Authenticate this COACH
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Item: Coach Gold Metallic Legacy Wallet
Listing number: 190520040151
Seller: nhoover1030
Link: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190520040151&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Comments: Just looking for autheticity please and thanks. Auction ends tomorrow.
Listing number: 190520040151
Seller: nhoover1030
Link: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190520040151&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Comments: Just looking for autheticity please and thanks. Auction ends tomorrow.
Definitely wish I knew more than I do about those bags. It's positively authentic and *probably* a Cashin design...though that's just a guess on my part.
Seller describes the "B" on the hinge as proof that it's a Cashin design, which is not true. "B" is for Branson Manufacturing which made many of the hinges used during that time.
It's a very nice bag. I would definitely ask for measurements. Some of those small early bags are cute to look at, but too small to be practical, except for times when you don't need to carry much.
I think it looks okay but please wait for other opinions for confirmation. Wallets are tricky.
(The Coach straw bag she describes in the listing as matching it also looks fine: 200592803494)
Thanks - I'll wait to see if anyone else checks in. I've been communicating with the seller and she seems OK - waiting on another picture I asked for.
Item: Signature C Legacy Wallet Slim Khaki 41955 NWT
Listing number: 140531933470
Seller: rhondal
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140531933470&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123
Comments: I asked the seller for more pictures, only one showing up in listing.
Listing number: 140531933470
Seller: rhondal
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140531933470&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123
Comments: I asked the seller for more pictures, only one showing up in listing.
Item: COACH- Poppy Metallic Leather Hobo
Item number: 170620337461
Seller
olkadots00
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...dZTmnTs%3D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEDWX:IT
I know this listing has ended and I don't know whether you want to waste your time on an auction that is ended, but I found this very curious. Look at the creed. The seller said she used to work at Coach and she got this at a sample sale. She said the samples were made in a workroom in New York. Do you think they would have used a creed with this wording on a sample? Thanks if you have time to look at this.
Item number: 170620337461
Seller
olkadots00 Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...dZTmnTs%3D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEDWX:IT
I know this listing has ended and I don't know whether you want to waste your time on an auction that is ended, but I found this very curious. Look at the creed. The seller said she used to work at Coach and she got this at a sample sale. She said the samples were made in a workroom in New York. Do you think they would have used a creed with this wording on a sample? Thanks if you have time to look at this.
I'm not an expert, but I have seen this bag. The styling looks accurate. What makes me wonder is the wording on the creed. I have a leather Parker from the same year and it includes the words "finest materials". The wording on that creed seems to be from many years ago. According the creed, it is from 2008, which is the correct year for this style.
I would try to find another listing of the same style and see if the wording on the creed is the same.
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Yikes! Please wait for other opinions on this.
AFAIK, Coach disallows its employees to resell but I don't believe they can control what (her words), "former employees" do.
My opinion is that the seller isn't being honest. And if it's fake, it's scary.
I wonder if the workroom is anywhere near Canal Street.
PLEASE DON'T REPORT UNLESS THIS IS CONFIRMED AS FAKE.
This bag is definitely fake...there has never been a groovy made with a Mad badge. Plus, most Madison bags "Coach" badges are painted with a color similar to the bag...this one is black.
Coach might be combining Poppy with Legacy a little now and in the future, but to my knowledge, they have not combined it with Madison. LOL!
The eyes are going quickly. I completely missed (or didn't read) the animal print lining.
And PCL is correct about that plaque not belonging there.
The listing from nurseemd72 is fake.
Yep, that's what I figured. Let's hope it disappears before someone gets stuck with it.
Originally Posted by whateve 
Item: COACH- Poppy Metallic Leather Hobo
Item number: 170620337461
Seller: polkadots00
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMEDWX%3AIT
I know this listing has ended and I don't know whether you want to waste your time on an auction that is ended, but I found this very curious. Look at the creed. The seller said she used to work at Coach and she got this at a sample sale. She said the samples were made in a workroom in New York. Do you think they would have used a creed with this wording on a sample? Thanks if you have time to look at this.
Hmmmmm.
Remember the Ostrich bag that a seller came here to authenticate and said it was a sample or pre-production bag she'd bought from a former Coach employee? My opinion was that it was probably fake because there was no serial number and the creed was exactly the same wording as this one, and obviously (as far as we knew) Coach wasn't making ANYTHING in the US anymore. When you only see one example that seems to scream Fake, it's easy to be sure. Now I'm wondering. DON'T report that bag.
It's possible that Coach keeps a skeleton staff in NYC to do one-offs and it's also possible that they use a generic "US...cowhide" statement just to cover most of the possibilities. There's no way to know for sure but it just got a lot more possible.
This is the creed from the ostrich leather bag:
Item: COACH- Poppy Metallic Leather HoboItem number: 170620337461
Seller: polkadots00
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMEDWX%3AIT
I know this listing has ended and I don't know whether you want to waste your time on an auction that is ended, but I found this very curious. Look at the creed. The seller said she used to work at Coach and she got this at a sample sale. She said the samples were made in a workroom in New York. Do you think they would have used a creed with this wording on a sample? Thanks if you have time to look at this.
Hmmmmm.
Remember the Ostrich bag that a seller came here to authenticate and said it was a sample or pre-production bag she'd bought from a former Coach employee? My opinion was that it was probably fake because there was no serial number and the creed was exactly the same wording as this one, and obviously (as far as we knew) Coach wasn't making ANYTHING in the US anymore. When you only see one example that seems to scream Fake, it's easy to be sure. Now I'm wondering. DON'T report that bag.
It's possible that Coach keeps a skeleton staff in NYC to do one-offs and it's also possible that they use a generic "US...cowhide" statement just to cover most of the possibilities. There's no way to know for sure but it just got a lot more possible.
This is the creed from the ostrich leather bag:
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