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

[Vlad]

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!

 

[Ravvie99]

I have an interesting Station Bag for you - could you please authenticate? Thank you!

Item: Station Bag
Seller: Estate sale (in my possession)
Dimensions: 10 x 8 3/4 x 1 3/4
Comments: The creed is stamped in the front compartment! Trigger snaps are a wee bit different than on my 90's one. Could the stamping be an 80's quirk?

 

[whateve]

I have an interesting Station Bag for you - could you please authenticate? Thank you!

Item: Station Bag
Seller: Estate sale (in my possession)
Dimensions: 10 x 8 3/4 x 1 3/4
Comments: The creed is stamped in the front compartment! Trigger snaps are a wee bit different than on my 90's one. Could the stamping be an 80's quirk?

It's fine. I've seen other station bags stamped there. I think it was probably a mistake as it is a small minority.

 

[whateve]

Item Name: COACH Shoulder Bag "Leatherware" 1980's NYC Burgundy "Patricia's Legacy" Flap Front (provided by seller, would love to know if this is the correct name)

This is my really spontaneous etsy purchase and I'm hoping it's ok. I appreciate your expertise. I'm worried about how bubbly the Coach font is...

Thanks in advance!

It's authentic. Your seller is wrong about the name. Patricia's Legacy wasn't introduced until 1994, so you will never see a Patricia with NYC creed. This is a classic pouch, also called a classic shoulder bag, #9170. It is the inspiration for the current saddle bag and deemed by some to be the first Coach bag. The burgundy color is gorgeous!

 

[Ravvie99]

It's fine. I've seen other station bags stamped there. I think it was probably a mistake as it is a small minority.

Thank you! I was happy to get to use the info you gave me about non-adjustable straps, too.

 

[whateve]

Aaand here's another ill-advised purchase without authenticating first from my day of discovery of vintage Coach.

Item Name: COACH Black Patricia's Legacy Flap Cross Body Messenger Bag Purse
Seller: forgefocus
Item ID (ebay): 162065509122
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/162065509122 (I am including pictures b/c the ones in the listing are pretty terrible. Honestly, I should not have bought this, but was in a state of excitement about vintage bags and rehab and such.)

I believe that says F6D-9951

Thanks!

This one is authentic too and is really a Patricia's Legacy. You'll note that Patricias always have a zipper to close the main compartment.

 

[marissa214]

This one is authentic too and is really a Patricia's Legacy. You'll note that Patricias always have a zipper to close the main compartment.

It's authentic. Your seller is wrong about the name. Patricia's Legacy wasn't introduced until 1994, so you will never see a Patricia with NYC creed. This is a classic pouch, also called a classic shoulder bag, #9170. It is the inspiration for the current saddle bag and deemed by some to be the first Coach bag. The burgundy color is gorgeous!

Thanks so much! I love the burgundy.

 

[HI5O]

Not sure of where to pose this question, but hoping you'd be able to provide insight. Do you know if there is an authentication thread for LeSportsac? Thanks!

 

[BeenBurned]

Not sure of where to pose this question, but hoping you'd be able to provide insight. Do you know if there is an authentication thread for LeSportsac? Thanks!

I don't know if there is one on TPF but I do recall Hyacinth being knowledgeable of the brand from many years ago. She might still be able to help.

 

[soozlz]

Both Whateve and BeenBurned have a lot more real-life Coach experience than I do, but I don't remember seeing any Coach accessories or bags with thin linings, knit or otherwise. The fabrics I've seen have always been able to stand up to a good scrubbing with a small scrub brush or a Magic Eraser. And a few of my Ebay purchases have needed a LOT of scrubbing!

It was BAD!! I'm sorry I didn't take pictures for the forum. I was so disgusted with it in the moment I just had my husband put it back.

 

[HI5O]

I don't know if there is one on TPF but I do recall Hyacinth being knowledgeable of the brand from many years ago. She might still be able to help.

Thanks BB! Hyacinth, I wasn't sure where to post but I know you're one of the main contributors to this thread. Do you think you could take a look at this LeSportsac in my possession to confirm its authenticity? Thanks so much!
http://s927.photobucket.com/user/po...ac/Kate Sutton Artist in Residence LeSportsac

 

[Candijustus]

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/351720975801

Could someone please look at this purse I just bought..now that I got it I'm worried it's not real! The hang tags are blank, is that something coach does? Also there are no numbers on the label inside. Can post pictures if it would help! Feeling lost here!

 

[soozlz]

Thanks BB! Hyacinth, I wasn't sure where to post but I know you're one of the main contributors to this thread. Do you think you could take a look at this LeSportsac in my possession to confirm its authenticity? Thanks so much!

http://s927.photobucket.com/user/po...ac/Kate Sutton Artist in Residence LeSportsac

I remember those!! I didn't have one, but my mom had one in brown. The fabric design choices are much better. A client at work has one with dogs and bones.

 

[Hyacinth]

Thanks BB! Hyacinth, I wasn't sure where to post but I know you're one of the main contributors to this thread. Do you think you could take a look at this LeSportsac in my possession to confirm its authenticity? Thanks so much!
http://s927.photobucket.com/user/po...ac/Kate Sutton Artist in Residence LeSportsac

I've never looked at that line, but now I might - that's really cute.

I can't be of much help with authenticating it but I don't see any problems. The fabric texture looks right and it doesn't have any of those awful rainbow-colored plastic zippers that show up on so many LS fakes, and the fakes makers often get the trim color wrong.

There's an Authenticate This LeSportsac/Tokidoki thread somewhere on tPF but it's dormant most of the time: There haven't been any posts since last September but you can always try and see what happens.
http://forum.purseblog.com/authenticate-this-/authenticate-this-tokidoki-lesportsac-102179.html

 

[HI5O]

I've never looked at that line, but now I might - that's really cute.

I can't be of much help with authenticating it but I don't see any problems. The fabric texture looks right and it doesn't have any of those awful rainbow-colored plastic zippers that show up on so many LS fakes, and the fakes makers often get the trim color wrong.

There's an Authenticate This LeSportsac/Tokidoki thread somewhere on tPF but it's dormant most of the time: There haven't been any posts since last September but you can always try and see what happens.
http://forum.purseblog.com/authenticate-this-/authenticate-this-tokidoki-lesportsac-102179.html

Thanks so much Hyacinth--sorry to have posted it on the AT Coach thread! Appreciate all of you wonderful TPFrs!

 

[BeenBurned]

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/351720975801

Could someone please look at this purse I just bought..now that I got it I'm worried it's not real! The hang tags are blank, is that something coach does? Also there are no numbers on the label inside. Can post pictures if it would help! Feeling lost here!

Welcome to TPF!

Post #1 lists what we need for authentications and for newer style bags (since 2014) when Coach stopped putting serial numbers on creeds, there are additional pictures we need to see in order to accurately assess a bag.
http://forum.purseblog.com/showpost.php?p=27792584&postcount=1

This part is especially important:
Then attach any photos (all authentication must include photos.)

• Please be sure to include a clear readable photo of the creed stamp and serial number from inside the bag or accessory if there is one, and the bag's measurements when the bag is an older or vintage leather Coach.
• Since mid-2014, Coach stopped putting serial numbers on creeds so in newer bags where the creeds don't have serial numbers, we also need to see pictures of the labels/tags from inside the bag. They are either both in the main open part sewn into the seam of the lining, or one might be buried deep inside the zipper pocket. One shows where made and the other has a serial number.

Seller retailfashionoutlet

I assume you've received the bag already? Please post the additional pictures that aren't shown in the listing. I'd also like to see the hangtags.