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

[Vlad]

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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
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• 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
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Thank you and be safe!

 

[_purseaddict_]

It looks ok.

Thank you Hyacinth. [emoji3]

 

[whateve]

It's fine. Style 92312 crystal flower keychain

Thank you!

Thanks, whateve! That was fast! That's so funny that its from the Lightweights collection, because by modern standards it is no lightweight.

It's interesting to me that folks not only will copy a bag but go so far as faking a creed these days. That's part of the great wave of Made in China intellectual property theft.

Back in the day, you could buy a pretty good knock-off of a Coach design at certain stores on the Lower East Side of NYC. These bags had decent leather (not as indestructible as the Coaches of the day but probably better than some of the thin Coaches of today ) but cut corners on the hardware and in some other ways. They used to cost about half of what a Coach would. But no way would they bother to fake a creed!

You're welcome!

 

[10schick]

Most of the early fakes of classic all-leather Coaches were made in Korea, and they did fake creeds, but usually not very well. Spelling mistakes ("scrtches", "coachbag") and mistakes in basic English grammar were common, and the number of gullible buyers who apparently never even bothered to examine the creeds is amazing. Here are a few examples:

Speaking of which.....

Item Name: WOMENS AUTHENTIC COACH LEATHER PURSE SIZE SMALL!!BLACK!
Item Number: 271929153991
Seller: menoy9
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/WOMENS-AUTH...991?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f503d99c7
Comment: I've already reported it, but a few more wouldn't hurt. lol

 

[Hyacinth]

Speaking of which.....

Item Name: WOMENS AUTHENTIC COACH LEATHER PURSE SIZE SMALL!!BLACK!
Item Number: 271929153991
Seller: menoy9
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/WOMENS-AUTH...991?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f503d99c7
Comment: I've already reported it, but a few more wouldn't hurt. lol

What's really unusual is that it's actually a "newer" style - to me "newer" means anything after 2000 - and it looks like a ripoff of one of the Hamptons styles from around 2003, give or take a year or two. Most Korean fakes are of the pre-China leather classic styles.

Hard to believe that any seller would be so incredibly CLUELESS as to look at that mess of a creed and think that POS was genuine! That's another seller who shold be on everyone's "AVOID" List! And when you can only see the Coach name if you turn the creed at exactly the right angle, that's another red flag.

I'm not sure at all about this "Tokidoki" one so it shouldn't be reported unless someone actually IS a Tokidoki expert, but I am an expert on regular LeSportsac and this one doesn't look like a Tokidoki style to me:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WOMENS-VINT...913?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f503b66f9

BeenBurned, what about this Dooney?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WOMENS-AUTH...780?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d5ae517b4

Do NOT buy from " menoy9 " !!!

 

[JOODLZ]

Could someone please authenticate this Coach bag?
From GW over the weekend...3rd Bleeker in as many weeks
Approx. 10.5"w x 10"h x 4.5"d. Straps 11" to top of bag.
1998 Bleeker Bucket #9305, yes?
Thanks in advance!

 

[JOODLZ]

And this one...from GW Bargain Barn for $1
Approx. 8"w x 5.5"h x 4.25"d. Strap 6" to buckles, doubled as shown.
2004 Soft Legacy Demi Hobo #9564 according to wayback, yes?
Thanks again!

 

[Hyacinth]

And this one...from GW Bargain Barn for $1
Approx. 8"w x 5.5"h x 4.25"d. Strap 6" to buckles, doubled as shown.
2004 Soft Legacy Demi Hobo #9564 according to wayback, yes?
Thanks again!

Genuine. And not bad for a buck!

 

[Hyacinth]

Could someone please authenticate this Coach bag?
From GW over the weekend...3rd Bleeker in as many weeks
Approx. 10.5"w x 10"h x 4.5"d. Straps 11" to top of bag.
1998 Bleeker Bucket #9305, yes?
Thanks in advance!

Also genuine

 

[JOODLZ]

Genuine. And not bad for a buck!

Thanks...I thought it was a good price, despite missing whatever zipper pull there should have been. Maybe I'll just relocate the hangtag

Also genuine

Thanks for this too...it's been raining Bleekers here lately!

 

[BeenBurned]

Do you have pictures of the two monkey haircalf keychains? I have this one: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/coach-92328-brown-hairy-monkey-key-79252032 and I have it listed in my files as 92328. Were there 3 of them?

And 92328:

 

[BeenBurned]

Speaking of which.....

Item Name: WOMENS AUTHENTIC COACH LEATHER PURSE SIZE SMALL!!BLACK!
Item Number: 271929153991
Seller: menoy9
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/WOMENS-AUTH...991?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f503d99c7
Comment: I've already reported it, but a few more wouldn't hurt. lol

What's really unusual is that it's actually a "newer" style - to me "newer" means anything after 2000 - and it looks like a ripoff of one of the Hamptons styles from around 2003, give or take a year or two. Most Korean fakes are of the pre-China leather classic styles.

Hard to believe that any seller would be so incredibly CLUELESS as to look at that mess of a creed and think that POS was genuine! That's another seller who shold be on everyone's "AVOID" List! And when you can only see the Coach name if you turn the creed at exactly the right angle, that's another red flag.

I'm not sure at all about this "Tokidoki" one so it shouldn't be reported unless someone actually IS a Tokidoki expert, but I am an expert on regular LeSportsac and this one doesn't look like a Tokidoki style to me:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WOMENS-VINT...913?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f503b66f9

BeenBurned, what about this Dooney?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WOMENS-AUTH...780?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d5ae517b4

Do NOT buy from " menoy9 " !!!

menoy9's Dooney is okay.

 

[whateve]

And 92328:

Thank you! He's so cute!

 

[desert2015]

Authentication Request Non-Auction Item

Item Name: Unknown (Possible Pilot)
Link: N/A
Bag Dimensions:
Bag length 12"
Bag height 9"
Bag depth 2.5"
Strap drop 10"
The Zipper Pull is Stamped "YKK"

Please let me know if you need any more information to help in identifying and authenticating this Coach Bag. I have photos of the interior of the purse as well.

 

[whateve]

Authentication Request Non-Auction Item

Item Name: Unknown (Possible Pilot)
Link: N/A
Bag Dimensions:
Bag length 12"
Bag height 9"
Bag depth 2.5"
Strap drop 10"
The Zipper Pull is Stamped "YKK"

Please let me know if you need any more information to help in identifying and authenticating this Coach Bag. I have photos of the interior of the purse as well.

The bag is authentic. We don't need to know the zipper brand but it usually helpful to see the zipper pull. It is an Ergo pocket zip made in 1998. The "P" in the creed indicates the factory, which in this case was Costa Rica.

 

[Raven3766]

Could you help me authenticate this handbag? It was difficult getting a clear pic of the creed; my phone doesn't work well with creed. The serial number is No G1393-25166, it measures 12" x 8". TIA
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