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Your first two numbers are prior to the early 90's. The third one is a prairie bag from '95.
Wow, thanks for the info. Sorry for the typos in first thread post -- really early here in CA. Will be posting pix of all asap.
Hi,
Would you post pictures of the creeds also?
0444-315 is a suspicious serial number - at least I have seen it used on some older classic leather fakes.
If GSC is actually G5C, it could be a 95 Prarie Bag - but GSC would not be correct for any Coach.
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Taking pix of those creeds isn't easy...here are shots of the three bags. Serial numbers are in the tags/captions of the photos. Any/all information, including original msrp, is very much appreciated. And do let me know if you think any of the 3 are fakes. Oops, just found out I have to do a couple of uploads to get all the pix. This is the first upload for No. 0444-315...more on the way. Thanks again.
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There's a post at Ebay's Shoes & Purses forum that shows a pic of one bag with that fake number and I guess others have been found too. But since all older Coaches had unique serial numbers on each individual bag, it's a safe bet that the first one in your pictures is fake especially if it has these phony lines above and below every digit in the serial number. Post # 39 shows a different bag with that same exact number and the phony lines:
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/topic/Shoes-Purses-And/Fake-Coach-Serial/1000685987
The second is a genuine Prairie Bag, and the year code is a 6.
The third one's pics are too small to see, sorry.
thanks so much for the help. I will break the news to The Aunt! Also will try and gett better pix for 3rd bag. Glad the Prairie is real.
Just from the one picture it looks like the "Logan" which I happen to own myself. I could only find one for you to compare yours to - auction number 350181499385 has good pictures of all parts of the bag itself - plus the inside compartment.
If you check the measurements - the wooden dowel on top should measure slightly over 8 inches (the ends of the dowel should be leather covered) and the widest part of the bag is almost 11 inches.
That one is from the late 1980's thru 1993. The style number on the "newer" ones is 9907, although I don't recall the last year Coach made the Logan. I don't see them as often as some of the other classic bags.
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Thanks so much for the info. Specs given match The Aunt's bag. She will be thrilled. Any idea what the estimated mrsp was when bought by Auntie all those years ago? She can't remember much these days. I'm just curious...again, many thanks to all you brilliant Coach gurus!
I know there are Coach collectors that have those old catalogs with the prices, but unfortunately I don't.
I have a Maggie Duffle that I bought in 1997 and it was around $158 which sounds really cheap compared to the current Coach prices.
Maybe someone else can give you an idea of the prices back then.
My Fall 1992 catalog shows a Logan listed for $224, and a 1997 catalog shows a Prairie Bag for $220. That's as close as I can get to the years of your aunt's bags. Hope that helps!