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

[Vlad]

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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
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• 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!

 

[whateve]

Never mind 😉 I see you figured it out 😃

Thanks for your help!

Be sure to add greatstuffbylisa 's ID to your BBL on any IDs you sell on!

Thanks for the reminder. I don't think I've made a friend with my feedback.

 

[BeenBurned]

Thanks for your help!

Thanks for the reminder. I don't think I've made a friend with my feedback.

Thus my suggestion!

 

[JaNan16]

It's listed again, now for $40.00.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-monke...254975?hash=item3f623f4bbf:g:rawAAOSw9ZdXJ-5C

 

[BeenBurned]

It's listed again, now for $40.00.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-monke...254975?hash=item3f623f4bbf:g:rawAAOSw9ZdXJ-5C

That's a starting bid of $40. Clearly, the seller was unhappy with the selling price, something SHE as seller had set. She should have been ethical and honored the selling price.

Personally, I wouldn't buy from greatstuffbylisa because I wouldn't want the disappointment of having my winning bid price refused.

ETA: This time, in addition to raising the price, she disclosed that it's missing the lozenge hangtag.

 

[ekhfashions]

Hello All! I would appreciate an opinion on authenticity of this all leather Coach New York trifold wallet please. It looks good to me but appears to be pretty old and without the usual details I'm used to seeing in a Coach wallet so help, including possible age, is appreciated. Thanks!

 

[whateve]

Hello All! I would appreciate an opinion on authenticity of this all leather Coach New York trifold wallet please. It looks good to me but appears to be pretty old and without the usual details I'm used to seeing in a Coach wallet so help, including possible age, is appreciated. Thanks!

I don't have this one in my files but I don't see any problems. It appears to be part of the Tribeca collection from around 1998. More opinions are welcome.

ETA: I have reservations as most Tribeca pieces have pieced tops, not just stitching.

ETA2: Is it pieced and I'm just not seeing it? Like this one? http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-Early-R...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[ekhfashions]

I don't have this one in my files but I don't see any problems. It appears to be part of the Tribeca collection from around 1998. More opinions are welcome.

ETA: I have reservations as most Tribeca pieces have pieced tops, not just stitching.

ETA2: Is it pieced and I'm just not seeing it? Like this one? http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-Early-R...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Hi whateve. It looks just like the one in the link you provided in my opinion.

 

[Hyacinth]

I don't have this one in my files but I don't see any problems. It appears to be part of the Tribeca collection from around 1998. More opinions are welcome.

ETA: I have reservations as most Tribeca pieces have pieced tops, not just stitching.

ETA2: Is it pieced and I'm just not seeing it? Like this one? http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-Early-R...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Hi whateve. It looks just like the one in the link you provided in my opinion.

I'm seeing - or not seeing - the same thing as Whateve. It doesn't look like the front of the wallet is made up of 3 pieces of leather. I don't see any division or break or slit or anything similar between the pairs of stitches, in the photos the front looks like one single piece of leather with double rows of stitching for contrast. Maybe a closer photo of the front at a different angle would help?

Coach's catalog photos show that tiny separation:

 

[BeenBurned]

I blew up the picture (hope it shows what I'm hoping it does) and I'm not seeing seams either. Also, the horizontal stitching doesn't extend all the way to the vertical ones as it does on the Coach page.

 

[ekhfashions]

I'm seeing - or not seeing - the same thing as Whateve. It doesn't look like the front of the wallet is made up of 3 pieces of leather. I don't see any division or break or slit or anything similar between the pairs of stitches, in the photos the front looks like one single piece of leather with double rows of stitching for contrast. Maybe a closer photo of the front at a different angle would help?

Coach's catalog photos show that tiny separation:

Ok. Here are additional photos...hopefully I have captured the detail you are referring to. Thanks!

 

[ekhfashions]

Ok. Here are additional photos...hopefully I have captured the detail you are referring to. Thanks!

I think I see the detail you are referring to...my wallet has lines that appear to define separation in the leather but they don't appear to be as deep as those in the example provided by whateve.

 

[BeenBurned]

I think I see the detail you are referring to...my wallet has lines that appear to define separation in the leather but they don't appear to be as deep as those in the example provided by whateve.

Is it possible that the Tribeca wallets don't use separate pieces of leather?

Although this is a smaller wallet, it appears similar to ekhfashions's item with the "look" of a seam but without the real patchwork:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-near-...433920?hash=item2cabc5e400:g:45kAAOSw~bFWHVQF

Picture from the above listing, courtesy of the ebay seller:

 

[whateve]

Is it possible that the Tribeca wallets don't use separate pieces of leather?

Although this is a smaller wallet, it appears similar to ekhfashions's item with the "look" of a seam but without the real patchwork:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-near-...433920?hash=item2cabc5e400:g:45kAAOSw~bFWHVQF

Picture from the above listing, courtesy of the ebay seller:

I noticed that as well. There is this one listed by a tpfer:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1998-COACH-...405142?hash=item20f0f2ead6:g:FyYAAOSw0vBUcRHW

Maybe she'll look at hers and let us know.

 

[BeenBurned]

I noticed that as well. There is this one listed by a tpfer:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1998-COACH-...405142?hash=item20f0f2ead6:g:FyYAAOSw0vBUcRHW

Maybe she'll look at hers and let us know.

Yes, the one I posted is from a TPF'er too. Neither looks like a seam; I looks like the heat impression as seen on wallet pockets and ID windows.

 

[whateve]

Yes, the one I posted is from a TPF'er too. Neither looks like a seam; I looks like the heat impression as seen on wallet pockets and ID windows.

I realized it was a tpfer after I posted. She hasn't been around here in a very long time. It does look like just a heat impression, which could disappear over time.