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

[Vlad]

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:
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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.

Thank you and be safe!

 

[whateve]

Hi there, I think this bag is old (if authentic) - due to the thickness of the brass strap connector.
I can't find this color way in the old catalogs.

#0174-923, Made in United States

TIA!

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It's authentic, made between 1989-1993. The edging is probably a replacement. As far as I know, they never made spectator bags with this color edging.

 

[KinseyMillhone]

Thank you.

Definitely genuine, it looks like the Compartment Bag Small, style 9845 from the late 1980s

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Thank you!

 

[j9ac]

Hello Authenticators. I'm pretty sure this NYC Classic Shoulder is the real deal. Approx 9.5Wx8Hx3.5D. I conditioned the bag once, have not done anything with the strap yet. I am interested in the contrasting brown trim. Is this an early spectator version? I cannot find this style bag with the trim in any catalogs posted on TPF. Any ideas?

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello Authenticators. I'm pretty sure this NYC Classic Shoulder is the real deal. Approx 9.5Wx8Hx3.5D. I conditioned the bag once, have not done anything with the strap yet. I am interested in the contrasting brown trim. Is this an early spectator version? I cannot find this style bag with the trim in any catalogs posted on TPF. Any ideas?
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It may have been available in-store only, or the edge trim may have been replaced as a repair or at the customer's request. AFAIK the first Spectator Collection appearing in my catalogs was 1989 but may have been available years before that. I had a tan Station Bag with contrasting black edging that replaced the original tan and was done as a replacement for damaged edge trim.

The bag itself is genuine.

 

[libby155]

Hello! Does this looks authentic? Thank you for looking!

Item: Coach Lunch Box Zip
listing number: 304777077458
Seller: taro74cake
site: eBay
Dimensions: 8.5” x 3” x 7”
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/3047770774...xcAlX_iQpW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[K-Coach]

Hi all~

I appreciate your help in authenticating this Coach Watson bag. The creed is very difficult to read, but I can see the J5D prefix somewhat clearly (see photos). This bag has a 26" strap drop and measures approximately 7.5" x 6" x 3". I believe I bought this at a garage sale a few years ago.

Thank you for your assistance!

 

[j9ac]

It may have been available in-store only, or the edge trim may have been replaced as a repair or at the customer's request. AFAIK the first Spectator Collection appearing in my catalogs was 1989 but may have been available years before that. I had a tan Station Bag with contrasting black edging that replaced the original tan and was done as a replacement for damaged edge trim.

The bag itself is genuine.

Thank you Hyacinth. It's fun finding a potential one-off and wondering what its history is. If only the bags could talk!

 

[K-Coach]

Please verify the authenticity of this bag being sold on ebay. There appears to be issues (creed misspellings, unusual serial number, etc.,) with this purse.
Thank you!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334881445936?hash=item4df87d5830:g:jPIAAOSwYWpkag4D
Seller: american-sales-1

 

[Hyacinth]

Please verify the authenticity of this bag being sold on ebay. There appears to be issues (creed misspellings, unusual serial number, etc.,) with this purse.
Thank you!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334881445936?hash=item4df87d5830:g:jPIAAOSwYWpkag4D
Seller: american-sales-1

Please post a copy of the seller's creed and serial number photo. But without even seeing it, if there are misspellings in the creed the bag is almost certainly fake.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello! Does this looks authentic? Thank you for looking!

Item: Coach Lunch Box Zip
listing number: 304777077458
Seller: taro74cake
site: eBay
Dimensions: 8.5” x 3” x 7”
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/3047770774...xcAlX_iQpW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPYView attachment 5795890View attachment 5795891

What I can see looks good, made in 1996

 

[BeenBurned]

Please verify the authenticity of this bag being sold on ebay. There appears to be issues (creed misspellings, unusual serial number, etc.,) with this purse.
Thank you!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334881445936?hash=item4df87d5830:g:jPIAAOSwYWpkag4D
Seller: american-sales-1

Please post a copy of the seller's creed and serial number photo. But without even seeing it, if there are misspellings in the creed the bag is almost certainly fake.

GAD is never a valid serial prefix.

 

[K-Coach]

GAD is never a valid serial prefix.

Yep, for sure----felt like "egad" after looking at this bag....

 

[libby155]

What I can see looks good, made in 1996

Thank you very much!

 

[ConnieinSeattle]

How about this one? Please and thank you for an authentication opinion. It DOES have the little white tag inside, and I'll attempt to photograph. Serial No. M1680-58485. I scotch taped it down to take a photo.
It's a rexy wallet!
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/125848714275
Seller, ebay: benjamiwes_41
Measures: 7.5 x 4.

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Polite bump to see if anyone has an opinion on this embroidered applique wallet.

 

[BeenBurned]

How about this one? Please and thank you for an authentication opinion. It DOES have the little white tag inside, and I'll attempt to photograph. Serial No. M1680-58485. I scotch taped it down to take a photo.
It's a rexy wallet!
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/125848714275
Seller, ebay: benjamiwes_41
Measures: 7.5 x 4.

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Polite bump to see if anyone has an opinion on this embroidered applique wallet.

I think it's okay.

The problem (and why I didn't respond sooner) is that these items are so closely faked, especially many coming out of Japan, that it's hard to authenticate them. And because benjamiwes_41's listing has a title and item specifics that appear to have been copied from Japanese sellers' listings as well as minimal definitive pictures, I am skeptical.

Since you have the item in hand and can examine it for quality, you are in a better position to gauge the quality.

I'd like @houseof999 to give her opinion.