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

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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
    Comments:
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!
 
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#25,741
mallomar said:
Would like to know if this is authentic, and what the name is. Thanks!View attachment 3868036
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mallomar said:
Another of my finds. Is it real? Anyone know the name? Also, how can I clean it and deodorize it? It smells like curry! Thanks. View attachment 3868039
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Both wristlets look fine but other than signature wristlets (possibly "pleated" describing the first one), I don't know the official style name or number.

Coach has made a huge variety of similar styles over the years, some with slight differences that are MFF.
 
#25,742
lovethecoach said:
Good morning authenticators! Please let me know your opinion of these bags. Thank you in advance.

Item: Vintage Coach Court 9870
Listing number: 554715084
Seller: goodgirlvintagegoods
Link: www.etsy.com/listing/554715084/vintage-coach-court-9870-dark-brown-gold?ref=shop_home_active_2

Item: Vintage Coach City Bag
Listing number: 538162555
Seller: goodgirlvintagegoods
Link: www.etsy.com/listing/538162555/vintage-coach-beige-tan-light-brown-city
Comment: Curious about the creed on this one.
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Both fine.

ETA: @whateve and @Hyacinth -
Please check this one from the same seller. Are there 2 fonts for this factory?
https://www.etsy.com/listing/568516853/vintage-coach-berkeley-crescent-brown?ref=related-1

ETA #2: I've now looked at many *6B creeds and found none that look like this one. :(
 
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#25,743
Lake Effect said:
@BeenBurned
Well I can see I haven't been looking at these listings of fakes long enough! I still slip into these lapses of naivete where I don't understand how people who sell Coach, authentic Coach and lots of Coach can list something with a 'W' as a month code. Point made. They know exactly what they are doing when they li$t fake Coach bag$ and they don't care they are fake$. Got it.
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Some sellers just don't care, and the Special Snowflake Power Sellers know they'll never face any consequences other than getting a message from Ebay to please remove a listing or two. And far too many think that their "experience", such as it is and limited as it is, makes them experts who don't need to do any research. They can't even be bothered to do something as easy as Googling a serial number - not just for pictures which it seems is all they look for if they DO Google the number, but to see if there are any posts on the internet that have identified that number as being used in fakes! Even the Daria48 and Salearea Guides that have disappeared from Ebay's indexing and search system can still be found through Google. But of course, too many of those sellers believe that they're too smart and too experienced to take advice from anyone else. We can only hope that having items removed and selling privileges restricted wakes them up to the fact that their information and experience is seriously flawed and incomplete and they need to start researching and authenticating.

There's NO excuse for not doing a simple search and actually READING the links to places like tPF and Ebay's own Discussion Boards for every single Coach item in inventory before they're listed or better yet before they're even bought or acquired for resale. You'd think that anyone with even a thimbleful of experience would know that Coach and other name brands are highly faked. And if not, one of those Google searches for "fake Coach bag" would tell them.
 
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#25,744
BeenBurned said:
Both fine.

ETA: @whateve and @Hyacinth -
Please check this one from the same seller. Are there 2 fonts for this factory?
https://www.etsy.com/listing/568516853/vintage-coach-berkeley-crescent-brown?ref=related-1

ETA #2: I've now looked at many *6B creeds and found none that look like this one. :sad:
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Not only the wrong font, but it's not a Berkeley, it's a Saddle bag and the 9988 Saddle Bag wasn't even introduced until Spring 1997. While there's slight possibility that a Spring '97 bag might have been made in October of 1996, that just seems to be stretching it a bit too much. But the serial font by itself is proof enough for me.
 
#25,745
Hyacinth said:
Not only the wrong font, but it's not a Berkeley, it's a Saddle bag and the 9988 Saddle Bag wasn't even introduced until Spring 1997. While there's slight possibility that a Spring '97 bag might have been made in October of 1996, that just seems to be stretching it a bit too much. But the serial font by itself is proof enough for me.
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Ugh! So goodgirlvintagegoods is another not recommended mixer of fakes and authentic!
 
#25,746
lovethecoach said:
Good morning authenticators! Please let me know your opinion of these bags. Thank you in advance.

Item: Vintage Coach Court 9870
Listing number: 554715084
Seller: goodgirlvintagegoods
Link: www.etsy.com/listing/554715084/vintage-coach-court-9870-dark-brown-gold?ref=shop_home_active_2

Item: Vintage Coach City Bag
Listing number: 538162555
Seller: goodgirlvintagegoods
Link: www.etsy.com/listing/538162555/vintage-coach-beige-tan-light-brown-city
Comment: Curious about the creed on this one.
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Both of these are genuine but the seller also has at least one fake Coach listed, see this recent post #25743:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/authenticate-this-coach.889527/page-1717#post-31794648
 
#25,748
mallomar said:
Another of my finds. Is it real? Anyone know the name? Also, how can I clean it and deodorize it? It smells like curry! Thanks. View attachment 3868039
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Check the Rehab and Rescue thread at the Coach Clubhouse for cleaning and deodorizing advice advice, most Signature fabric items can be hand or machine washed.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.833400/

There are also a lot of deodorizer products available online or at grocery, pet or hardware stores that will remove even the worst odors. Sometimes just hanging it outside in the sunshine will work but I'm sure the members there or the ones who also post at this thread will have some good suggestions.
 
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#25,751
Persimmoncat said:
Good evening ladies. Got this on eBay and I think it might be a fake.:sad:
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In this case, we don't even need to see any more of the bag nor what it's trying to be. It has a well known invalid serial number and is always fake.

Please come back and post a link to the listing and the seller's ID. (Refer to post #1 for the posting format and info we need.)
 
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#25,754
Persimmoncat said:
Item: 332418553376
Seller: Second-joy
Item: Coach 315 Red/Brown leather VTG Womens May Mens Crossbody Messenger Purse
Link: already down

I bought this before I found TPF. She said she'll take a return so I have contacted her.
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That's good. I hope you get a complete refund, including postage both ways. How long ago did you buy it? Is it down because it's been so long or because ebay removed it for being fake?
 
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