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!

 

[Mazureli]

It appears authentic. I wish they would have posted the creed picture right side up. Straps are easy to remove from one bag and place on another. The strap may not have come with that bag.

Ok thank you, here is ann additional photo of the creed just to be sure.

 

[whateve]

Ok thank you, here is ann additional photo of the creed just to be sure. View attachment 6085819

Thanks! Yes, it's fine.

 

[Mazureli]

Ok thank you, here is ann additional photo of the creed just to be sure. View attachment 6085819

And sorry for the constant edits…I’ve found some additional bags listed with this same kind of strap. Appreciate all of your help!

Thanks! Yes, it's fine.

perfect thanks so much 🙏

 

[blueriver]

Both bags are authentic. Whatever guide you're reading is wrong. It is true that 1994 was the beginning of the change in creeds but not all factories started using the new stamp exclusively at the same time. Some didn't completely change over until some time in 1996.

The seller should have disclosed on the Crosby that the closure was replaced with a turnlock.

@whateve Thank you so much! There are so many "coach creed rules" on the internet; it's really confusing. Thanks for correcting that. I wish there were solid creed rules I could find

 

[whateve]

@whateve Thank you so much! There are so many "coach creed rules" on the internet; it's really confusing. Thanks for correcting that. I wish there were solid creed rules I could find

There's some good information here: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/salearea-guides.983575/

 

[blueriver]

There's some good information here: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/salearea-guides.983575/

Thank you!!!!! That's what I am looking for

 

[esterbees]

Hello.. my mom ever bought me a coach bag as one of my wedding gift. She bought it from trusted store in Indonesia (not from coach boutique, but from personal shopper’s store). Could you please help me to authenticate the bag? As I have attached all the pictures below. Thank you for your time and kindness

 

[Flowerrain]

The Waverly bag is authentic. I'm not sure if the loop thing (not sure what it's called) is a replacement or if it just took on the color differently.

Thank you so much!

Sorry to ask again, but the "I" at the beginning of the creed of the costa rica bag (I think Helen bag), is not a problem?

 

[ConnieinSeattle]

Please and thank you for taking a look at this one for authenticity. It's a Devon Bag, 9908.
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Vintage-Devon-Leather-Crossbody-Bag-9908-672a2fbef9927c34631215b0
Platform: Poshmark. Seller: Bewitched69
Comments: L5C-9908 made in United States. No measurements given. This bag absolutely looks bottle green to me, not blue.

 

[squeakyrose]

Both are fine.

Sorry you were missed!

Thanks so much, BeenBurned! What you lovely people do here is so fantastic, and much appreciated!

 

[squeakyrose]

Welcome! Do check out the rehab forum. https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.833400/

Thank you ConnieinSeattle, and Jacynthe, for your warm welcome. I confess to lurking on the Rehab thread, working my way through the wealth of information — and obsessing a little over the steady stream of amazing restorations!

 

[whateve]

Thank you so much!

Sorry to ask again, but the "I" at the beginning of the creed of the costa rica bag (I think Helen bag), is not a problem?

We already said it was authentic. Mistakes were made sometimes.

 

[whateve]

Please and thank you for taking a look at this one for authenticity. It's a Devon Bag, 9908.
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-Vintage-Devon-Leather-Crossbody-Bag-9908-672a2fbef9927c34631215b0
Platform: Poshmark. Seller: Bewitched69
Comments: L5C-9908 made in United States. No measurements given. This bag absolutely looks bottle green to me, not blue.

It's authentic. The color looks different in every picture.

 

[ConnieinSeattle]

It's authentic. The color looks different in every picture.

Thank you!! Re: the color. I know! I think when it's in hand I can hold it in natural light and be able to tell.

 

[Flowerrain]

We already said it was authentic. Mistakes were made sometimes.

Sorry, I thought the 'I' was not really visible on the picture, thank you for the reassurance!