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

[Vlad]

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[whateve]

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Is this station bag authentic? It is not as soft as my other older bags coach. Thanks!


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It looks good. The leather might need conditioning. Some styles have softer leather than others.

 

[whateve]

Hi, new here I need a couple vintage coach bags authenticated please.
COACH Messenger Bag Brown Leather 0974-534.
Bag Depth: 3"
Bag Length: 10.5"
Strap Drop: 22"-25"
Bag Height: 9.5"

Thanks as is said I just joined today so I did not see any earlier posts on this number. So this number is always fake? Can I ask what is wrong with the zipper? I would like to learn how to spot a fake and any info would help. thanks

It is possible the number may have been used on an authentic bag but as they were unique numbers, it would have only been used once. It is a number we've seen on numerous bags, particularly bags copying this style. The authentic bag with this number would probably have been made before this style existed.

On classic bags, Coach pocket zippers go all the way from end to end. Coach used zippers that were the correct length for the pocket. Counterfeiters often used zippers that were too small for the pocket, so they added a frame around the zipper. A Coach bag won't have those leather pieces at each end of the zipper.

On an authentic Willis bag, the pocket takes up the entire back wall of the bag. There are no side edges, since it goes into the side seams, and the pocket can't be lifted out of the bag.

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi, new here I need a couple vintage coach bags authenticated please.
COACH Messenger Bag Brown Leather 0974-534.
Bag Depth: 3"
Bag Length: 10.5"
Strap Drop: 22"-25"
Bag Height: 9.5"

We discussed this same serial number earlier. It is on the fakes list. The inside pocket zipper is wrong. The bag is fake.

Thanks as is said I just joined today so I did not see any earlier posts on this number. So this number is always fake? Can I ask what is wrong with the zipper? I would like to learn how to spot a fake and any info would help. thanks

It is possible the number may have been used on an authentic bag but as they were unique numbers, it would have only been used once. It is a number we've seen on numerous bags, particularly bags copying this style. The authentic bag with this number would probably have been made before this style existed.

On classic bags, Coach pocket zippers go all the way from end to end. Coach used zippers that were the correct length for the pocket. Counterfeiters often used zippers that were too small for the pocket, so they added a frame around the zipper. A Coach bag won't have those leather pieces at each end of the zipper.

On an authentic Willis bag, the pocket takes up the entire back wall of the bag. There are no side edges, since it goes into the side seams, and the pocket can't be lifted out of the bag.

I'm pretty sure I saw that listing and if that's the seller I think it is, she has another current fake listing and what appears to be a different fake in her completed listings.

Sellers are responsible for verifying authenticity of their items before listing them.

 

[Catbird9]

Hi, new here I need a couple vintage coach bags authenticated please.
COACH Messenger Bag Brown Leather 0974-534.
Bag Depth: 3"
Bag Length: 10.5"
Strap Drop: 22"-25"
Bag Height: 9.5"

Another glaring red flag is the first line of the creed which reads:

"THIS IS A COACH BAG IN [sic] IS MADE"

 

[JJABSTRACTS]

AUTHENTICATE This COACH

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Please authenticate my bag
is it coach chelsea jayden carryall 17811?
14" across on bottom
thx sooo much
j

 

[JJABSTRACTS]

sorry I dont know why all that text came up in my post, been posting here for a while...sooo sorry
j

 

[BeenBurned]

Please authenticate my bag
is it coach chelsea jayden carryall 17811?
14" across on bottom
thx sooo much
j

It looks fine.

 

[SheriDahlin]

Ugh! that gave me a headache!

True that! I kept cleaning my glasses& started worrying that I developed "Double Vision" The bag itself is in pristine shape & will rehab easily~Thank you for your help..AS ALWAYS~I am grateful for TPF expert authenticators WOW! It has been a LONG Time since I purchased a bag. but I Needed Retail therapy, Now off to rehab the other gazillion bags in my pile...UGH & UGH!!
:tpfrox:

 

[Hyacinth]

Thanks as is said I just joined today so I did not see any earlier posts on this number. So this number is always fake? Can I ask what is wrong with the zipper? I would like to learn how to spot a fake and any info would help. thanks

I posted links to 2 lists of commonly-used fake Coach serial numbers earlier. I recommend that you Save the links that are posted here by clicking on them right from my post and saving the URL of the actual pages. You can't directly copy a link from a Purseforum post after it's been shortened once.

Post 9814 posted October 1.
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...e-before-posting-889527-655.html#post29246254

The 0974-534 serial number is on both lists and is always fake.

Also in the fake you have, the word in the creed should be "scarS", not "scar". REAL Coach creeds don't have mis-spelled words or incorrect grammar or punctuation. And "glove tanned" should be two words.

And if anyone needs more proof, here are recent Completed listings and there are AT LEAST SIX FAKE BAGS WITH THAT 0974-534 FAKE SERIAL NUMBER, ALL OF THEM DIFFERENT STYLES.

I rest my case.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw...gn=-1&saslc=1&_salic=1&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=50

FAKE 0974-534 s:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Green...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

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

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

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

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

Additional fakes from sellers newimage2000 and gabbyk2014 have already been reported and removed

 

[xiaojzhang]

Hi guys, this is a great forum! I have found it so helpful!

I recently purchased a red Coach Sheridan bag from an eBay seller and want to know its real "identity". Attached please find 8 pictures of the bag, please let me know if you need more.

The dimensions are approximately 8.5 x 6.5 x 2

Thanks in advance!

 

[yellowjello]

Please authenticate:
Coach Lavender Leather Shoulder Purse
Goodwill of North Florida
24481677
link

Thank you!

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi guys, this is a great forum! I have found it so helpful!

I recently purchased a red Coach Sheridan bag from an eBay seller and want to know its real "identity". Attached please find 8 pictures of the bag, please let me know if you need more.

The dimensions are approximately 8.5 x 6.5 x 2

Thanks in advance!

It's a Sheridan Lauren Bag, style number 4234 and made in late 1993.

 

[yellowjello]

Hi guys, this is a great forum! I have found it so helpful!

I recently purchased a red Coach Sheridan bag from an eBay seller and want to know its real "identity". Attached please find 8 pictures of the bag, please let me know if you need more.

The dimensions are approximately 8.5 x 6.5 x 2

Thanks in advance!

wow that's pretty!

 

[Hyacinth]

Please authenticate:
Coach Lavender Leather Shoulder Purse
Goodwill of North Florida
24481677
link

Thank you!

It's a genuine Ergo Mini Zip

 

[Redefield]

Definitely fake. The lining should never have Cs on it and should be a solid color light chocolate brown, the strap clip isn't shaped correctly and is too small and too thin - compare it to the photos in post # 9783. There should be off-white contrast stitching on one edge of the strap and around the leather front patch, and the Coach logo on the patch isn't using a genuine Coach font. The colors and flowers on the Floral patch on the lower right aren't correct either.

Thank you Hyacinth. I will remember the info on the Cs and lining color. Thank goodness didn't spend to much on it.