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

[Vlad]

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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
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• 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]

The wallet feels substantial, not flimsy or badly made. The leather on the outside has more of a sheen and feels a little different than my others I don't know how to explain it. It could just be from it not being used and my others have been used often, and I have sprayed all mine with apple guarde . I'm leaning to it being good and if it is a fake its a damn good one. But the bag I'm thinking is definitely fake and maybe they really didn't come together like she is saying. I don't know. I will take it all to the coach store here and see if they could confirm.


Oh and here is a close up of the bag. It is a spongy type of paper feel. scratchy like. Reminds me of hospital mask or shoe coverings.

I've seen that kind of bag on many fakes, never on a real Coach. I doubt the Coach store would be able to help you. They wouldn't know about anything made for a different market. My dustbags don't have a "made in" label. Probably because they aren't ever supposed to be sold separately from the bag so it isn't required. The Coach "made in" labels that are on the inside of wristlets and bags don't look like that.

 

[j_mark_h]

Hi, I recently sold a Coach bag on Ebay, and the buyer is now claiming that it is a fake and wants to return it. My wife and I really believe it to be authentic, but if it is not, we definitely want to have the buyer return the purse and return their money. The attached pictures are the only ones I still have; hopefully they are enough to determine authenticity? Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

 

[whateve]

Hi, I recently sold a Coach bag on Ebay, and the buyer is now claiming that it is a fake and wants to return it. My wife and I really believe it to be authentic, but if it is not, we definitely want to have the buyer return the purse and return their money. The attached pictures are the only ones I still have; hopefully they are enough to determine authenticity? Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

I have concerns about it. Am I reading the number correctly? Is it G0967-13826?

 

[CareerMother]

Part of the reason why you might not have found it in a search if searching by style name is because the seller used the wrong name. She has Atskill instead of Catskill.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unique-Beau...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

I think the backpack looks fine.

Thank you all for your help! I have now searched the correct name and come up with a couple more references. I think it is a little pricey since most of the Coach mens backpacks seem to be in the $250 range, but will email the seller about the interior tag and will hopefully be able to work something out this week.

I also came across another Coach leather backpack on eBay, this one is even more pricey but is a ladies model and looks gorgeous! The stitching quality looks excellent and it is even suede-lined. Swoon....what do you think ladies? Does the Calfskin look authentic? Should I go for the Catskill or the Calfskin?

RARE Coach Ltd Ed Finest French Calfskin BROWN Leather Backpack Bag Made ITALY!
391014933277
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Coach-...7?pt=US_CSA_MWA_Backpacks&hash=item5b0a4e631d
love2shopdotbags

 

[CareerMother]

I've seen that kind of bag on many fakes, never on a real Coach. I doubt the Coach store would be able to help you. They wouldn't know about anything made for a different market. My dustbags don't have a "made in" label. Probably because they aren't ever supposed to be sold separately from the bag so it isn't required. The Coach "made in" labels that are on the inside of wristlets and bags don't look like that.

I have visited the main Coach shop in Singapore and also its so-called factory outlet. The prices are outrageoously high, retail at DOUBLE US retail and factory still above US retail. I have not bought any of the small leathers but very much doubt that the dustbag would be of the paper variety, it simply does not go with the premium image they are trying to position the brand at in Asia. It also does not make economic sense for anyone to buy genuine Coach in Asia and sell it in the US.
That said, I was late to the Borough party and did succumb to buying a Marobox Borough in Singapore Coach at only a teeny tiny discount, but by that time it was sold out in the US and not appearing on eBay. Also, Singapore is a tightly-controlled country with few fakes available in the market. If the wallet does come with a high receipt from the Coach Singapore store, it would probably be OK!

 

[whateve]

Thank you all for your help! I have now searched the correct name and come up with a couple more references. I think it is a little pricey since most of the Coach mens backpacks seem to be in the $250 range, but will email the seller about the interior tag and will hopefully be able to work something out this week.

I also came across another Coach leather backpack on eBay, this one is even more pricey but is a ladies model and looks gorgeous! The stitching quality looks excellent and it is even suede-lined. Swoon....what do you think ladies? Does the Calfskin look authentic? Should I go for the Catskill or the Calfskin?

RARE Coach Ltd Ed Finest French Calfskin BROWN Leather Backpack Bag Made ITALY!
391014933277
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Coach-...7?pt=US_CSA_MWA_Backpacks&hash=item5b0a4e631d
love2shopdotbags

I've never seen this style before but I don't see any problems with it. I would definitely pick the made in Italy one. I know that the leather from the 90s, especially that from Italy, was the best. This one is suede lined! To be honest, the Catskill is a made for factory style and I haven't been happy with the leather on some recent bags I've seen at the outlet.

 

[j_mark_h]

I have concerns about it. Am I reading the number correctly? Is it G0967-13826?

I can't remember for sure, but I think that is correct. The pictures are from my cellphone so not as high quality as I would like, and with the somewhat reflective gold, the 6's are somewhat hard to read :/

 

[whateve]

I can't remember for sure, but I think that is correct. The pictures are from my cellphone so not as high quality as I would like, and with the somewhat reflective gold, the 6's are somewhat hard to read :/

My concerns are that as far as I know, every bag with that style number had the new style op art Cs. Yours has the old style. Coach would normally use a different style number for a difference such as that. There was a lurex version but it had a different style number and also had the new style Cs. There was a sequin version that had the old style Cs like yours but the style number was different and the lining on the gold was red, not brown or black, whatever yours is.

You are welcome to wait for more opinions from the other authenticators.

 

[missbaltimore]

Hi there-- Please forgive me if this has already been posted but I haven't caught up on the last few days of posts. Just checking a style number on eBay and found not one but two bags that appear the same and I'm assuming both fake. Please confirm.

item: Authentic Coach Purse U0J 7785
listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-C...878?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item2345c50fb6
seller: darium2000

item:Coach Brown Small Shoulder Bag UOJ-7785
listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Brown...874?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item3cf0a10f8a
seller: pat513

 

[Hibbingchick]

Here are photos of the creed on a half moon I'd like to have authenticated:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/e...2OQoZO5OOuiiF1KFXbovllYwO1UYFxQjpuh=w961-h500
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_...5M8upYTiFluilURwSKO9oWX4c2JEGoMSGZE=w961-h500
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a...0ZWbNwoVPWM44Jc70ViAuVh4VIZ60PZB3ia=w961-h500

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi, I recently sold a Coach bag on Ebay, and the buyer is now claiming that it is a fake and wants to return it. My wife and I really believe it to be authentic, but if it is not, we definitely want to have the buyer return the purse and return their money. The attached pictures are the only ones I still have; hopefully they are enough to determine authenticity? Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

My concerns are that as far as I know, every bag with that style number had the new style op art Cs. Yours has the old style. Coach would normally use a different style number for a difference such as that. There was a lurex version but it had a different style number and also had the new style Cs. There was a sequin version that had the old style Cs like yours but the style number was different and the lining on the gold was red, not brown or black, whatever yours is.

You are welcome to wait for more opinions from the other authenticators.

I'm concerned for the same reason. I have 4 of Coach's photos saved of style 13826 saved in different colors, and all of the style names are saved as "OP ART Glam" which seems pretty definite that it has to be Op Art fabric and not classic Signature C.

ETA - Here's a screencap of the Wayback Machine from June 2009

CORRECTION - MAYBE NOT. Here's another screencap. Maybe it IS genuine. All the other colors are Op Art Cs except for the B4/golg/gold color which is classic Signature metallic fabric.

https://web.archive.org/web/2009062...-10051-62-en?viewType=viewall&t1Id=62&t2Id=62

Fascinating.

 

[Hibbingchick]

Here are the other two bags I found this weekend that I'd like to have authenticated, if possible:
Two-sided clutch/handbag (what is its official name and color, too, please)
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Q...Eaz32FQoVrmOVnDmz-KEO89Q86oF7HoMCVa=w961-h500
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/w...FiVY_ii-ZLQJD0Sdmfm-oX_oJWv6ePYwiBI=w961-h500
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/3...DvLO8vUC3lrHZlPR3XJ6RWgMdcGhzSD-6vA=w961-h500

And this blue bag (also would love to know the name):
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/G...Ib8YjO3Slbtued94awHi104umto024bHdsL=w961-h500
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/w...4D7sT7tSaXa3ImZ7smd2DEvjG_qgN-35-tt=w961-h500
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/T...e0VIztU-epVoZAUGuuvvVQXICjQSWQiVVMf=w961-h500

Is the 2-sided bag rare? I only found a few on eBay (maybe if there are a few on there, it's not so rare&#8230

Thanks again!

 

[whateve]

Hi there-- Please forgive me if this has already been posted but I haven't caught up on the last few days of posts. Just checking a style number on eBay and found not one but two bags that appear the same and I'm assuming both fake. Please confirm.

item: Authentic Coach Purse U0J 7785
listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-C...878?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item2345c50fb6
seller: darium2000

item:Coach Brown Small Shoulder Bag UOJ-7785
listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Brown...874?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item3cf0a10f8a
seller: pat513

Yes, fake. Anything with a U0J prefix is fake.

 

[whateve]

Here are the other two bags I found this weekend that I'd like to have authenticated, if possible:
Two-sided clutch/handbag (what is its official name and color, too, please)
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Q...Eaz32FQoVrmOVnDmz-KEO89Q86oF7HoMCVa=w961-h500
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/w...FiVY_ii-ZLQJD0Sdmfm-oX_oJWv6ePYwiBI=w961-h500
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/3...DvLO8vUC3lrHZlPR3XJ6RWgMdcGhzSD-6vA=w961-h500

And this blue bag (also would love to know the name):
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/G...Ib8YjO3Slbtued94awHi104umto024bHdsL=w961-h500
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/w...4D7sT7tSaXa3ImZ7smd2DEvjG_qgN-35-tt=w961-h500
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/T...e0VIztU-epVoZAUGuuvvVQXICjQSWQiVVMf=w961-h500

Is the 2-sided bag rare? I only found a few on eBay (maybe if there are a few on there, it's not so rare…)

Thanks again!

Your links aren't working.

 

[whateve]

Here are photos of the creed on a half moon I'd like to have authenticated:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/e...2OQoZO5OOuiiF1KFXbovllYwO1UYFxQjpuh=w961-h500
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_...5M8upYTiFluilURwSKO9oWX4c2JEGoMSGZE=w961-h500
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a...0ZWbNwoVPWM44Jc70ViAuVh4VIZ60PZB3ia=w961-h500

These links don't work either.