Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

[Vlad]

IMPORTANT READ-ME

Please post authenticity questions related to COACH in this thread. No PMs please.
For further information, please refer to the first post on page 1 of this thread.

Please follow the following requests:

• Before you submit a request for authentication, please search this thread to make sure that the item has not previously been authenticated by searching the seller ID and/or item number. This is not a thread to ask general questions about COACH, please refer to our main Coach forum for such information.
• Note that authenticators have the right to refuse any requests. This is a free service, but it is imperative that you help our authenticators by using the following format:
• FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
  Item:
  Listing number:
  Seller and site where listed
  Link:
  Comments:
  
  
• FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
  Item:
  Where purchased or how obtained
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BASIC PICTURES REQUIRED (but more may be requested): If necessary pictures are in the listing, it's not necessary to upload and duplicate them.

• Front of item
• Back of item
• Full clear and legible creed text and serial number
• Made in tags (when available)
• Measurements
• For bags with turnlock closures, show pictures of back of female side of turnlock
• For bags with magnetic snaps, show pictures of the male part of the snap so that the numbers and letters on it can be read
• If applicable, search interior of bag and/or pockets for small white tag with production information and include a picture of that.

Thank you and be safe!

 

[kiyakaboom]

I just saw this, so I hope you can please authenticate the following two bags:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-14707-Brown-Leather-Convertible-Zip-Shoulder-Bag/292160461717
Coach 14707 Brown Leather Convertible Zip Shoulder Bag
Seller information
goodwill_industries_of_san_franci...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Black-Smooth-Leather-Purse-Hobo-Zoe-14707-EUC/142425751673
COACH Black Smooth Leather Purse Hobo Zoe 14707 EUC
Seller information
luv2yell
I'm trying to get a better picture of the creed on the second one.

Thanks for all you help!

 

[BeenBurned]

I just saw this, so I hope you can please authenticate the following two bags:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-14707-Brown-Leather-Convertible-Zip-Shoulder-Bag/292160461717
Coach 14707 Brown Leather Convertible Zip Shoulder Bag
Seller information
goodwill_industries_of_san_franci...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Black-Smooth-Leather-Purse-Hobo-Zoe-14707-EUC/142425751673
COACH Black Smooth Leather Purse Hobo Zoe 14707 EUC
Seller information
luv2yell

Thanks for all you help!

Both look good.

 

[kiyakaboom]

Both look good.

Thanks BeenBurned for taking the time to authenticate this. You and the other authenticators are awe

some! After looking at them much further, I'm going to follow your advice and not bid on the first one. Here's the creed of the second one. Thanks again!

 

[whateve]

The texture is definitely odd, but the creed is genuine. Unless the textured part actually feels damaged, the back makes me think that the pebbled texture was part of a fairly smooth textured piece, apparently the factory decided to use it anyway and thought that a differently-textured flap would make the bag more interesting. The heaviest texture is deliberately positioned so that it's right on the front. Strange, but authentic.

Oh I love this! It looks like pebbled flap Willis! I have never seen one like it! Very unique!!

I've seen several vintage bags that had a pebbled texture. They all looked nearly new. Someone said that the leather smoothed out with use. I don't know if that is true.

 

[mermaidcms]

Is this a Coack kisslock bag? I was given this as a gift for my 13th birthday...a LONG time ago. It has a B on the hinge of the frame like some of the Bonnie Cashin Bags. It looks like a 7180 Double purse that I saw on an old insert from a purchase.

 

[mermaidcms]

Does anyone know the name of this awesome bag? Its 10.5 x 8 x 3 inches. I think it's a Pocket something.

 

[BeenBurned]

Ughh!! Just posting a warning to beware!

I've been looking for a leather backpack, style 9405 and over 75% of those I've seen (current and completed) are fake! But the bags are (mostly) the correct style so unless one knows what to look for, they can be easily fooled.

(I'm also very busy reporting the fakes!)

After reporting at least a dozen fake (current and completed) backpacks, I found another that I question.

I don't think the font is correct for the H plant, the serial number is too squished together and I don't think the H plant was still in operation in 2001. I can't even find another 2001 H creed.

I'm pretty sure I'm correct but want confirmation, please.

Title - Women's Vintage Coach Slim Backpack Purse 9405 ~BLACK~
seller - skinfixer7
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Women-039-s-Vintage-Coach-Slim-Backpack-Purse-9405-BLACK-/252847973004?hash=item3adee9e28c:g:Z3UAAOSwuLZY4EMm&nma=true&si=HYccTfWv5OQJb%2BZqMZgbBqlf9VE%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[Hyacinth]

After reporting at least a dozen fake (current and completed) backpacks, I found another that I question.

I don't think the font is correct for the H plant, the serial number is too squished together and I don't think the H plant was still in operation in 2001. I can't even find another 2001 H creed.

I'm pretty sure I'm correct but want confirmation, please.

Title - Women's Vintage Coach Slim Backpack Purse 9405 ~BLACK~
seller - skinfixer7
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Women-039-s-Vintage-Coach-Slim-Backpack-Purse-9405-BLACK-/252847973004?hash=item3adee9e28c:g:Z3UAAOSwuLZY4EMm&nma=true&si=HYccTfWv5OQJb%2BZqMZgbBqlf9VE%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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The last H plant code that I'm sure is genuine was from early 1998.

The 9405 you're asking about has a problem with the leather zipper pull, and that crooked underscore under the "o" in "No" that's ONLY found in fakes.

 

[BeenBurned]

The last H plant code that I'm sure is genuine was from early 1998.

The 9405 you're asking about has a problem with the leather zipper pull, and that crooked underscore under the "o" in "No" that's ONLY found in fakes.

Thanks. Seriously, there are more fakes than genuine of that style! I saved pictures for my files of the various prefixes.

 

[Hyacinth]

Does anyone know the name of this awesome bag? Its 10.5 x 8 x 3 inches. I think it's a Pocket something.View attachment 3748452

Are you asking if it's authentic? Please use the format required in Post number One.

And we require measurements and a full set of photos including the creed.

 

[ArengoKC]

Hello! I saw this on a shopping site and I'm hoping somebody can help me authenticate this. I have a weird feeling about the serial no. Also, do you think the pen mark can still come off? I'll be making it my rehab project if it's worth it.

Item: Coach Sling Bag
Link: https://ph.carousell.com/p/authenti...=/search/products/?query=coach&condition=used

Thank you!

 

[Slovero]

Hi,
I hope I am in the correct spot. I would like to know if this is authentic and if so, any information about the name or age. Thank you for any help you can give me and I appreciate your time. It measures about 9 inches high and 7 inches across.
Coach - creed says Made in Italy
No. 3231-352

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi,
I hope I am in the correct spot. I would like to know if this is authentic and if so, any information about the name or age. Thank you for any help you can give me and I appreciate your time. It measures about 9 inches high and 7 inches across.
Coach - creed says Made in Italy
No. 3231-352
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Welcome to tPF!
If the bag is listed for sale on any online site, we need the URL, see post One of this thread for the correct format. If you own it and have had it for more than 6 months, please mention that in the post next time you need an authentication

The bag is a genuine Murphy Bag made in 1993. Coach's style number was 9930.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello! I saw this on a shopping site and I'm hoping somebody can help me authenticate this. I have a weird feeling about the serial no. Also, do you think the pen mark can still come off? I'll be making it my rehab project if it's worth it.

Item: Coach Sling Bag
Link: https://ph.carousell.com/p/authentic-vintage-coach-sling-bag-112836089/?ref=search&ref_query=coach&ref_condition=used&ref_referrer=/search/products/?query=coach&condition=used

Thank you!

There's no problem with the serial number, it's correct for that month, year and plant.

The pen mark is a problem, those are VERY hard, sometimes impossible, to remove, especially from light colored leather. Search the Rehab and Rescue thread at the Coach Clubhouse subforum of the main Coach forum for posts about removing pen marks, there are probably hundreds of them. Use "pen mark" as the search term.

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.833400/page-945#post-31465860

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello! I saw this on a shopping site and I'm hoping somebody can help me authenticate this. I have a weird feeling about the serial no. Also, do you think the pen mark can still come off? I'll be making it my rehab project if it's worth it.

Item: Coach Sling Bag
Link: https://ph.carousell.com/p/authentic-vintage-coach-sling-bag-112836089/?ref=search&ref_query=coach&ref_condition=used&ref_referrer=/search/products/?query=coach&condition=used

Thank you!

There's no problem with the serial number, it's correct for that month, year and plant.

The pen mark is a problem, those are VERY hard, sometimes impossible, to remove, especially from light colored leather. Search the Rehab and Rescue thread at the Coach Clubhouse subforum of the main Coach forum for posts about removing pen marks, there are probably hundreds of them. Use "pen mark" as the search term.

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.833400/page-945#post-31465860

Just a caveat: Be very careful buying from sellers in the Philippines. Make sure the bag you see in that listing is the actual bag you receive.

And for newer (post 2000) bags, be sure to have any items authenticated before buying. The fakes we've seen coming from the Philippines are extremely close.