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hytop78 said:
Hello. I would appreciate your help authenticating this item please.

Item: COACH Vintage Penny Pocket Crossbody Bag Black
Listing number:none
Seller and site where listed: ednaturnblad, poshmark
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/COACH-Vintage-Penny-Pocket-Crossbody-Bag-Black-60a45b4c8ae37cf4a91aac11

Thank You.
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Hello. Just checking in. I notice this particular post was skipped 3 times and am wondering if there was any info I missed in providing. :huh: Please advise.:smile:
 
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BeenBurned said:
Sorry. Still not enough of the right pictures.

If a company is going to bill itself as professional and knowing brands, they need to know what's necessary to determine authenticity and prove credibility of their company.

Although Vlad's post at the top of each page of the authentication thread gives info as to what we need for most authentications, more information is given in Post #1 on the first page of the thread (copied below).

  • Since mid-2014, Coach stopped putting serial numbers on creeds so in newer bags where the creeds don't have serial numbers, we also need to see pictures of the labels/tags from inside the bag. They are either both in the main open part sewn into the seam of the lining, or one might be buried deep inside the zipper pocket. One shows where made and the other has a serial number.
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Noted and appreciated.
 
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hytop78 said:
Hello. Just checking in. I notice this particular post was skipped 3 times and am wondering if there was any info I missed in providing. :huh: Please advise.:smile:
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My computer refuses to open or enlarge photos from Ebay, Poshmark and 95 percent of the other major websites so unless someone includes the seller's photos I can't help. So far the only one still viewable is shopgoodwill.com. And I almost always will NOT risk trying to authenticate without a clear photo of the creed and serial number.

The seller also has me concerned because-
there's no such thing as a Penny Pocket, or even a confirmable vintage style called a Penny, I don't know where she's getting her information but it bothers me.

The Pocket Purse is a different shape and did not have a soft top handle.

SO

IF it's genuine and if the 8-number serial/registration number 01518906 is accurate, it was made in 1988 or more likely 1989 and would be the regular or the Large Plaza Bag, but I can't pin it down to one of the Plaza Bags without actually being able to see the serial number. BUT I can't open the photos to see the construction details and I can't see the creed and serial number to know if it's even genuine.


So I'm stuck, if you can post a photo with a readable creed and serial number, I'll take another look.
 
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hytop78 said:
Hello. I would appreciate your help authenticating this item please.

Item: COACH Vintage Penny Pocket Crossbody Bag Black
Listing number:none
Seller and site where listed: ednaturnblad, poshmark
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/COACH-Vintage-Penny-Pocket-Crossbody-Bag-Black-60a45b4c8ae37cf4a91aac11

Thank You.
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Hyacinth said:
My computer refuses to open or enlarge photos from Ebay, Poshmark and 95 percent of the other major websites so unless someone includes the seller's photos I can't help. So far the only one still viewable is shopgoodwill.com. And I almost always will NOT risk trying to authenticate without a clear photo of the creed and serial number.

The seller also has me concerned because-
there's no such thing as a Penny Pocket, or even a confirmable vintage style called a Penny, I don't know where she's getting her information but it bothers me.

The Pocket Purse is a different shape and did not have a soft top handle.

SO

IF it's genuine and if the 8-number serial/registration number 01518906 is accurate, it was made in 1988 or more likely 1989 and would be the regular or the Large Plaza Bag, but I can't pin it down to one of the Plaza Bags without actually being able to see the serial number. BUT I can't open the photos to see the construction details and I can't see the creed and serial number to know if it's even genuine.


So I'm stuck, if you can post a photo with a readable creed and serial number, I'll take another look.
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Here's the creed. I avoid PM but will be happy to help Hyacinth with pictures that she can't see.
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Hi authenticators,
I only recently learned of this forum and so have a bit of a backlog to work through. Starting with this one, which I believe to be a Court, which looks to have been loved nearly to death by previous owner.
It was obtained from Goodwill and measures approx 9wx7h.
court1.jpgcourt2.jpgcourt3.jpgcourt4creed.jpgcourt5.jpg
Thanks!
 
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hytop78 said:
Hello. Just checking in. I notice this particular post was skipped 3 times and am wondering if there was any info I missed in providing. :huh: Please advise.:smile:
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BeenBurned said:
Here's the creed. I avoid PM but will be happy to help Hyacinth with pictures that she can't see.
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Thanks,BB!

Definitely genuine. The Plaza Bags were both introduced in the Fall Preview 1989 catalog. From the proportions of bag to turnlock in the listing it seems a bit more likely to be the standard size #9860.
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