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Originally Posted by bags4fun Item: NWT Coach 18603 Madison Gathered Leather Abigail Shoulder Bag Tote
Listing number: 150758548911
Seller: daisy1bella2
Link:http://www.ebay.com/itm/NWT-Coach-18...ht_6756wt_1189

Authentic? Thanks bunches!


bags4fun said:
Been burned already authenticated this one, but I noticed that the creed number starts with F. Does Coach make bags just for the factory store that it also has at FP?
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The F on the creed is at the beginning of the prefix (first part) of the serial number. That F is for the month it was made, in this case, June.

When a bag is MFF, the F is at the beginning of the second 1/2 of the serial number.
 
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Hyacinth said:
We need better photos to authenticate, including a clear close-up of the Carriage plaque and the entire creed patch including the serial number.

The seller also should NOT be using Coach's copyrighted website photo of that style as her Gallery photo when she apparently has a camera and can take her own photos without breaking US copyright laws.
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Thanks so much! Once I get this bag from the seller, I will try to take more pictures to you and let you check the bag again! Because I have already paid for $265 to this seller and she did ship out the item, so I have to wait for I get this bag, then I can take more pictures again. Anyway, thanks so much for helping and have a good day!
 
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koach said:
ID 260961875646
seller vcuartsybec ( Feedback Score Of 5 )
ebay

I have a bid on this bag, I wasn't sure if this cross-body came in pink on pink. I had thought it was tangerine and pink. But Coach is basically new to me so I am still in phase one. The learning Phase ;)
Does it look authentic?
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It's authentic. The colors are coral and fuchsia.

Originally Posted by koach ID 260961875646
seller vcuartsybec ( Feedback Score Of 5 )
ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/26096187564...75646&_sacat=See-All-Categories&_fvi=1&_rdc=1


I have a bid on this bag, I wasn't sure if this cross-body came in pink on pink. I had thought it was tangerine and pink. But Coach is basically new to me so I am still in phase one. The learning Phase ;)
Does it look authentic?

Hyacinth said:
I REALLY get frustrated with sellers like this who use Bonnie Cashin's name in listings that have NOTHING to do with Bonnie Cashin.

First of all, there's no indication of a style name or number but this bag was definitely made in the last 5 years. Bonnie Cashin left Coach in 1974. If you're bidding on it because it may have a Cashin connection, please don't waste your money. Even if it's a recent takeoff on an old BC design, that doesn't make it a Bonnie Cashin bag or style, just the way a cheap counterfeit looking kind of like a Coach doesn't make it one.

It may possibly be from the Madison Spectator line from about 3 years ago (at least 8 or 9 years after Bonnie Cashin died BTW) so again it has no connection to her whatsoever. If it's from the line from a few years ago that used Bonnie Cashin graphics, there's no indication, and I'm pretty sure that line was mostly fabric bags.

If you know what style it is and can supply a name or style number, I'd appreciate it since without knowing what it's supposed to be, there's no way to tell if it's genuine. Or maybe someone here will recognise it and know what colors it's supposed to have come in.

Meanwhile I'm just going to crawl back in my hole and hope that the ghost of Bonnie Cashin some day takes revenge on every single seller who uses her name just to make a listing more "sellable" and bring in a few extra bucks. :lecture:
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In this case, the seller isn't KWS the "Bonnie" name. The item is from a few years ago and is style 42548 and WAS called a "Bonnie leather crossbody swingpack."

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=coach+42548

Again, that item is coral and fuschia and it also came in a camel/sand color combo.
 
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Hyacinth said:
I REALLY get frustrated with sellers like this who use Bonnie Cashin's name in listings that have NOTHING to do with Bonnie Cashin.

First of all, there's no indication of a style name or number but this bag was definitely made in the last 5 years. Bonnie Cashin left Coach in 1974. If you're bidding on it because it may have a Cashin connection, please don't waste your money. Even if it's a recent takeoff on an old BC design, that doesn't make it a Bonnie Cashin bag or style, just the way a cheap counterfeit looking kind of like a Coach doesn't make it one.

It may possibly be from the Madison Spectator line from about 3 years ago (at least 8 or 9 years after Bonnie Cashin died BTW) so again it has no connection to her whatsoever. If it's from the line from a few years ago that used Bonnie Cashin graphics, there's no indication, and I'm pretty sure that line was mostly fabric bags.

If you know what style it is and can supply a name or style number, I'd appreciate it since without knowing what it's supposed to be, there's no way to tell if it's genuine. Or maybe someone here will recognise it and know what colors it's supposed to have come in.

Meanwhile I'm just going to crawl back in my hole and hope that the ghost of Bonnie Cashin some day takes revenge on every single seller who uses her name just to make a listing more "sellable" and bring in a few extra bucks. :lecture:
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I can't tell you if the ebay bag is authentic, but I have this bag in the orange colorway.

My tags are 42548 BORTG Brass/orange/tangerine. It was a Bonnie Leather zip crossbody, orig. $168. I believe there was a dark & light pink colorway too. This is from the Bonnie line a few years ago. It is leather.

This is a very small, flat bag like a swing pack. There is no creed patch.
 
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4213jen said:
Hey Ladies, please authenticate this handbag:

Item: Coach Handbag Purse, Pink, Peony, Coarl, Worn one time, marvellously mint
List Number/ Item number: 320853488148
Seller: grasswidow7
Link: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/320853488148?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
Comment: I googled this style number to try and check it out a bit more, and found a few coming out of China. Also, do the older bags - this one should be from 2006? - have satin linings, or should it be more of a thicker cotton type lining?
Thanks in advance for your expertise,

Jenny
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The bag looks fine.
 
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Thank You all who replied!! Your time is always appreciated. I know the bag is small, I needed a small bag for when a large bag just wouldn't do, but didn't want to spend a lot of $ on it. Thank You for the product number and name!

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cats n bags said:
I can't tell you if the ebay bag is authentic, but I have this bag in the orange colorway.

My tags are 42548 BORTG Brass/orange/tangerine. It was a Bonnie Leather zip crossbody, orig. $168. I believe there was a dark & light pink colorway too. This is from the Bonnie line a few years ago. It is leather.

This is a very small, flat bag like a swing pack. There is no creed patch.
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BeenBurned said:
It's authentic. The colors are coral and fuchsia.

Originally Posted by koach ID 260961875646
seller vcuartsybec ( Feedback Score Of 5 )
ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/26096187564...75646&_sacat=See-All-Categories&_fvi=1&_rdc=1


I have a bid on this bag, I wasn't sure if this cross-body came in pink on pink. I had thought it was tangerine and pink. But Coach is basically new to me so I am still in phase one. The learning Phase ;)
Does it look authentic?


In this case, the seller isn't KWS the "Bonnie" name. The item is from a few years ago and is style 42548 and WAS called a "Bonnie leather crossbody swingpack."

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=coach+42548

Again, that item is coral and fuschia and it also came in a camel/sand color combo.
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Bonnie - ok. Could be ANY Bonnie.
Cashin? Not so much. It's the Cashin part I object to. When someone uses "Bonnie Cashin" in a listing title they're implying the bag is a Cashin design and/or from the BC era.
 
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