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Is this Casino bag authentic? I asked for a better creed photo with serial number and they said it was as good as they could get. Said creed was hard to read. Looks puffy and the wording spacing does not match up with any others that I could find. I want to bid, but without a serial number?!?!!??

Coach Green Leather Purse*(23530080)
Item 23530080
Seller goodwill
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=23530080
 
#8,615
maramd said:
Is this Casino bag authentic? I asked for a better creed photo with serial number and they said it was as good as they could get. Said creed was hard to read. Looks puffy and the wording spacing does not match up with any others that I could find. I want to bid, but without a serial number?!?!!??

Coach Green Leather Purse*(23530080)
Item 23530080
Seller goodwill
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=23530080
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FAKE. Like you said, the creed stamping is much too puffy, and the bag's shape isn't quite right either, the flap isn't square enough at the bottom and the top handle isn't attached correctly. A genuine one is below.
 

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maramd said:
Please authenticate. Thanks!

COACH LEATHER NAVY BLUE PURSE
Item 231654739214
Seller covais2005
http://www.ebay.com/itm/231654739214
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There are some details like the off-center inside name plate, the inside pocket zipper, zipper color and zipper pull, the strap and strap clips and the turnlock that I think Whateve needs to take a look at.

There are just too many things that aren't right. I think the Coach nameplate is fake and was added later. The inside pocket zipper on a genuine vintage Coach with a metal nameplate should be brass, NOT color-matched nylon, and usually would have been a TALON or more rarely a YKK zipper. And the stitches around the area of the inside pocket are too long.

Here's the nameplate in the fake that looks like it was taken from a recent style, and a photo of a genuine vintage nameplate from SacsMagnifique's guide posted at Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/gds/Guide-to-Vintage-Coach-Hang-tags-and-Creeds-/10000000177697673/g.html

We've seen other fakes in the past where an old-style name plate was added to a generic bag. Please report.
 

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Hyacinth said:
There are some details like the off-center inside name plate, the inside pocket zipper, zipper color and zipper pull, the strap and strap clips and the turnlock that I think Whateve needs to take a look at.

There are just too many things that aren't QUITE right. I think the Coach nameplate is fake and was added later.

Here's the nameplate in the fake that looks like it was taken from a recent style, and a photo of a genuine vintage nameplate from SacsMagnifique's guide posted at Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/gds/Guide-to-Vintage-Coach-Hang-tags-and-Creeds-/10000000177697673/g.html
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Thank you! The nameplate didn't look right to me and looked off center too. Will wait for Whateve to look too, before I report it.

It looked too good to be true!
 
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maramd said:
Thank you! The nameplate didn't look right to me and looked off center too. Will wait for Whateve to look too, before I report it.

It looked too good to be true!
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Yep, the more I look at it, the more certain I am that it's fake. And the inside zipper is COMPLETELY wrong, not just the way it's set in but the fact that it's nylon, not brass.

Go ahead and report. I've added more comments to my original reply.
 
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