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

TPF may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, and others

#47,869
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!
 
  • Like
Reactions: jenAC, joeesan, starlight1247 and 106 others
#10,861
Bucketbagger said:
Please authenticate. TIA
Item: VTG Coach BERKELEY Crescent Messenger British Tan Leather Saddle Bag 9988 VGC
Listing #: 252162711792
Seller: koolstuff4u57
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/252162711792?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Click to expand...
Fake!

ETA: This is a picture of the creed from koolstuff4u57 's listing:

s-l1600.jpg
 
Last edited:
#10,862
Hyacinth said:
Both are genuine.

The Court Bag would have been made between 1988 and 1991. The actual style number is 9870.

The Stewardess was made in 2001. Many Coach collectors including myself rate the Costa Rica bags and leathers in the top 3 for quality of both the construction and the leather, right up with bags made in the US and in Italy.
Click to expand...
Hyacinth, thank you, thank you for your help! :) :)
 
#10,864
Bucketbagger said:
hanks. No creed is supposed to have that border around the numbers, right? Also, doesn't it have too many numbers?
Click to expand...

No, the border and the font are the problems along with one or two others.

Thats why, of all the details on a Coach bag, the creed and serial number are usually the most important, and the ones we most need to see clearly.
 
Last edited:
#10,865
I meant to have this checked first, and completely forgot I had even bid on it. Too much other stuff going on! Would someone mind looking at it? They did send me a pic of the creed which I am attaching. The S plant always throws me for some reason


Item: Coach Brown Leather Cross Body
Listing number:25553619
Seller: shopgoodwill.com
Link: http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=25553619
 

Attachments

  • creed.jpg
    creed.jpg
    30.1 KB · Views: 96
#10,866
I don't know if this the appropriate place to post these questions, but I just wanted to know if there are certain styles that are commonly faked-- particularly the vintage bags that are full grained leather.

Also, I've been looking at poshmark and etsy recently and noticed that many sellers there don't post pictures of the creed or serial numbers unless requested. Is there a reason they don't include it in their listings-- other than that the bag might be obviously fake if they do? Like they are afraid people will steal the creed pictures for fakes?
 
#10,867
Beccabaglady said:
I meant to have this checked first, and completely forgot I had even bid on it. Too much other stuff going on! Would someone mind looking at it? They did send me a pic of the creed which I am attaching. The S plant always throws me for some reason


Item: Coach Brown Leather Cross Body
Listing number:25553619
Seller: shopgoodwill.com
Link: http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=25553619
Click to expand...
The S plant is wrong. The bag is fake. S is a Chinese plant and wasn't open in 1996.
 
#10,872
avalavender said:
I don't know if this the appropriate place to post these questions, but I just wanted to know if there are certain styles that are commonly faked-- particularly the vintage bags that are full grained leather.

Also, I've been looking at poshmark and etsy recently and noticed that many sellers there don't post pictures of the creed or serial numbers unless requested. Is there a reason they don't include it in their listings-- other than that the bag might be obviously fake if they do? Like they are afraid people will steal the creed pictures for fakes?
Click to expand...

All of the above. That's why we recommend strongly that no one ever buy a Coach bag without a clear readable photo of the creed and serial number.

Poshmark has listed a large number of fakes. And some Etsy sellers are former Ebay sellers who have been pointed out by us or suspended or banned by Ebay for selling fakes, or they use Etsy, Poshmark, Facebook and other poorly regulated sites to dump verified fakes on unsuspecting buyers. There are also several notorious Etsy sellers who don't show creeds not only because some of their bags are fakes, but also because the year codes in the serial numbers would prove to anyone who knows how to read them that the bag does NOT meet Etsy's 20-year-old "vintage" qualification, or isn't even close to being "Bonnie Cashin Era".

As for stealing creed pictures - since the best proof of a bag being genuine - OR fake - is in the creed and serial number, whoever bought the bag could find out really fast if it's genuine by posting a creed picture here once they receive it. .

But why take a chance? If someone won't show that photo, hit the Back button. There are almost NO "One-of-a-Kind" Coaches. If you have to pass on one, another similar one will show up eventually. And HAVE THEM AUTHENTICATED HERE BEFORE YOU BUY THEM.

Almost ALL of the classic styles have been faked, some more than others. Anyone who buys a Willis, Taft, Patricia's Legacy especially without authenticating is taking a big chance, but for the most part if Coach has made it, someone has already faked it.
 
#10,873
#10,874
I just bought one from ebay but found there is no serial number anywhere inside the purse. It is style F27349. I contacted the lady who sells it. she said not all coach purses have serial numbers? is this normal?
 
#10,875
Hi everyone! It's my first time on the forum!

This is also my first Coach eBay purchase and I had no idea this fabulous site would have authenticated the bag BEFORE I purchased. DOH! Just received it and things look ok to me, but again, since I'm new, would love an experienced eye.

I searched threads for the item (did not look like it was out there) and the seller. I saw a post that this seller only deals in authentic Coach, so hope this applies.

The creed pic on the listing is difficult to see, and because of the narrow fit in the purse, it is proving difficult to get a pic. The pic in the listing is fairly blurry. If needed I will keep trying.

Here is the listing info. All help appreciated!
:)

Item: COACH Rambler's Legacy Black Leather Classic Turn Lock Flap Handbag #9061
Listing number:151881212152
Seller: boristhekat
Link: http://preview.tinyurl.com/nah85us
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top