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#47,869
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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#81,976
Hyacinth said:
What a great find! And in what looks like excellent condition, which is unusual for a light color suede bag, and it still has its special hangtag. It was part of a line of mostly Special Edition designs originally called Poppies For Peace that Coach created in connection with the Peace Games, an annual American-Canadian athletic competition which sadly ended in the same year as this one was made, September 2003. Some background on the Games:

Daily Hive | Torontoist

The Torontoist was sold to Daily Hive
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This one was called a Soho Floral Suede Small Hobo. Here's Coach's website page from February 2004:

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It's a lovely bag. Enjoy it!
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Thank you so much, Hyacinth! It’s a really sweet little bag I can use in my totes. And I love the back story of the Peace Games! Thanks so much for including that bit of US and Canadian (me) history! I had no idea but love the Coach connection.
 
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#81,977
Good morning. This is the only other coach I pulled out of the many I have in storage. I got it off eBay years ago in mint condition. Can you please let me know if it’s authentic and if so what is its name. Thank you in advance. I think it’s navy.

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#81,978
mushroomNgrass said:
Good morning. This is the only other coach I pulled out of the many I have in storage. I got it off eBay years ago in mint condition. Can you please let me know if it’s authentic and if so what is its name. Thank you in advance. I think it’s navy.

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It's authentic. It was called a saddle bag. I don't know if it is the large or small since you didn't provide measurements. We need measurements to ID styles that don't have the style number in the creed, including anything made before 1994.
 
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#81,981
Vlad said:
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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Hello! I found this Metropolis out in the local resale shop! Please verify authenticity. TY!

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#81,983
whateve said:
It's authentic. It was called a saddle bag. I don't know if it is the large or small since you didn't provide measurements. We need measurements to ID styles that don't have the style number in the creed, including anything made before 1994.
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Oh I’m so sorry. It is the smaller one. I have the bigger one in a dark brown color still in storage. I thought it was a mailman bag, I think that’s what it was advertised as when I bought it. Thank you whateve. I’ll make a note to put the size of the bag. I’ve read the salesarea guides and I’m still confused about the style numbers system. some bags I have that came with the registration card, don’t remember if I registered or not. And then there are the ones with the actual style number as my duffle sac #9085. I’m still going thru the older posts in the reference library trying to match what I have. You Authenticators are a real treasure here. Thank you for taking the time to look and give the names and dates of the items. I appreciate you all. Have a blessed day. I’m loving all the eye candy in the reference library.
 
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mushroomNgrass said:
Oh I’m so sorry. It is the smaller one. I have the bigger one in a dark brown color still in storage. I thought it was a mailman bag, I think that’s what it was advertised as when I bought it. Thank you whateve. I’ll make a note to put the size of the bag. I’ve read the salesarea guides and I’m still confused about the style numbers system. some bags I have that came with the registration card, don’t remember if I registered or not. And then there are the ones with the actual style number as my duffle sac #9085. I’m still going thru the older posts in the reference library trying to match what I have. You Authenticators are a real treasure here. Thank you for taking the time to look and give the names and dates of the items. I appreciate you all. Have a blessed day. I’m loving all the eye candy in the reference library.
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There is a post with a lot of SaleArea guides that you might find helpful:

SaleArea guides

Now that ebay is removing the guides they've been hosting for years, those who use those guides have been forced to either save them on their computers or print them. Tonight I found that the Salearea guides (including the Hyacinth/Salearea collaboration ones) have been saved to Salearea's...
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In particular there are guides that talk specifically about creed and serial numbers which may help you with dating your bags (or getting a timeframe at least, pre-1994) to supplement or help as you sift through the reference catalog scans

SaleArea guides

PAGE 2 THE CENTERED C RULE or THE C'S ARE PERFECTLY STRAIGHT RULE MOSTLY true, with plenty of exceptions. The center seam or a line down the front of a bag with Signature or Op Art C's should usually divide it into 2 halves that are mirror images of each other. But: Sometimes the back isn't...
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SaleArea guides

PAGE 2 THE CENTERED C RULE or THE C'S ARE PERFECTLY STRAIGHT RULE MOSTLY true, with plenty of exceptions. The center seam or a line down the front of a bag with Signature or Op Art C's should usually divide it into 2 halves that are mirror images of each other. But: Sometimes the back isn't...
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I’m not an authenticator but wanted to share these links with you as the tpf Coach authenticators will often link tPf members to the SaleArea guides as recommended reading. I have them bookmarked as I end up using them fairly often :smile:
 
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#81,986
Please help authenticate
Coach bonnie retro 9074
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#81,987
greenpixie said:
AUTHENTICATE This COACH

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Please follow the following rules:


  • Before you submit a request for authentication, please search this thread to make sure that the item has not previously been authenticated. This is not a thread to ask general questions about COACH, please refer to our main Coach forum for such information.
  • This is a free service, but it is imperative that you help our authenticators by using the following format:

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    Listing number:
    Seller:
    Link:
    Comments:


  • If the bag in question is not on an auction site, please use the following:

    Item Name (if you know it):
    Link (if available):
    Then attach any photos (all authentication must include photos.)
    • Please be sure to include a clear readable photo of the creed stamp and serial number from inside the bag or accessory if there is one, and the bag's measurements when the bag is an older or vintage leather Coach.
    • 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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#81,989
Vlad said:
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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