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]

Hello authenticators! I just won this on eBay but want to ensure it's authentic before I pay. I'm not super familiar with vintage bags made in China, serial code A050-9061. Seller is supposedtobedeals.

Thank-you so much for your time and expertise.

Technically it's not "vintage" since it's not 20 years old yet. It was made in 2005.

 

[DL Harper]

The creed and serial stampings indicate that both are in genuine Sonoma Mini Zips. I can't see the actual listings.

Would you like me to post the listing photos for you to view?

 

[fixatedonbags]

Hello - please authenticate this slim handle backpack. I received my other one and I love it! Thank you.

Item:VINTAGE COACH BLACK SLING LEATHER DRAWSTRING BUCKET BACKPACK 9992
Listing number:355155644640
Seller and site where listed: mangymitchsjunkhouse/ebay
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/3551556446...wHcGh_RTeK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Comments: I think this is real, but I’m paranoid now because of recent fake Coach purchase on eBay.

Thank you.

 

[coachomufi]

Hi all! I wanted to see if any of you are able to see if the bag from this listing is real and if so, what kind of bag is it? The patch has no serial number but from what I’ve been learning sometimes a bag can still be real but have no number?

Item: just listed as a “Vintage Coach Messenger type bag purse”
Mercari link: https://item.mercari.com/gl/m66646972453?sv=0
Seller: bunnylavahawk

Attached are pics from the listing - thanks in advance!

 

[MissDorbyFlo]

Hi, dear authenticators!
Can someone help me determine if these bags and wallets (I guess), please? They have been in my personal collection for years now, I just wanna confirm they are genuine.

In advance, thank you so much 💕

If you need more pictures, please let me know

PART I

 

[MissDorbyFlo]

PART II

 

[MissDorbyFlo]

PART III (and last)

 

[whateve]

Hi all! I wanted to see if any of you are able to see if the bag from this listing is real and if so, what kind of bag is it? The patch has no serial number but from what I’ve been learning sometimes a bag can still be real but have no number?

Item: just listed as a “Vintage Coach Messenger type bag purse”
Mercari link: https://item.mercari.com/gl/m66646972453?sv=0
Seller: bunnylavahawk

Attached are pics from the listing - thanks in advance!

It's authentic. It's a Sheridan Briefcase #5268 made around 1993. It's not really a purse. Measurements are 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 3. Sheridans and Dakotas were sometimes made without creed numbers. Everything else from the same era should have numbers.

 

[BeenBurned]

PART III (and last)

It's fine.

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi, dear authenticators!
Can someone help me determine if these bags and wallets (I guess), please? They have been in my personal collection for years now, I just wanna confirm they are genuine.

In advance, thank you so much 💕

If you need more pictures, please let me know

PART I

Both are authentic.

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello - please authenticate this slim handle backpack. I received my other one and I love it! Thank you.

Item:VINTAGE COACH BLACK SLING LEATHER DRAWSTRING BUCKET BACKPACK 9992
Listing number:355155644640
Seller and site where listed: mangymitchsjunkhouse/ebay
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/3551556446...wHcGh_RTeK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Comments: I think this is real, but I’m paranoid now because of recent fake Coach purchase on eBay.

Thank you.

This one is good but the style is highly faked.

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi Authenticators!
Can someone take a look at these 2 listings for a #4313 and determine if they are authentic? A photo of the creed for each listing is attached. Many thanks!

Item: Vintage 90's Coach Sonoma crossbody 4313 Red Pebbled Leather
Seller: Susies treasure Palace
Item Number: 395156892010
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/395156892010

2nd listing:
Item: Coach Sonoma 4313 red leather bag
Seller: lacarte
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Sonoma-4313-red-leather-bag-6510a8e47dfcc2e930f69b34

The creed and serial stampings indicate that both are in genuine Sonoma Mini Zips. I can't see the actual listings.

Would you like me to post the listing photos for you to view?

It's not necessary. I was able to see the other pictures in the listings.

 

[coachomufi]

It's authentic. It's a Sheridan Briefcase #5268 made around 1993. It's not really a purse. Measurements are 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 3. Sheridans and Dakotas were sometimes made without creed numbers. Everything else from the same era should have numbers.

Oh wow, thanks so much for letting me know! I’ve been looking for bags made in 1993 (my birth year) and always thought it was so funny I was born a year before the serial number system could help me find bags from ‘93 lol. Thanks so much again!

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi, I know Poshmark is a sore topic here, and I totally agree, but i see this seller is using coach catalogs for her ads...even some that are water marked with her name. Isn't it against the law for use of coach catalogs in these selling ads?

https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Lexington-Brief-Messenger-Like-New-6539b7a8842dd4f7fe3c81df

Many sellers do the wrong thing in using Coach's copyrighted images and catalog pages in their listings. I don't think it's right that ANY seller use another seller's or another company's images, description, catalogs, etc.

https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Vermillion-Willis-Bag-9927-65a5c8dc382db8322b3b5ee5

https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Mahogany-Carnival-Bag-9925-65b1d6eb91e053b00f29cb81

https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Butterscotch-Vista-Bag-9947-65acc820253a8ce3662a9996

 

[Hyacinth]

Many sellers do the wrong thing in using Coach's copyrighted images and catalog pages in their listings. I don't think it's right that ANY seller use another seller's or another company's images, description, catalogs, etc.

https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Vermillion-Willis-Bag-9927-65a5c8dc382db8322b3b5ee5

https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Mahogany-Carnival-Bag-9925-65b1d6eb91e053b00f29cb81

https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Butterscotch-Vista-Bag-9947-65acc820253a8ce3662a9996

It's deja vu all over again...

Are there any photos or mentions of the alleged "authenticator's" name in the listing for the red Willis from Posh seller catsmewow? Just wondering. The "Posh Authenticate" page isn't really clear.

The Willis is NOT vintage since it was made in 2006, so the "Vintage" category used in the listing is technically incorrect and what I would actually consider misleading. (I believe I already know the seller's names and connections). I don't authenticate items already "authenticated" by a certain service, I'm just wondering if she might be using that particular service or the Poshmark service. Is there any way to tell?



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ETA - I have less of a problem with sellers using catalog scans in listings than I do with the scumbags who scan catalogs or digital media onto dvds or thumb drives and sell Coach's trademarked property for a profit. Calling a bag "vintage" when anyone who calls themselves a Coach expert should know that it doesn't meet the definition is bad enough, but violating US Copyright and Trademark laws out of sheer greed is actually illegal.