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:
  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!

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi authenticators!
May I ask these two identical bottle green Willis checked out? Thank you very much in advance for your time and expertise!

Item: green Willis
Where purchased or how obtained: local consignment & vintage flea over the years.
Comments: Both seems to be made in 1994. Different font for logos so I appreciate authentication!

Willis 1
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Willis 2
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Different plants mean different stamps. Both bags are genuine.

 

[aqua1117]

Different plants mean different stamps. Both bags are genuine.

@Hyacinth , thank you SO much for your expertise! I'm so relieved!

 

[janedoe00]

Hi authenticators! I bought the below purse without going here first, and now I think I may have been had, since from what I can make out, the serial number is H72-5130, and from reading online I think the third digit is always a letter. Would someone mind authenticating?

Item: Vintage Coach Station Bag
Listing number: 235021228919
Seller and site where listed: mari1115, Ebay
Link:

COACH Womens Vintage Station Bag #5130 Crossbody In Black Leather & Brass | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for COACH Womens Vintage Station Bag #5130 Crossbody In Black Leather & Brass at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

Comments: This is my first time buying vintage Coach so appreciate the help!

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi authenticators! I bought the below purse without going here first, and now I think I may have been had, since from what I can make out, the serial number is H72-5130, and from reading online I think the third digit is always a letter. Would someone mind authenticating?

Item: Vintage Coach Station Bag
Listing number: 235021228919
Seller and site where listed: mari1115, Ebay
Link:

COACH Womens Vintage Station Bag #5130 Crossbody In Black Leather & Brass | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for COACH Womens Vintage Station Bag #5130 Crossbody In Black Leather & Brass at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

Comments: This is my first time buying vintage Coach so appreciate the help!

The bag is authentic.

Be careful of which "authenticity guides" you read online. Most are not dependable in the accuracy of their information. Info may be incomplete, obsolete or just plain wrong.

Please read the SaleArea guides here on TPF. They're updated when necessary and most important, they're accurate.

 

[Roro]

Good morning, authenticators. Finding a newly listed Green duffle early in the morning activated my impulse switch. Hoping it's good.

Vintage COACH 9085 Glove Tan Leather Single Shoulder Bag - Deep Green | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage COACH 9085 Glove Tan Leather Single Shoulder Bag - Deep Green at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

Item: 354845876147
Seller: cuteijapan

If the news is bad I can still cancel. Thank you, all, as always.

 

[rexxie777]

I think it is probably fake, but wanted to make sure. I picked this up at a thrift store. Thank you.

 

[BeenBurned]

Good morning, authenticators. Finding a newly listed Green duffle early in the morning activated my impulse switch. Hoping it's good.

Vintage COACH 9085 Glove Tan Leather Single Shoulder Bag - Deep Green | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage COACH 9085 Glove Tan Leather Single Shoulder Bag - Deep Green at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

Item: 354845876147
Seller: cuteijapan

If the news is bad I can still cancel. Thank you, all, as always.

It's fine.

 

[Roro]

It's fine.

Thank you!

 

[ConnieinSeattle]

Hello, great authenticators. Here's another vintage bag for authentication. I believe it is a "Small Full Flap Natural Grain," #4929. Please and thank you for taking a look

vintage Coach leather bag | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for vintage Coach leather bag at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

Ebay, seller: purplemaggs
Item: vintage Coach leather bag
Measures: 8 x 6 x 3.5 inches

 

[ConnieinSeattle]

One more. I've never seen a bag like this, or this type of closure. Is this authentic? It's so unusual, I bought it (just in case it is authentic). It has a creed but no serial number. What do experienced and knowing eyes think? Please and thank you for looking. A google image search found nothing similar.
Item: Vintage Classic COACH Tan Beige Crossbody Bag Half Moon Handbag Purse Gold Strap
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/334278209983
Ebay, seller: jill_tom

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello, great authenticators. Here's another vintage bag for authentication. I believe it is a "Small Full Flap Natural Grain," #4929. Please and thank you for taking a look

vintage Coach leather bag | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for vintage Coach leather bag at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

Ebay, seller: purplemaggs
Item: vintage Coach leather bag
Measures: 8 x 6 x 3.5 inches

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One more. I've never seen a bag like this, or this type of closure. Is this authentic? It's so unusual, I bought it (just in case it is authentic). It has a creed but no serial number. What do experienced and knowing eyes think? Please and thank you for looking. A google image search found nothing similar.
Item: Vintage Classic COACH Tan Beige Crossbody Bag Half Moon Handbag Purse Gold Strap
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/334278209983
Ebay, seller: jill_tom

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Both are authentic.

Please wait for @Hyacinth and @whateve for the name of the second.

 

[dwhitehurst]

Good afternoon authenticators, are these authentic? Thank you very, very much!

Item: coach rogue?
Listing number:
Seller and site where listed goodwill online
Link: [URLunfurl="true"]https://shopgoodwill.com/item/169415673[/URL]


Item: coach mercer
Listing number:
Seller and site where listed. Goodwill online
Link:

Used Coach Mercer Satchel 24 Sample Purse

shopgoodwill.com

 

[janedoe00]

The bag is authentic.

Be careful of which "authenticity guides" you read online. Most are not dependable in the accuracy of their information. Info may be incomplete, obsolete or just plain wrong.

Please read the SaleArea guides here on TPF. They're updated when necessary and most important, they're accurate.

Thank you so much for the help here!!

 

[ConnieinSeattle]

Both are authentic.

Please wait for @Hyacinth and @whateve for the name of the second.

Thank you!

 

[BeenBurned]

Good afternoon authenticators, are these authentic? Thank you very, very much!

Item: coach rogue?
Listing number:
Seller and site where listed goodwill online
Link: [URLunfurl="true"]https://shopgoodwill.com/item/169415673[/URL]


Item: coach mercer
Listing number:
Seller and site where listed. Goodwill online
Link:

Used Coach Mercer Satchel 24 Sample Purse

shopgoodwill.com

Ugh! Neither bag can be authenticated as listed.

For bag #1, the "Coach Gray Leather Purse," it can't be authenticated without a picture of the small white label that should be buried inside the bag somewhere. It would be either sewn into the side seam near the made in label or hidden in the bottom left of the zipper pocket. (They might have to turn the pocket inside out to photograph it.)

For bag #2, the "COA" is useless because a supposed "sample" bag with either 99999 or 00000 style numbers cannot be confirmed as authentic. (Some obvious fakes CAN be judged but authenticity can NEVER be proven as genuine.) The COA proves nothing in this case.

Personally, I would never buy a sample unless it was a bag I plan to keep forever. (I sell bags when I tire of them and with a bag that can't be proven genuine, it's disallowed that it be resold.)