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#6,093
Is this one OK? Worried about the "J" in the creed serial number. This one says it is made in the United States. Had trouble getting a decent picture of the creed.

item: Coach Station
seller: I own
Creed Number J4A-5130
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9 1/2 tall
8 3/4" wide
2" depth
 
#6,094
JaNan16 said:
Is this one OK? Worried about the "J" in the creed serial number. This one says it is made in the United States. Had trouble getting a decent picture of the creed.

item: Coach Station
seller: I own
Creed Number J4A-5130
Link:








9 1/2 tall
8 3/4" wide
2" depth
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It's fine. The "A" in the creed is more worrying than the "J". "A" refers to the original NYC plant, which should have been shut down by 1994 when they opened all the other plants. We think that the few authentic bags we've seen with an "A" factory code may have been made for training purposes in New York.
 
#6,095
Thank you Whateve! OK worry about an "A". I think I do have one of those.

I have so many of these old purses. I think I am a purse horder. I used to work (years ago) for an estate auctioneer and bought an old truck that was full of these. That kind of got me started.

I am not a re-habber, though maybe I should learn how to do it and start.
 
#6,096
JaNan16 said:
Thank you Whateve! OK worry about an "A". I think I do have one of those.

I have so many of these old purses. I think I am a purse horder. I used to work (years ago) for an estate auctioneer and bought an old truck that was full of these. That kind of got me started.

I am not a re-habber, though maybe I should learn how to do it and start.
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You're welcome! You should think about rehabbing. Once you do it a few times, you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner.
 
#6,098
A friend handed me this (slightly beat :) bag a while ago to use for parts, found in a thrift, she thought it was a fake. I just looked at it more closely - and am thinking it is a real Casino bag? Creed number is a bit hard to read. Appreciate some expert eyes on this, thanks so much..

Details:
In my possession
Black Casino Bag
Approx size 8 x 5 x 2.5"
Creed "Handcrafted in the United States" # G5 (maybe 6?)D-9924
 

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#6,100
noshoepolish said:
Here is a 99999 creed:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTHENTIC-C...289?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item486b80fee9


gagany


311041261289
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frenchieRU said:
Reported--I know I'm not an expert, but this one absolutely SCREAMS fake. In the creed they misspelled "China" and the wording is strange since it stops at "characteristic" (characteristic of what? A FAKE?)
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Interesting.

We've seen 99999 bags in the past and although we weren't able to prove or disprove authenticity (on previous ones), there were none with mistakes as obvious as this one.

I do believe this is the first definite fake 99999 creed.

It's been advised that because we couldn't prove or disprove authenticity of these bags with that style number, it wasn't advisable to purchase.

Creed on gagany listing:

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Here are a couple of others.

This listing has different wording for the material (leather), but similar grammar:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EUC-COACH-L...065?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item5af5780889



And this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Rare-...133?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item20ea1f639d
$_57.JPG


I'm sure the first bag from gagany is fake with China spelled as "CHNA." I'm not sure of the others, but I certainly wouldn't buy or sell one.
 
#6,101
noshoepolish said:
Here is a 99999 creed:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTHENTIC-C...289?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item486b80fee9


gagany


311041261289
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frenchieRU said:
Reported--I know I'm not an expert, but this one absolutely SCREAMS fake. In the creed they misspelled "China" and the wording is strange since it stops at "characteristic" (characteristic of what? A FAKE?)
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BeenBurned said:
Interesting.

We've seen 99999 bags in the past and although we weren't able to prove or disprove authenticity (on previous ones), there were none with mistakes as obvious as this one.

I do believe this is the first definite fake 99999 creed.

It's been advised that because we couldn't prove or disprove authenticity of these bags with that style number, it wasn't advisable to purchase.

Creed on gagany listing:

$_57.JPG


Here are a couple of others.

This listing has different wording for the material (leather), but similar grammar:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EUC-COACH-L...065?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item5af5780889



And this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Rare-...133?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item20ea1f639d
$_57.JPG


I'm sure the first bag from gagany is fake with China spelled as "CHNA." I'm not sure of the others, but I certainly wouldn't buy or sell one.
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Whether this is a coincidence or not, I don't know but I do think it's worth posting.

As already commented, we've had posts in the past with the same serial number, often with particular sellers who seem to have an unusually large number of these "sample" or "limited edition" bags.

Another thing I noticed is that many of the sellers with 99999 bags are from New York and in fact, the seller referenced here, gagany is from Brooklyn, NY as was/is another prolific 99999 bag seller, randiesstuff. Whether they are connected, I don't know but it's worth mentioning.

In this post from 17 months ago, I found that randiesstuff had two listings for 2 different bags, both with the same serial number s gagany's listing.

Here's anotehr post from 5 years ago (to the day!) where Hyacinth commented that all the 99999 bags she had seen were sellers in NYC.
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-492978-11.html#post12009596
 
#6,102
christinag said:
A friend handed me this (slightly beat :) bag a while ago to use for parts, found in a thrift, she thought it was a fake. I just looked at it more closely - and am thinking it is a real Casino bag? Creed number is a bit hard to read. Appreciate some expert eyes on this, thanks so much..

Details:
In my possession
Black Casino Bag
Approx size 8 x 5 x 2.5"
Creed "Handcrafted in the United States" # G5 (maybe 6?)D-9924
Click to expand...

It's genuine.
 
#6,105
Hello again ladies...I would appreciate some help.

I won a bag on ebay last night. The auction was ending shortly, and I did not have time to have it authenticated here first, so I took a chance. The seller had it listed as "Coach Vintage Hunter green/brown trim leather cross body shoulder bag"

She gave the dimensions as 8" height x 11" length x 3 " deep. Strap drop of 17", in pictures the straps look adjustable. Serial No. 004-1941

Here is the link to the original auction on ebay. I hope one of you will have the correct name for this bag, and if it's genuine?!

Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Ladie...1y5tjLovw2HdefzsZf40Y%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Thank you for your time.
 
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