Ok. thank you
Originally Posted by HyacinthIf you accept the common Purse Forum definition of "vintage", it's technically not.
One thing I'm wondering about, DemRam - do you know when the A plant in NYC was officially closed down? I've never seen a bag even from as early as 1996 with an "A" plant code. According to MrHarley's guide the New York A plant was closed in the 1970s but recently we've seen several sample bags that are still apparently made by a skeleton staff in New York or at least in the US.
http://reviews.ebay.com/Authentic-vs...00000011701556
The Saddle Bag was officially introduced in the Spring 1997 catalog, so it's possible it's a pre-production model that was made in NYC as a sample or trial run. Otherwise that A code shouldn't appear in a 1996 bag. Without having more photos and a known genuine Saddle Bag to compare it to, it's a question mark.
There's really no way to tell if they're the same bag without more photos.
Older Coach bags were surprisingly easy to fake and often discrepancies in the creed may be the only warning signs. The one you bought has a discrepancy and it's really hard to say if it's genuine because there's a code in the creed that based on Coach's history or at least what little we know of it, shouldn't be there. I can think of one possible scenario where that code may have been used but it's pretty remote. But of course there's always the possibility that someone just made a mistake.
Sometimes we just can't be sure.
