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bluemonkey said:
Hi could someone please authenticate this bag? Thanks in advance! :)

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It's fake. The serial number is a known always-fake number with an invalid plant code and a style number that doesn't match the bag. The number is on my Fakes List:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...enticity-questions-94198-37.html#post18503288
and
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...enticity-questions-94198-37.html#post18503310
and
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...enticity-questions-94198-37.html#post18503401

Please post the website & URL where you bought the bag, you may still be able to get your money back.

This fake serial number was just discussed in the last 2 days, a Search of this forum or the full Coach forum would have found that and other posts. There are at least a dozen mentions of that number.

http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-763164-143.html#post22836420
 
#2,207
Hyacinth said:
It's fake. The serial number is a known always-fake number with an invalid plant code and a style number that doesn't match the bag. The number is on my Fakes List:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/answers-to-authenticity-questions-94198-37.html#post18503288
and
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/answers-to-authenticity-questions-94198-37.html#post18503310
and
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/answers-to-authenticity-questions-94198-37.html#post18503401

Please post the website & URL where you bought the bag, you may still be able to get your money back.

This fake serial number was just discussed in the last 2 days, a Search of this forum or the full Coach forum would have found that and other posts. There are at least a dozen mentions of that number.

http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-763164-143.html#post22836420
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I actually bought it at a garage sale so I can't return it :( it was only $2 though so it's not a huge loss.
 
#2,208
Seller doesn't have any other information or photos for this fob, but curious if you can tell without further info, if this looks ok? smaller lozenges look "off" but I've not seen too many of these

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By jessi319 at 2012-09-12
 
#2,211
Please help authenticate:

Item: VINTAGE COACH XLARGE BUCKET BAG HOBO FEED SACK HANDBAG 9085 BLACK LEATHER PURSE
Listing No.:330788743904
Seller: cymburleigh
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-COA...=&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Comments: I already purchased the item, but have the option of returning it. The serial number is really faint and hard to take a clear picture of, but I can confirm it reads either C5D-9085 or G5D-9085. Thanks in advance!
 
#2,214
Sunlee24 said:
Please help authenticate:

Item: VINTAGE COACH XLARGE BUCKET BAG HOBO FEED SACK HANDBAG 9085 BLACK LEATHER PURSE
Listing No.:330788743904
Seller: cymburleigh
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-COA...=&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Comments: I already purchased the item, but have the option of returning it. The serial number is really faint and hard to take a clear picture of, but I can confirm it reads either C5D-9085 or G5D-9085. Thanks in advance!
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Looks like a genuine Duffle Sac from 1995.
 
#2,218
I'd appreciate your help in authenticating this bag.

Item Red Leather Coach Bag
Listing#320980470965
Seller kissyb50
Link http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-BAG-L...965?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item4abbed4cb5

Seller says this bag was made while Bonnie Cashin was still with Coach but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if that's true...and yes, I am reading and studying all the links you post for us to educate ourselves about Coach bags.

Thanks so much.
 
#2,219
Haven't been on here for quite awhile, nor have I been to a Coach store for a long time, so I apologize if this is a stupid question, but,
Do Coach bags come in plastic now? I saw a photo of a swing bag, proudly displayed with the plastic coach bag with a sticker on it. She says original retail is $150. Not something I plan to buy but curious. Thanks!

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#2,220
ZSP said:
I'd appreciate your help in authenticating this bag.

Item Red Leather Coach Bag
Listing#320980470965
Seller kissyb50
Link http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-BAG-L...965?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item4abbed4cb5

Seller says this bag was made while Bonnie Cashin was still with Coach but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if that's true...and yes, I am reading and studying all the links you post for us to educate ourselves about Coach bags.

Thanks so much.
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In general, the more things that are stamped inside the bag, the less likely it is that it was made while Bonnie Cashin worked for Coach. It's pretty well agreed that Coach didn't start using stamped creeds, followed by creeds with serial numbers, until maybe the mid or late 1970s. Cashin left Coach in 1974, and many but not all of the styles she did for them had her signature lining or label in them, not the later Coach creed stamp.

If anyone knows verifiable information that contradicts or adds to that, please feel free to post it.

The red bag in that listing was called a Riding Bag, and it appears in my 1987 Coach catalog, but NOT in the 1986 edition, nor in any earlier editions including 1985, 1983, 1982, 1981 or 1976.. So the chances of it having been made during the Cashin era are Zip, Zero, Zilch. Never take a seller's word on details like that without verifying it through a reliable source.
 
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