Authenticate this COACH
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Can someone plese help me authenciate these coach bags? thanks.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220526652282&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250543550581&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260523389771&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220526652282&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250543550581&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260523389771&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Originally Posted by giagnmPlease authenticate these for me. TIA!
Item: Handbag coach grey pockets zippers multi use purse
Listing number:150398222889
Seller: twilightsmith
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/Handbag-coach-gr...item23046ec229
This seller below has an obvious fake that I posted in the Fakes thread but I'm not so sure about the wristlet.
Item: used Coach Purse/Handbag
Listing number:110468176491
Seller:jameselevbravo
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/used-Coach-Purse...item19b86a9a6b
The first listing (twilightsmith) is gone.
The second item looks okay based on the single lousy picture, but seller, jameselevbravo has other fakes in completed listings:
http://cgi.ebay.com/used-Leather-Co...emQQptZUS_CSA_WH_Handbags?hash=item19b86a9d64
http://cgi.ebay.com/used-Leather-Co...emQQptZUS_CSA_WH_Handbags?hash=item19b83b8d23
Wait for opinions on the bag.
But personally, I wouldn't buy from this seller:
http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=youronepass+&Dirn=Received+by&ref=home
I am not positive about the name, but I have seen a bag that looks like that.
I think it was named "West End - Large Hobo" - style number 9466.
Maybe others will comment.
Yeah, I saw that also. It probably isn't worth the risk for me. It could turn out to be a really good deal, if it's real. But not worth the hassle. Thank you for looking!
Can anyone tell me the website where you change the serial number to check authenticity of coach bags?
TIA!
TIA!
What you are referring to is the drilldown, which was a place on the Coach website where you could look up some style numbers to see what they looked like.
The drilldown showed Coach's stock photos for items.
The drilldown was removed from their website for reasons known only to Coach, but there were several caveats that you needed to be aware of.
The most important thing to know about the drilldown and any style number is that even if the style matches the serial number, it does NOT prove authenticity.
1. Although helpful in getting an idea of what a style looks like, the stock photos are not necessarily identical to the item that Coach puts into production.
Often, stock pictures are prototypes and the final product might have slight variations from what the stock photo looked like.
Also, Coach sometimes purposely made the stock photo different in order to confound counterfeiters. Knowing that counterfeiters will try to make identical copies, Coach might purposely mix up colors, change color placement, use different hangtags or charms, etc. from what might show in a stock photo.
2. Just because a bag and serial number match the drilldown/stock photo, that doesn't mean that the bag is authentic. Sometimes counterfeiters get it right; they put a valid serial number that matches the bag on a fake.
3. The only thing the drilldown could prove was/is UN-authenticity. If a bag has a style number on the creed that doesn't match the style of bag, we know the bag is fake. If the serial number is one of the known fake/invalid serial numbers that Coach has never used, we know the bag is fake.
The following is a perfect example of why a serial number cannot prove autenticity.
Here are a couple of examples where the creed shows a style number that matches the correct style, but the bags are fake:
And the following are the matching stock photos for the items above. As you can see, the styles are correct and the fakes match these styles.
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I just got into vintage recently and found this little Coach saddle type shoulder bag. Its all leather. It looks right to me but I'm not 100% sure since its vintage. Need a 2nd opinion!
Here is the bag. Its brown leather.
Tag
Creed & No.
zip head
There is an engraving or stamp on the zipper. I can't tell exactly what it says. Looks like a 6 in a circle? No letters but I know sometimes Coach didn't use ykk.
This is a pocket in the back
Inside view
Here is the bag. Its brown leather.
Tag
Creed & No.
zip head
There is an engraving or stamp on the zipper. I can't tell exactly what it says. Looks like a 6 in a circle? No letters but I know sometimes Coach didn't use ykk.
This is a pocket in the back
Inside view
I just got into vintage recently and found this little Coach saddle type shoulder bag. Its all leather. It looks right to me but I'm not 100% sure since its vintage. Need a 2nd opinion!
Here is the bag. Its brown leather.
Tag
Creed & No.
zip head
There is an engraving or stamp on the zipper. I can't tell exactly what it says. Looks like a 6 in a circle? No letters but I know sometimes Coach didn't use ykk.
This is a pocket in the back
Inside view
Style number 9973 looks like this:
I think you may have a counterfeit.
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