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I found this purse which I am pretty certain is from the Coach Dakota line as it has the cross-hatch pattern and the creed says that it was made in Italy, but for the life of me, I cannot find it in any past catalog. Any idea on what this bag is called? I searched on Google and found an old listing photo from a few years back where someone called it a Cartwright, but that's not the bag pictured in the catalog with that name.
I got it at a local church thrift store and paid $30. One of the workers there told me she didn't think it was real because it didn't have "numbers on the patch." Any help would be appreciated!
Yes, that's the mystery Dakota. Unless someone finds one that still has the price tag or the original box we'll probably never know what it is. I assumed it was number 4202 because all the other numbers were accounted for. And like I've posted before, I made up my own personal name for it based on other bags in the Dakota line, especially the Cassidy.
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:weird:OMG. I'm speechless. WTH is this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-LIMITED-EDITION-SUEDE-LAMB-SHEARLING-FUR-DUFFLE-PURSE-TOTE-BAG-3575-RARE-/390268975210?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item5addd7f86a And this...
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I noticed that as well. I can never find cheap bags using the normal word searches. Nowadays, you have to stumble across a typo listing or someone who has no idea what they have to grab something cheap! Its also why I hate auctions. I feel like Im competing against way too many people and I...
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Thanks for the information! I do like your naming methodologyYes, that's the mystery Dakota. Unless someone finds one that still has the price tag or the original box we'll probably never know what it is. I assumed it was number 4202 because all the other numbers were accounted for. And like I've posted before, I made up my own personal name for it based on other bags in the Dakota line, especially the Cassidy.
Here are my relevant posts, eye candy included:
ID This Coach item! -- Post any Coach item name questions here! --
:weird:OMG. I'm speechless. WTH is this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-LIMITED-EDITION-SUEDE-LAMB-SHEARLING-FUR-DUFFLE-PURSE-TOTE-BAG-3575-RARE-/390268975210?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item5addd7f86a And this...
Vintage Coach Photos & Chat
I noticed that as well. I can never find cheap bags using the normal word searches. Nowadays, you have to stumble across a typo listing or someone who has no idea what they have to grab something cheap! Its also why I hate auctions. I feel like Im competing against way too many people and I...
Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**
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...
Weird that Coach would not have any type of information at all on this particular model.
Also, people measure in different ways. If the bag is lying flat, then the sides can be included in the measurement when it really should be measured seam to seam. Probably most important to know the circumferences of the bags. I don't think Coach would make 2 of the same size bags with different style numbers.
Wanna bet?
8F40 and 1896, same dimensions - click on the thumbnails to enlarge
8K03 and 3612, same dimensions
8K07 and 3661, same dimensions
Most of the "double style number" bags are styles that were first introduced in 2005 when Coach was using a unique-for-that-year combination style number made of 3 numbers and one letter, like the ones shown above the thumbnails. Starting some time in early 2006, they changed the style numbers back to 4 digits, all numbers. Then starting in Spring or Summer 2006 they expanded the style number to 5 numbers instead of 4, which is why you'll sometimes see bags with old style numbers that have a zero in front of the original four numbers, like Willises with -09927 numbers. There are at least 6 styles in my files with 2 style numbers, one from 2005 and another from 2006 or after, and there are probably more that I haven't found or recorded.
Never say "Never" with Coach, unless you're talking about handbags, backpacks, wallets and briefcases "made in Korea".
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Thanks for the information! I do like your naming methodology
Not so weird, we've found several other "ghost styles"or "mystery bags" that apparently never made it into the catalogs or onto their computers. Maybe they just weren't around long enough. Coach didn't even have a public website until around 1997 and not much effort was made in those early days to keep it accurate and up to date. Many style numbers from before 1997 never made it onto Coach's computer inventory or history system in any form, which is just one of the reasons why trying to "authenticate" a vintage Coach with an old style number by calling Coach or asking a store employee to look it up is totally useless, there's no computer record of it at all.
Also, although it probably doesn't pertain to the mystery Dakota, bags or items made just for the Outlets were almost never included on the website or as part of Coach's regular computer inventory. The Factory Stores back then, and maybe still are, using their own separate computer inventory system.
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I am trying to figure out everything that's missing. I'm guessing a gold chain strap and maybe the hangtag are missing but I'd like to see a photo of the original, intact bag, TIA!
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Wondering if anyone has seen my newest acquisition? This little cutie measures 7.75” x 7” x 3.25”. She’s in pretty bad shape but I’ve never seen this style before!
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