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:
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  Listing number:
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• FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
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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
• 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!

 

[thecollector629]

The 9035 is definitely fake - invalid serial prefix AND that 9035 Ergo Shopper style wasn't even introduced until Spring 1998.

The others seem to be ok from the limited number of photos available. More opinions are welcome.

Thank you!

 

[npp20123]

I get a "File Not Found" page when I click on the link.

If you're Copying and Pasting the link, please be sure that you're copying it from the original page and not from an earlier copy of the link posted somewhere else on the internet. If it's been already posted on a site like this one where long URLs are automatically shortened to save space, the link may not be able to be completely copied. We have the same problem here at thePurseForum if someone tries to copy a link that has already been posted and shortened at least once.

Oh sorry, Is this link ok?

http://m.siambrandname.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3490871

 

[npp20123]

I post the same question because i just found this topic, and it's more specific than that. I'm so sorry. I don't know the rules here.

 

[Celina11]

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Prairie-Satchel-with-Chain-LI-Grey-Birch-In-Pebbled-Leather-34362-NWT-450-/400991099848?nav=SEARCH

Ive been hesitating buying this bag... What do tou guys think? Price seems too good... 😏

Thanks!

 

[BeenBurned]

Can you check out the bags in this listing?
I am especially concerned with the style #9035.
Thank you!

Seller: azg7777
Listing: 201424061918
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-lot-o...n-and-black-/201424061918?hash=item2ee5cf45de

The 9035 is definitely fake - invalid serial prefix AND that 9035 Ergo Shopper style wasn't even introduced until Spring 1998.

The others seem to be ok from the limited number of photos available. More opinions are welcome.

I agree about the 9035. The rest look okay based on the creeds alone with the exception of the Lula's Legacy - the picture is too fuzzy for me to tell.

Since the other experts already commented on azg7777's listing for the fake you've asked about, I won't comment on that listing but will chime in with my opinion of the seller.

I don't recommend azg7777. In the fashion of other previously discussed sellers, azg7777 appears to be another who tries to get away with hiding fake(s) mixed in lot listings.

Here's another listing in which she sold at least one fake. In case the listing magically disappears, I'll include the creed:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-lot-of-7-leather-shoulder-crossbody-bags-brown-and-black-/201419209153?hash=item2ee58539c1&nma=true&si=djYlR%252ByZeaOpUFzxSaN6cAFmgtk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[Hyacinth]

Since the other experts already commented on azg7777's listing for the fake you've asked about, I won't comment on that listing but will chime in with my opinion of the seller.

I don't recommend azg7777. In the fashion of other previously discussed sellers, azg7777 appears to be another who tries to get away with hiding fake(s) mixed in lot listings.

Here's another listing in which she sold at least one fake. In case the listing magically disappears, I'll include the creed:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-lot-of-7-leather-shoulder-crossbody-bags-brown-and-black-/201419209153?hash=item2ee58539c1&nma=true&si=djYlR%252ByZeaOpUFzxSaN6cAFmgtk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

There's another fake in that same lot listing (that sold for over $150!) that could be trying to be a 9060 Slim Dufflle Sac but with a P4T- prefix. So it has invalid month AND plant codes and a year code from 4 years before that style was even released. Please report that one too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-lot-o...=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&rmvSB=true

So out of 14 "Coaches" sold for around $275, at least 3 of them have been fake.


DO NOT BUY FROM SELLER " azg7777 "

 

[Bucketbagger]

Please authenticate. Thank you in advance. Think it is a Soho tote.

straps are 27", width is 17", height is14". It has a magnetic lock that says Towanny USA Patent 4021891. No stamping on the buckles.

 

[Bucketbagger]

Also, thanks in advance, this one. Should be a Patricia's Legacy. Both were thrifted.

Its strap is 51" and the bag is 11" wide and 9 inches in height. Says it is made in Costa Rica. All my other Coaches are USA.

 

[npp20123]

Why is nobody answering me? I need help from you guys. I really want to know that it real or fake. I'm so worry. Please help me. http://m.siambrandname.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3490871 Thank you so much.

 

[Hyacinth]

Why is nobody answering me? I need help from you guys. I really want to know that it real or fake. I'm so worry. Please help me. http://m.siambrandname.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3490871 Thank you so much.

Please understand that the few authenticators here volunteer their time answering questions. They also have families, household responsibilities,and other personal commitments that come first. I myself am not an expert in newer styles and don't feel comfortable authenticating them so be patient and wait for someone who can answer your question.

You also asked your first questions when it was 2:00 IN THE MORNING here in the US. Please keep the time differences in mind.

And your question WAS answered IN THE OTHER THREAD at least a half hour before you posted this. That's why questions should only be asked in one place!

 

[Hyacinth]

Please authenticate. Thank you in advance. Think it is a Soho tote.

straps are 27", width is 17", height is14". It has a magnetic lock that says Towanny USA Patent 4021891. No stamping on the buckles.

Genuine Soho Bag (not Tote), style 4082 from the early 1990s.

 

[Hyacinth]

Also, thanks in advance, this one. Should be a Patricia's Legacy. Both were thrifted.

Its strap is 51" and the bag is 11" wide and 9 inches in height. Says it is made in Costa Rica. All my other Coaches are USA.

Genuine.

 

[Bucketbagger]

Genuine.

Thanks so much, Hyacinth!

Just some questions for anyone who feels like showing off their knowledge: Are there any generalizations that one can say about the Costa Rican Coaches, good, bad or indifferent? Does Coach still produce in Costa Rica? In the US? Just curious. It seems like all leather production has moved to China. I looked on Coach.com; there wasn't any detailed history of the plants -- although there is a big tout of the new NYC mega-campus. I love the idea that Coach was born in NYC (I was too!).

 

[Hyacinth]

Thanks so much, Hyacinth!

Just some questions for anyone who feels like showing off their knowledge: Are there any generalizations that one can say about the Costa Rican Coaches, good, bad or indifferent? Does Coach still produce in Costa Rica? In the US? Just curious. It seems like all leather production has moved to China. I looked on Coach.com; there wasn't any detailed history of the plants -- although there is a big tout of the new NYC mega-campus. I love the idea that Coach was born in NYC (I was too!).

Coach closed their last Costa Rica and US plants right around 2002-04. There are no official public histories of the plants anywhere, everything posted here or in the few accurate guides like the Salearea Guides has been pieced together from catalogs, creed and serial number dates and from posters, sellers, collectors and other private sources we feel can usually be depended on. And that information can change as new information becomes available and accepted.

Most of us who collect classic bags 1990-2000 period feel that the best quality leathers and workmanship were in the bags made in the US, Italy, Costa Rica (those 3 are my personal favorites) and possibly one other plant, maybe Turkey or the DR? The leather quality back then was definitely better than most of the bags made in the SE Asia and Philippine plants. The current leather range has more variety and seems to have more problems, both with the leather itself and with Coach's Quality Control.

 

[rgray0515]

Local thrift store has this. No idea if it is authentic or not. Tan suede shoulder bag with signature C logo fabric lining with cream color fur accent.

Number: F3S 9488

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