You're right. The first one is an Avenue Bag 9886. The second one is not a Manor bag as described by the seller. The bag you own is identical to it and is different from the Avenue Bag, but I don't know what it is. It isn't a Court, Manor or Plaza Court. The only one that comes close in the measurements is the Avenue Bag, but the strap attachment and the shape is different. If I told you it was an Avenue Bag, I'm sorry, I made a mistake. I don't have any catalogs that show your bag.
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Hi authenticators,
Could you please authenticate this coach bag. Thank you in advance.
Item: COACH ~Vintage~ Black Leather Court Crossbody Messenger Bag #9870
Item no. 261259632760
Seller: wibiretail
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Vinta...Messenger-Bag-9870-EXCELLENT-FS-/261259632760
Could you please authenticate this coach bag. Thank you in advance.
Item: COACH ~Vintage~ Black Leather Court Crossbody Messenger Bag #9870
Item no. 261259632760
Seller: wibiretail
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Vinta...Messenger-Bag-9870-EXCELLENT-FS-/261259632760
Haha! Maybe she got paranoid after all the messages and it made her decide to remove the post
I think this is one of the oddest serial numbers I've encountered yet:
Item: COACH BLACK LEATHER SHOULDER BAG
Listing number: 141046858383
Seller: marianarosa
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-BLACK...383?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item20d70c428f
Comments: The second & sixth digits seem to be upside down(?)
Item: COACH BLACK LEATHER SHOULDER BAG
Listing number: 141046858383
Seller: marianarosa
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-BLACK...383?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item20d70c428f
Comments: The second & sixth digits seem to be upside down(?)
for Whateve and anyone else, of course!
Nekolassa had posted some photos of Couriers in 2 sizes, & Whateve said she hadnt seen one of the smaller ones before. Do you think this is one?
Item: VINTAGE COACH WINTER WHITE BEIGE LEATHER SHOULDER BAG PURSE,RARE DESIGN
Listing number: 321196193155
Seller: cici*scloset
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/321196193155?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Comments: Does anyone know the style number for the smaller version?
Is there a Courier #9720?
Nekolassa had posted some photos of Couriers in 2 sizes, & Whateve said she hadnt seen one of the smaller ones before. Do you think this is one?
Item: VINTAGE COACH WINTER WHITE BEIGE LEATHER SHOULDER BAG PURSE,RARE DESIGN
Listing number: 321196193155
Seller: cici*scloset
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/321196193155?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Comments: Does anyone know the style number for the smaller version?
Is there a Courier #9720?
Sorry, I don't mean to hog the board this morning! DH is sleeping in, and I have a bit of time to browse around eBay - something I'd like to be able to do more often!
This one is new to me. I'm familiar with the 1996 Olympics bags, but I've never seen this creed patch before. I know that the 3677 is a special edition 2004 style, but...?
Item: Coach Olympic White Leather Hand bag Very hard purse to find NEW #3677 Baguette
Listing number: 290965865695
Seller: dkandcompany
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Olymp...695?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item43beeac4df
Comments: no prefix? made in USA?
This one is new to me. I'm familiar with the 1996 Olympics bags, but I've never seen this creed patch before. I know that the 3677 is a special edition 2004 style, but...?
Item: Coach Olympic White Leather Hand bag Very hard purse to find NEW #3677 Baguette
Listing number: 290965865695
Seller: dkandcompany
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Olymp...695?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item43beeac4df
Comments: no prefix? made in USA?
Cheap fake - I think both the Salearea Guides and the Fakes List say that Coaches never have less than digits in the serial number. And what would a bag from 2004, fake or otherwise, have to do with the Olympics? The 2004 Games were in Athens. BTW, the GENUINE # 3677 has a Signature C lining. They actually came very close with the dot colors but not quite close enough.
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Thanks, Hyacinth.
Yep, that's exactly what I thought, but the seller was just so EARNEST in his/her explanation :giggles:
Yes, good for a giggle. Sometimes you just have to wonder how folks come up with this stuff.
Thanks again.
Thank you Whateve. Your expertise is much appreciated once again. Thank you for all the lessons (I would have thought they were the same bag). And I like your turtle pic.
Where the heck do they come up with the explanations?!?!? So imaginative!
ETA: I love this from her BS description. Won't dkandcompany be shocked to learn that the "imposter" on ebay is authentic:
you will be shocked to see that the little sneaky Chinese are now even copying the numbers off some of the older Coach bags! There is a ( imposter bag ) on E-Bay boasting this same #3677 EXCEPT that one is made in China. Man its getting bad with them with all the knock offs and now even stealing the numbers off bags.
The same seller has this listing described as a "1987" design with 1995 manufacturing date:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coa...102?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item43bf25fab6
And then there's this completed listing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-C...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Personally, I don't recommend dkandcompany because she mixes authentic and fake, doesn't do proper research and you can't trust that you'll get what you pay for.
For the record, here are a couple of pictures of an authentic dot 3677.
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There are also three letters of the alphabet which there never should be in any classic leather bag made before 2004. There's no year code, and there's no way ANY Coach bag except a few Olympic styles would ever have only 6 digits, and there's no way P,D and M would ever have been used together.
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ETA - Sorry about my previous posts, I missed the most important part:
"Coaches never have less than SIX digits in the serial number..."
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