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

[Vlad]

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[RL Bernstein]

Hello, I'll be forever thankful for authentication of these three Coach items. First two: eBay auctions.

Bag #1. Black Basic bag. Seller: michaerhoto_0
http://www.ebay.com/itm/172158418831?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Bag #2. A clutch from probably yearly 70-s. Seller: britishdeborah10
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Gen...F7KyHBEL5qRJWNzY1e4TQ%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Bag #3. A Craigslist purchase. Measures 14" x 9 1/2" x 3 1/2". Pictures included.

Also, I appreciate getting the names for the last two.

I'm sorry but I cannot seem to find the style number for the third one, but it looks to be the oversized partner to the #9565 "Shopping Bag, Large" and the predecessor to the #9780 Large Tote (which also came in a smaller size analogous to the #9565 and whose style number/name I'm also missing). Hopefully someone can ID it properly as I'm curious too.

 

[catthecurious]

They all look fine. The measurements the seller has listed for the second one don't match anything I can think of. It looks like a dinky but sounds much bigger. The seller didn't provide any pictures of the sides. What is the hangtag attached to?

I wish I knew what the third one is.

Thanks, Whateve!


I don't know much about the second bag. That's a good question about the hangtag - I have no idea what it's attached to! I just won it this morning. But if the seller repeatedly said it's a clutch, there're probably no rings for the staraps, right? I'll follow up with more info when I receive it. And maybe someone will recognize #2 and #3 in the mean time - I'm very curious about the names.

 

[catthecurious]

I'm sorry but I cannot seem to find the style number for the third one, but it looks to be the oversized partner to the #9565 "Shopping Bag, Large" and the predecessor to the #9780 Large Tote (which also came in a smaller size analogous to the #9565 and whose style number/name I'm also missing). Hopefully someone can ID it properly as I'm curious too.

Thanks, RL Bernstein! It came with the little cloth bag that contained a couple of ad booklets for Coach products and a paper tag that stated that the bag came from the store named Sibley's, but other than the price $112 everything else is the numbers for the department, style etc., no name here. Oh, wait a minute - you mentioned #9565 and #9780, and here it states the style is #9650. Now I have to look up what it stands for.

 

[catthecurious]

Thanks, RL Bernstein! It came with the little cloth bag that contained a couple of ad booklets for Coach products and a paper tag that stated that the bag came from the store named Sibley's, but other than the price $112 everything else is the numbers for the department, style etc., no name here. Oh, wait a minute - you mentioned #9565 and #9780, and here it states the style is #9650. Now I have to look up what it stands for.

One of the booklets here had some pictures of most popular Coach bags, but this one isn't amongst them, unfortunately - it's not a full catalog, just a few samples.

 

[BeenBurned]

Thanks, RL Bernstein! It came with the little cloth bag that contained a couple of ad booklets for Coach products and a paper tag that stated that the bag came from the store named Sibley's, but other than the price $112 everything else is the numbers for the department, style etc., no name here. Oh, wait a minute - you mentioned #9565 and #9780, and here it states the style is #9650. Now I have to look up what it stands for.

Odd. I'm doing some searching (and will continue looking) but the only reference (so far) that I've found is an old listing from a seller who has a history of mixing fakes. (I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER THIS LISTING WAS FOR AN AUTHENTIC BAG.)

Based on her description, it looks like 9650 is a signature bag from 2005:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-C...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Off to continue looking.

ETA: This is 9650:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro....H0.Xcoach+9650.TRS0&_nkw=coach+9650&_sacat=0

ETA again. This is Coach's stock image for 9650:

 

[RL Bernstein]

One of the booklets here had some pictures of most popular Coach bags, but this one isn't amongst them, unfortunately - it's not a full catalog, just a few samples.

Indeed, if you're referring to the 7801 "mini-catalog" that was provided in its own cotton dust bag with mid-to-late 1970s bags (along with other COACH brochures such as a belt advertisement, "how to break in" instructions, "how to clean" instructions, and a "The Factory" book promotion), then its quite limited (though the #9565 does appear on the second to last page). In my experience, the larger version of that bag that you now have is uncommon (whereas the later 1986-1988 #9780 versions with the oval bottoms do appear every so often). So the hunt to ID it continues....

 

[catthecurious]

Odd. I'm doing some searching (and will continue looking) but the only reference (so far) that I've found is an old listing from a seller who has a history of mixing fakes. (I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER THIS LISTING WAS FOR AN AUTHENTIC BAG.)

Based on her description, it looks like 9650 is a signature bag from 2005:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-C...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Off to continue looking.

ETA: This is 9650:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro....H0.Xcoach+9650.TRS0&_nkw=coach+9650&_sacat=0

ETA again. This is Coach's stock image for 9650:

Looks like we're digging in the same direction, BeenBurned. I think this signature tote represents style #9650 right, because whatever limited knowledge Google shows about this subject, it all comes back to the same model.

 

[whateve]

Odd. I'm doing some searching (and will continue looking) but the only reference (so far) that I've found is an old listing from a seller who has a history of mixing fakes. (I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER THIS LISTING WAS FOR AN AUTHENTIC BAG.)

Based on her description, it looks like 9650 is a signature bag from 2005:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-C...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Off to continue looking.

ETA: This is 9650:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro....H0.Xcoach+9650.TRS0&_nkw=coach+9650&_sacat=0

ETA again. This is Coach's stock image for 9650:

Looks like we're digging in the same direction, BeenBurned. I think this signature tote represents style #9650 right, because whatever limited knowledge Google shows about this subject, it all comes back to the same model.

It wouldn't be the first time Coach reused a style number.

 

[catthecurious]

It wouldn't be the first time Coach reused a style number.

Good to know, thanks, Whateve. This tote (the seller called it the Shopper Tote) was probably some limited release as there's not much info is available about it, so the Coach marketing people could've decided to use that perfectly fresh and edible number that was just laying around.

 

[BeenBurned]

Good to know, thanks, Whateve. This tote (the seller called it the Shopper Tote) was probably some limited release as there's not much info is available about it, so the Coach marketing people could've decided to use that perfectly fresh and edible number that was just laying around.

Edible?

 

[catthecurious]

Edible?

Just kidding

 

[Catbird9]

Thanks, Whateve!


I don't know much about the second bag. That's a good question about the hangtag - I have no idea what it's attached to! I just won it this morning. But if the seller repeatedly said it's a clutch, there're probably no rings for the staraps, right? I'll follow up with more info when I receive it. And maybe someone will recognize #2 and #3 in the mean time - I'm very curious about the names.

Pure speculation: I'm thinking the seller's measurements are incorrect. I think it's an early Dinky with grommets where the strap was attached. It will be interesting to see what you get!

 

[catthecurious]

Pure speculation: I'm thinking the seller's measurements are incorrect. I think it's an early Dinky with grommets where the strap was attached. It will be interesting to see what you get!

Measurements could indeed be wrong, but, honestly, I wasn't buying it to get a Dinky with a missing strap. If that's the case, it will definitely go back.

 

[whateve]

Pure speculation: I'm thinking the seller's measurements are incorrect. I think it's an early Dinky with grommets where the strap was attached. It will be interesting to see what you get!

That's what I suspected as well.

Measurements could indeed be wrong, but, honestly, I wasn't buying it to get a Dinky with a missing strap. If that's the case, it will definitely go back.

 

[catthecurious]

Pure speculation: I'm thinking the seller's measurements are incorrect. I think it's an early Dinky with grommets where the strap was attached. It will be interesting to see what you get!

I just looked at the measurements again, and the only thing that clearly is off is the depth, the lenght/hight measures look quite proportionate to me. I just sent the seller this question, because I haven't received any shipping info from her yet - if the strap is missing, but the bag hasn't been shipped yet, it would be easier to cancel the transaction.