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#81,541
aqua1117 said:
Hi authenticators!
May I please ask this bag to be ID'd? I think it's authentic but couldn't find this bag in any of the uploaded bags on the Vintage catalog thread. I hoped this to be a #9565 shopping bag but obviously not!

Thank you so much for your time!

Seller: welcomehomevintage
Item #: 364193979529
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/3641939795...wvfoviaqtjm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=SMS

Measurements: 14.5". X 9" x 3.5"

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It's authentic. I believe it is a marketing tote #9650.
 
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lilirose3 said:
Hi, Authenticators,
Is the creed authentic?
I came across a live streaming and the seller sent me a video of the bag and the creed.
Sorry I couldn't to provide more info on the bag but I believe it is a pocket bag with a short strap maybe a 36 inch strap.
Thanks in advance.

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It looks okay from what I can see. It isn't a pocket bag. Depending on the measurements and location of pockets, it is probably a pocket purse or a convertible clutch. Either one had the option of a different strap but the default for the convertible clutch was the shorter one.
 
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#81,549
whateve said:
It's authentic. Yes, it can be dunked. I believe the glued in serial numbers were used at least up through 1983. Unlike other sources, I don't believe the glued in serial numbers were the first to be used. I believe they started using them when production ramped up as stamping a bunch of creeds and adding the number later was more efficient. Only the glued in serial numbers have the registered trademark symbol although Coach hadn't registered their trademark until close to the mid 80s. We believe they were using the symbol well before registration, and they probably stopped using those creeds around the time Sara Lee came in in 1984.
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Thank you @whateve ! Your explanation of stamping, then gluing in the numbers makes sense, though I was under the impression that the glued-in predated the stamped numbers. Thanks also for the trademark (horse and carriage?) info. There is so much good info in the salearea guides, but if one has not been exposed to Coach, several return visits are a must for folks like me. Someone snapped up the bag fast, once she reduced the price :) I will keep my eye peeled for the next one, but really would love a bag from the late 70's.
 
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klc2021 said:
Also, not sure who celebrates what, but Happy Easter / Passover / Ramadan / Bunny Day!:flowers:
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That's an unusual one. The Lexus bags are harder to authenticate because there aren't many examples. The only other ones I could find from that time period are from 1996. The M plant code was a "floater", and other M codes from that year (1997) in my files are all in handbags and from both the US and Costa Rica, but the font in this one seems to match several 502 and 503 Cabin Bags from 1996 and made in what was coded as the "G" plant at the time ("G" was possibly also a "floater" code), so I'm 99 percent sure it's authentic. The G plant in the mid-1990s made predominantly, if maybe not exclusively, luggage and travel items and used a standard size "G" in their stamp, (stamps with a slightly outsize G may have been used in handbag-only plants. MAYBE). The linings also look the same.

The Cabin Bag Large did originally came with a Coach-branded lock and a luggage tag.
 
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Tilis said:
Thank you @whateve ! Your explanation of stamping, then gluing in the numbers makes sense, though I was under the impression that the glued-in predated the stamped numbers. Thanks also for the trademark (horse and carriage?) info. There is so much good info in the salearea guides, but if one has not been exposed to Coach, several return visits are a must for folks like me. Someone snapped up the bag fast, once she reduced the price :smile: I will keep my eye peeled for the next one, but really would love a bag from the late 70's.
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I believe the trademark she's referring to is the ® symbol.
 
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klc2021 said:
Good morning! Can this travel bag be authenticated please?

Item: Coach Overnight Travel Bag
Listing number: 162649275
Seller and site where listed: shopgoodwill
Link: shopgoodwill.com/item/162649275

Comments: if this is authentic, does the L in the serial number mean this is one of the bags Coach made in collaboration with Lexus? This one looks like it’s missing it’s luggage tag. And I think it may have originally had a lock?
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It's genuine and I believe that L at the end of the style number/serial number indicates it was included in the Lexus collaboration.
 
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klc2021 said:
Good morning! Can this travel bag be authenticated please?

Item: Coach Overnight Travel Bag
Listing number: 162649275
Seller and site where listed: shopgoodwill
Link: shopgoodwill.com/item/162649275

Comments: if this is authentic, does the L in the serial number mean this is one of the bags Coach made in collaboration with Lexus? This one looks like it’s missing it’s luggage tag. And I think it may have originally had a lock?
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Hyacinth said:
That's an unusual one. The Lexus bags are harder to authenticate because there aren't many examples. The only other ones I could find from that time period are from 1996. The M plant code was a "floater", and other M codes from that year (1997) in my files are all in handbags and from both the US and Costa Rica, but the font in this one seems to match several 502 and 503 Cabin Bags from 1996 and made in what was coded as the "G" plant at the time ("G" was possibly also a "floater" code), so I'm 99 percent sure it's authentic. The G plant in the mid-1990s made predominantly, if maybe not exclusively, luggage and travel items and used a standard size "G" in their stamp, (stamps with a slightly outsize G may have been used in handbag-only plants. MAYBE). The linings also look the same.

The Cabin Bag Large did originally came with a Coach-branded lock and a luggage tag.
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BeenBurned said:
It's genuine and I believe that L at the end of the style number/serial number indicates it was included in the Lexus collaboration.
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I'd responded before completing my reading of all previous replies (even the one right above mine) so I didn't see that Hyacinth didn't have other M plant Lexus examples.

I have other images in my files to compare:

This is the one in question in the goodwill listing:
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And a few others:
coach lexus duffle luggage J7M-503L creed.jpg503 L_ Lexus Special Ed Cabin Bag E7M-503L-creed.jpegcoach lexus duffle luggage D7M-503L creed.jpg
 
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