The irony. Pumpkin colored bucket. Am I right to be scared by the creed patch and font? At your convenience. Tia.
Etsy seller TheVintagemints
https://www.etsy.com/listing/554295064/coach-bucket-bag-orange-velvet-vintage?ref=shop_home_active_1
So appropriate for the season! You are correct. Be very scared!
ETA: I'd exercise extreme caution if buying from
TheVintagemints.
The seller has a lot of Coach (and not-Coach) items and for a seller who sells as much as this seller, she should know what needs to be shown in her listings. Many listings don't have enough of the right pictures for the seller to prove authenticity or for buyers to do their due diligence.
This is an example.
NOTE: I am NOT comfortable with this listing. I wonder if
TheVintagemints avoids the creed for a reason!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/525836660/coach-prairie-bag-tan-glove-leather?ref=shop_home_feat_1
And don't expect Etsy to respond to reports of fakes. Unless the seller is honest and takes down a listing herself, Etsy is useless, IMO.
I agree, there's NO way I'd be comfortable with any listings and especially not descriptions from
TheVintagemints
EVERYTHING about the orange Bucket Bag is fake including every font and detail on the creed. And that style number 9019 wasn't even introduced until 1997, not 1994.
As for her descriptions :
"Coach Brown Bonnie Cashin" - even if the unreadable serial prefix is valid, the style is from the early part of the 2000 decade when not only had Cashin been parted from COACH for almost 30 years but she'd also been parted from her mortal existance for at least 2 or 3 years too.
And not one but TWO fake Prairie Bag listings:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/545575971/coach-prairie-tan-glove-leather-velvet?ref=related-3
Coach ~ Prairie ~ Tan ~ Glove ~ Leather ~ Velvet ~ Great ~ Unique ~ Unisex ~ Stylish ~ Medium Size ~ 10" X 8" X 4"
$98.50
and
Coach ~ Prairie Bag ~ Tan ~ Glove ~ Leather ~ Mint ~ Awesome ~ Vintage ~ Recycled ~ Medium Size ~ 10" X 7" X 3.5"
$124.50
First pics look dark brown, then tan. Fake turnlock leather tab, fake serial with the wrong font
https://www.etsy.com/listing/544354271/coach-prairie-bag-tan-glove-leather-mint?ref=related-7
THESE TWO FAKES ARE THE SAME BAG USING DIFFERENT PHOTOS, AND BOTH HAVE THE SAME FAKE CREED AND SERIAL WITH DIFFERENT PRICING.and exactly the same fake leather turnlock tab padding and the same leather markings on the creeds.
Both are active listings and the seller claims
"Don't miss out. There's only 1 available and 1 other person has this in their cart right now."
At first I was wondering if the questionable Prairie Bag Been Burned mentioned might be the same bag, but the wonky padding above the turnlock isn't quite the same. But the padding itself points to that one being fake too even without a creed photo. Sheesh, my head's spinning from trying to figure these out.
Here's one that might be genuine (all of these have different listing numbers). No creed photo but the seller says it's C9C-9954. This one also has the CORRECT base with NO center seam, unlike the fakes already mentioned. Genuine Prairie bags from what I've found after a quick search have no seam at all on the outside of the base, the sides and base of the Prairie are just a single piece of leather that wraps around 3 sides. I want to do a bit more searching to confirm that though, as my coffee gets colder and colder ... Please correct me if anyone has different information.
ETA - Confirmed, Prairie Bags have no seams through the base, just a solid piece of leather forming the base and sides. Any of that seller's "Prairie Bags" with vertical seams on the outside or inside through the base are fake.
DO NOT BUY FROM SELLER "
TheVintagemints " ON ETSY !!!
