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

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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.

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  • 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.
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  • FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
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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.
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NTN0131 said:
Ahh I'm back with another bag. This is so bad :nogood: hopefully this will be my last bag and I won't have to bother you guys anymore. Anyways, can someone help authenticate this
Item: VTG Coach 9870 Navy Handbag 1980s Court Bag Crossbody Leather Purse
Listing number:111570706142
Seller: indykan
Link:http://www.ebay.com/itm/11157070614...trkparms=gh1g=I111570706142.N7.S2.M732.R2.TR4
Comments: I've noticed what looks like a target on top of the C in the word Coach on the creed. So I googled it and some people says that means it came from coach factory. What do you guys think?
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NTN0131 said:
I'm a little nervous now since the seller gave the wrong year of the bag and now the J serial number. I guess I'll keep on looking. Thanks

Btw, You guys are awesome for taking the time to look at the posting and authenticating it and the fast responses. This is an incredible thread. So glad I found this
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That bag is completely authentic. At least 50% of sellers give the wrong year. Just because a seller isn't as informed as we are doesn't mean the bag isn't authentic. There are plenty of authentic bags that have a J date code so you would be limiting your search unnecessarily if you disregarded them. We only suggest that you get them authenticated; you don't need to avoid them.
 
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NTN0131 said:
I'm a little nervous now since the seller gave the wrong year of the bag and now the J serial number. I guess I'll keep on looking. Thanks

Btw, You guys are awesome for taking the time to look at the posting and authenticating it and the fast responses. This is an incredible thread. So glad I found this
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There's nothing wrong with that bag. And not all J serial numbers are fakes, I just like to warn newer buyers to be even more careful than usual to have them authenticated here first. We know what to look for and how to tell real from fake. Don't start making the mistake of being TOO cautious. BTW, most sellers don't know how to figure out what year a bag was made either, so while some may be deliberately misleading potential buyers, many others are just clueless or have made the mistake of reading the wrong "guides", of which there are too many to count.
 
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whateve said:
That bag is completely authentic. At least 50% of sellers give the wrong year. Just because a seller isn't as informed as we are doesn't mean the bag isn't authentic. There are plenty of authentic bags that have a J date code so you would be limiting your search unnecessarily if you disregarded them. We only suggest that you get them authenticated; you don't need to avoid them.
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Hyacinth said:
There's nothing wrong with that bag. And not all J serial numbers are fakes, I just like to warn newer buyers to be even more careful than usual to have them authenticated here first. We know what to look for and how to tell real from fake. Don't start making the mistake of being TOO cautious. BTW, most sellers don't know how to figure out what year a bag was made either, so while some may be deliberately misleading potential buyers, many others are just clueless or have made the mistake of reading the wrong "guides", of which there are too many to count.
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Thanks guys. I been outbid though :crybaby:
 
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JaNan16 said:
Verification please

item: 19532616
seller: Goodwill
Link:
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/auctions/Vintage-Green-Coach-Purse-19532616.html

Comments: Is this authentic and if so the style name (guessing a bucket) and is it Bottle Green? Is that closure true to the purse?
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It was called a Jackson Bucket, style 9912, and was from the 1992-93 Camden Collection. The color is probably Forest Green.

The closure was called a Touchlock and was used on some bags and briefcases from 1991 to 1993. It showed up on a few other briefcases in 1999 and AFAIK hasn't been used since.

From the 1992 Fall catalog:
 

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Hyacinth said:
It was called a Jackson Bucket, style 9912, and was from the 1992-93 Camden Collection. The color is probably Forest Green.

The closure was called a Touchlock and was used on some bags and briefcases from 1991 to 1993. It showed up on a few other briefcases in 1999 and AFAIK hasn't been used since.

From the 1992 Fall catalog:
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JaNan16 said:
Not thrilled that fakes used the fastener though.
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AFAIK = As Far As I Know

I think you read that as "fake."
 
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