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

[Vlad]

IMPORTANT READ-ME

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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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  Listing number:
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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!

 

[whateve]

Good Morning, I am on a duffle kick! I have another one for y'all to review
Item: Coach Legacy Leather Duffle
Listing number: 225477862293
Seller and Site: mrindiana on Ebay
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/225477862293
Comments: This is described as Robin's Egg Blue, is that a color from Coach? I am looking for the tourmaline color

Thank you so much for your help!

There were several blue colors in legacy duffles. I think this is robin, not robin's egg blue. Robin's egg blue had brass hardware. This is not tourmaline as that had dark gray lining.
Here's picture comparing robin to robin's egg blue (and chambray). Tourmaline is darker and richer as shown in this stock photo.

 

[whateve]

Hello, could you please check this daypack?
Item: Backpack 9791
Listing number: NA
Seller: Cynham_20
Link:

It's authentic. It's not vintage. It was made for outlets in 2007.

 

[whateve]

Item: Vintage Coach Whitney D5C-4115 Brown Leather Saddle Crossbody Shoulder Purse Bag
Listing number:175675677677
Seller and site where listed Wjkproducts, eBay
Link:
Comments: Thank you!

It's fine.

 

[TianeJoy]

Hello all!
Can one of you beautiful people help me out with this bag please? It's it authentic? Is it a station?

https://posh.mk/pX2pdKsyJyb

 

[beckybbluewrite]

I'm so sorry because there's nothing wrong with that bag and no valid reason for the removal. WHen you say you were "kicked off ebay," I assume you meant that the listing was removed but not that you're restricted from listing Coach.

I saw one of your recently ended (but not removed) listings for the bag and there's nothing in the listing that should have raised red flags.

Correct! I could have phrased that better. Glad you all agree it is not fake!!

 

[silverfluff]

Hello! Please authenticate this Coach flap bag.
This was a thrift find
9" x 12" x 3"

Images 3 and 4 show the zipper pull; it is hard to see in the image, but it does have YKK printed on it (I know this does not mean it is real though). This was a very cheap impulse buy, and I am not confident that it's real (I have never seen a Coach bag with a fabric/plastic inside zip before in particular, do correct me if this is not a giveaway). I figure it is at least thick, nice leather in a fun color even if it's a fake!

Thank you all for your amazing expertise!

 

[whateve]

Hello! Please authenticate this Coach flap bag.
This was a thrift find
9" x 12" x 3"

Images 3 and 4 show the zipper pull; it is hard to see in the image, but it does have YKK printed on it (I know this does not mean it is real though). This was a very cheap impulse buy, and I am not confident that it's real (I have never seen a Coach bag with a fabric/plastic inside zip before in particular, do correct me if this is not a giveaway). I figure it is at least thick, nice leather in a fun color even if it's a fake!

Thank you all for your amazing expertise!

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It's authentic. They used nylon zippers on interiors to make the bags lighter in weight. That was especially important in a line of bags called Lightweights. This is part of that collection made between 1989 and 1993. I don't know the name of this style.

 

[silverfluff]

It's authentic. They used nylon zippers on interiors to make the bags lighter in weight. That was especially important in a line of bags called Lightweights. This is part of that collection made between 1989 and 1993. I don't know the name of this style.

Well I am completely surprised, thank you so much for your help! I'd been trying to find the style and could not find it, but will keep searching [edit: now that I have MUCH more information] (unless someone else on here happens to know). Thank you again!

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello! Please authenticate this Coach flap bag.
This was a thrift find
9" x 12" x 3"

Images 3 and 4 show the zipper pull; it is hard to see in the image, but it does have YKK printed on it (I know this does not mean it is real though). This was a very cheap impulse buy, and I am not confident that it's real (I have never seen a Coach bag with a fabric/plastic inside zip before in particular, do correct me if this is not a giveaway). I figure it is at least thick, nice leather in a fun color even if it's a fake!

Thank you all for your amazing expertise!

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It's authentic. They used nylon zippers on interiors to make the bags lighter in weight. That was especially important in a line of bags called Lightweights. This is part of that collection made between 1989 and 1993. I don't know the name of this style.

I believe it's a style 4132 Carlton Bag from the Lightweight line, probably made in 1993. The poster's measurements don't match Coach's, but they work if you measure the bag stuffed and with the narrow sides and base flat and following the stitched side seams the way Coach photographed it for the catalog, instead of pulled all the way out to its maximum width when flat. It's usually a good idea to stuff the bag with a small towel or shirt when photographing it. Coach almost always stuffs their bags for catalog photographs.

And it's a LOT easier when we're trying to authenticate and identify pre-1994 bags when they resemble Coach's catalog photos. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge.

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[Softiemama]

It's fine. I believe the color is called tourmaline.

Thank you!!

 

[Softiemama]

There were several blue colors in legacy duffles. I think this is robin, not robin's egg blue. Robin's egg blue had brass hardware. This is not tourmaline as that had dark gray lining.
Here's picture comparing robin to robin's egg blue (and chambray). Tourmaline is darker and richer as shown in this stock photo.

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Wow! Thank you so much for the side by side pics, it is very helpful, they are all beautiful rich colors

 

[silverfluff]

I believe it's a style 4132 Carlton Bag from the Lightweight line, probably made in 1993. The poster's measurements don't match Coach's, but they work if you measure the bag stuffed and with the narrow sides and base flat and following the stitched side seams the way Coach photographed it for the catalog, instead of pulled all the way out to its maximum width when flat. It's usually a good idea to stuff the bag with a small towel or shirt when photographing it. Coach almost always stuffs their bags for catalog photographs.

And it's a LOT easier when we're trying to authenticate and identify pre-1994 bags when they resemble Coach's catalog photos. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge.

Catalog and private photos:

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Thank you so, so much for this. You are correct; I had not stuffed the bag, and when I do it does match the measurements. Amazing! Your work is so very appreciated, I can't thank you enough.

 

[ciaodenny]

hello! Could I get these bags looked at. Purchased at goodwill.
10.5"L X 5.5"H X 3.5"D

 

[ciaodenny]

Coach skinny makeup bag
7.5x4

 

[klc2021]

Good morning! Can this bag please be authenticated? Thank you!
Item: Vtg 90s Coach Casino Black Leather
Seller and site where listed: Daisy Roots Vintage on Etsy
Link: etsy.com/listing/1354457478/vtg-90s-coach-casino-black-leather

Comments: Is this bag black or Coach’s navy? The color of the hang tag is bluer than the bag (although I know this could be a replacement), but might tbis bag be Coach’s navy? I did compare it a black Dinky and Slim Duffle and it looks a little blue compared to those.