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Help me authenticate this 1994 Willis?

Purchased in 2012 at a Brooklyn thrift store. It's been in storage for a while and I recently cleaned it. While doing so, I noticed a few things that left me feeling like it's probably a fake. I scoured this forum and went down a TikTok and YouTube rabbit hole looking for these specific "tells," but I wasn't able to find anything.

- The top handle does not have symmetrical stitching
- The dowel sticks out more on one side than the other (the leather on the end that sticks out wore off years ago and was glued back on)
- The interior is discolored along the side seams
- The underside of the turn lock grommet has notches and looks discolored
- The creed looks "right" compared to the many others with font, spacing, spelling, or serial number issues, but I must be missing something!

I attached photos that I thought would be useful. Happy to provide more. Thank you for any help you can offer!
 

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Help me authenticate this 1994 Willis?

Purchased in 2012 at a Brooklyn thrift store. It's been in storage for a while and I recently cleaned it. While doing so, I noticed a few things that left me feeling like it's probably a fake. I scoured this forum and went down a TikTok and YouTube rabbit hole looking for these specific "tells," but I wasn't able to find anything.

- The top handle does not have symmetrical stitching
- The dowel sticks out more on one side than the other (the leather on the end that sticks out wore off years ago and was glued back on)
- The interior is discolored along the side seams
- The underside of the turn lock grommet has notches and looks discolored
- The creed looks "right" compared to the many others with font, spacing, spelling, or serial number issues, but I must be missing something!

I attached photos that I thought would be useful. Happy to provide more. Thank you for any help you can offer!
I'm sorry but the bag is fake.
 
Hi Authenticators! Sorry this is another PM listing. Can someone take a look at this swing wallet please? I have it on hand now, but I haven't found any Coach embossing on it, only the Coach zipper pull. Lining is dark striped like Sonoma purse linings. Everything else matches photos I've seen of other inside/opened swing wallets. The pamphlet that came with the wallet is dated 1995. Does the product tag match the wallet? Is it authentic? Do you need more photos?
Thank you!

Item: Vintage Coach Sonoma Crossbody Bag
Seller: sueotr
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Sonoma-Crossbody-Bag-652c814bc5df6c69ce4a1299
 
Hi Authenticators! Sorry this is another PM listing. Can someone take a look at this swing wallet please? I have it on hand now, but I haven't found any Coach embossing on it, only the Coach zipper pull. Lining is dark striped like Sonoma purse linings. Everything else matches photos I've seen of other inside/opened swing wallets. The pamphlet that came with the wallet is dated 1995. Does the product tag match the wallet? Is it authentic? Do you need more photos?
Thank you!

Item: Vintage Coach Sonoma Crossbody Bag
Seller: sueotr
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Sonoma-Crossbody-Bag-652c814bc5df6c69ce4a1299
It's fine and the tag is correct for the wallet. I have it in my records as being from 1995 also.

Are you missing seeing a Coach stamp? My own item has a "Coach" embossed name on the upper right of the front, under the flap.

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It's fine and the tag is correct for the wallet. I have it in my records as being from 1995 also.

Are you missing seeing a Coach stamp? My own item has a "Coach" embossed name on the upper right of the front, under the flap.

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I found photos so I knew where to search for the embossing. This wallet is not embossed there..nor anyplace else that I can find. The paperwork & the zipper pull are the only "written" indicators of Coach.
 

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Hi everyone!

I recently bought this Rhyder 24 Satchel at a thrift store called Thrifty Shopper in NY and would love to learn more about it. There are parts of the leather that have stains that I’m hoping to remove. Would love to know if this is an authentic one or not. Thank you!
 

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Hi Everyone! This is my first time posting on this forum (or really probably any forum). I would appreciate any and all help and insight on a purse I just bought online. I should have come here first before I bought but hopefully I can still get some assistance, especially since it is the holidays (I hope everyone had a great one!).

I bought it on Poshmark and I think the listing can still be seen: https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-HTF-NASA-kisslock-frame-bag-6526e97181078a3bc02bdd22
It is a Coach Kisslock Frame Bag with Embossed Rocket Shuttle, part of the NASA collaboration from a few years ago. I bought the blue, smaller version of this with NASA on the front directly from Coach but I am at my mom's so it's not with me to compare and Poshmark requires you to accept the sale really quickly.

Besides the photos on Poshmark I also took a bunch. My main concern is the leather creed (that is very hard to photograph). When I found another of these bags for sale on Ebay, the creed had a sentence at the bottom saying it was designed in NYC; this bag does not say that. Of course that could mean that other bag is fake. I am hoping someone here has this bag and can verify! Thank you!!
 

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Dear Authenticators,

Would you take a look at this City bag on eBay - looks fake to me because of the turn lock and other hardware.

Website: eBay
Listing number: 116012513203
Seller ID: jmontili
URL: https://www.ebay.com/itm/116012513203

Thank you so much.
 

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