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I'm pretty sure this is authentic, what I wanted to know if this purse looks dyed, I've never seen one, with these two toned colors.

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

seller id: caba072014

item num. 111573703376

I don't think it ever came from the factory in that combination. The very latest I can find the old Made in NYC creeds being used in around the middle of 1988, but the catalogs don't list any Spectator styles until Fall 1989. I can't say what was re-dyed or who did it, although there's at least one example I've seen of the factory repair service way-back-when actually re-dying a Station Bag in a non-standard Spectator combination.
 

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I don't think it ever came from the factory in that combination. The very latest I can find the old Made in NYC creeds being used in around the middle of 1988, but the catalogs don't list any Spectator styles until Fall 1989. I can't say what was re-dyed or who did it, although there's at least one example I've seen of the factory repair service way-back-when actually re-dying a Station Bag in a non-standard Spectator combination.
Thanks, Hyacinth
 

First listing is from roseariarob

Second listing is from sweetjudyk

I don't know whether either listing shows the seller's own pictures. And I can't tell whether either seller uses her own pictures because both have many listings with pictures from a variety of sources.

personally, I don't recommend either roseariarob or sweetjudyk
 

I can't say who the original owner of the non-stock photos is, but the Gallery photo(s) in both listings was probably stolen from Coach's website too. I wouldn't buy from either seller.

Wait for more opinions on authenticity.

ETA - sniped! :D
 
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