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When did Coach start making bags in China, and when did they stop making them in other plants outside the US, please?
Is this information documented in one place, please?
Is this information documented in one place, please?
I don't think it is in one place. In my records, I have 1996 to 1998 for business items, and probably 2002 for most things. I don't think they ever stopped making them in other plants outside the US. There are bags made currently in Vietnam and a few other Asian countries. Exotic leather bags, like real python and alligator, were made in Italy recently and may still be. I always thought it was odd that they used American alligator but manufactured the bags in Italy.
Thanks Whateve. Interesting that they still make them in countries other than China. It wouldn't surprise me if the Italians can buy American alligator cheaper than the US can, and the quality is probably better! That seems to be the case with some Australian products. The best is exported and we pay through the nose for our own stuff!
Right now all the manufacturing, of handbags at least, seems to be in Asia - China, India, Vietnam and the Philippines. All the other non-US plants seem to have been closed or are no longer making bags for Coach, including the Italian plant which was apparently "disconnected" some time around 2010.
Such a shame. We've become such a tnrow-away, don't-care-about-quality society because of it.
Does this bag have a name and style number?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-Coach...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-Coach...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
What about this one? I assume it isn't called a crescent bag.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Cas...d=100011&prg=9409&rk=6&rkt=10&sd=131174803804
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Cas...d=100011&prg=9409&rk=6&rkt=10&sd=131174803804
I think someone just asked about that same listing about a week ago over at Ebay. It was called a Large Tote style 9780 from 1986-87. Coach's picture doesn't show the shape well but I suppose the flowers and artisan bread padded the shape out too much. (Other photographers would have been happy with a baguette and a head of celery, which is what people carrying grocery store bags with a shape like that always seem to have bought. Inside joke, sorry).
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Hi guys! I found this coach bag in my closet and haven't used it in years. Can someone id this style? I was also wondering how much I can sell this for? This is the larger size. (They have a large and a small version) I'm not expecting a lot from it since it's quite an old bag (7 years)
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It's a signature hobo from 2006.
A search of completed listings shows the prices. Red means they didn't sell; green is the selling price.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=coach+10601&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc
I don't know the name of it, but it looks like the ones that sold on eBay went for $20-$30.