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I was wondering if anyone was going to get this one. The price was very reasonable. It took all my willpower to resist. Mainly I didn't want to have to deal with finding a strap for it. It is a Broadway Satchel Spectator #6891 from the late 80s/early 90s. Congratulations!


It was relisted: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-COA...=100011&prg=10283&rk=5&rkt=10&sd=281404197104


Thanks, Whateve! I knew it was one or the other. I have two straps that could work with it because I am beyond redemption. I purchased a double faced clutch with a nice tan strap and then I bought a Hudson that is the same color green as the Broadway bag so I can mix and match. Even if I decide to buy a strap, I can get one new for under $30.00 with correct hardware but I probably won't bother.
 
Hello ladies....

I won an auction for a vintage Coach bag. I had already had the bag authenticated here, so knew it was genuine.

After doing some research on the serial number (which is) A5C-9954, I believe the 9954 is the style number for the Prairie bag. I can't seem to find anything on the A5C? Was this a bag produced in 1995?

Any info you can give me on the A5C, I would appreciate. Also...am I correct in thinking the 9954 is the Prairie bag?

Thanks so much for your time. :smile1:
 
Hello ladies....

I won an auction for a vintage Coach bag. I had already had the bag authenticated here, so knew it was genuine.

After doing some research on the serial number (which is) A5C-9954, I believe the 9954 is the style number for the Prairie bag. I can't seem to find anything on the A5C? Was this a bag produced in 1995?

Any info you can give me on the A5C, I would appreciate. Also...am I correct in thinking the 9954 is the Prairie bag?

Thanks so much for your time. :smile1:

The six Salearea Guides include that information, check the ones on Creeds and on Serial numbers for information on "translating" Coach's factory codes. And yes, it's a Prairie Bag from 1995. "A" is the month code for January, and "C" is the plant code for one of the US plants.

http://search.reviews.ebay.com/members/salearea_W0QQcpnameZmembersQQprZsaleareaQQuqtZg
 
I just saw an older FP bag at the outlet and left it there and now it's haunting me. Of course, silly me didn't think of writing the item #. I think it's a harper although I don't remember seeing that it had the front flap. It was blue and it had a vertical stripe on the middle. I believe the stripe was python or croco. I think I remember that it was on FOS. Do you know the name or style #?
 
It's a classic pouch #9170, claimed to be the original Coach style. This picture is posted in the archives. In 1986, the name was changed to the classic shoulder bag, and the ad claimed that it was the original Coach bag and that it was introduced over 15 years earlier. For some reason, they forgot about all the Bonnie Cashin bags from the 60s.
 

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It's a classic pouch #9170, claimed to be the original Coach style. This picture is posted in the archives. In 1986, the name was changed to the classic shoulder bag, and the ad claimed that it was the original Coach bag and that it was introduced over 15 years earlier. For some reason, they forgot about all the Bonnie Cashin bags from the 60s.
Thanks Whateve. That's what I was hoping it was. It is strange how they refer to it as the 'original Coach' unless they mean 'after BC left Coach'.

Anyway I'm happy. Another burgundy NYC bag! :happydance:
 
Hey all-
I'm new here so I hope I am posting this in the correct place.
I'm purging my closets for an upcoming move and I'm thinking of selling some of my collection. I've been successful in finding info on most, but I can't seem to find much on this basket bag. I def bought it before October 2007, but I can't find much else.
Serial no M0668-10759. Every time I find one similar it doesn't have the leather strap across the top, it's a shiny silver/white. This one has brown leather all around, including the top strap that fastens it's shut.
Any info would be greatly appreciated!
 

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Hey all-
I'm new here so I hope I am posting this in the correct place.
I'm purging my closets for an upcoming move and I'm thinking of selling some of my collection. I've been successful in finding info on most, but I can't seem to find much on this basket bag. I def bought it before October 2007, but I can't find much else.
Serial no M0668-10759. Every time I find one similar it doesn't have the leather strap across the top, it's a shiny silver/white. This one has brown leather all around, including the top strap that fastens it's shut.
Any info would be greatly appreciated!
You probably can't find much about it because there probably weren't many of them made. I have a 2007 catalog with the picture but no information about it. In my catalog there is a similar one without the hangtags that is called Limited Edition Jasmine Straw Basket. I've found one reference to your bag that called it a Lily Straw Beach Bag, and another that called it a Hampton's Lily Straw Basket Tote and claimed that only 500 of them were made. An article about the Coach archives called it Straw Lily Hangtag Basket. Your bag was made in December 2006. There was a later version that had metallic leather trim; I think it came out last year.
 
Thanks Whateve. That's what I was hoping it was. It is strange how they refer to it as the 'original Coach' unless they mean 'after BC left Coach'.

Anyway I'm happy. Another burgundy NYC bag! :happydance:
You're welcome. Congratulations! Calling this the "original Coach bag" is one of the reasons I don't trust everything we hear from the Coach archives.
 
Hello ladies....

I won an auction for a vintage Coach bag. I had already had the bag authenticated here, so knew it was genuine.

After doing some research on the serial number (which is) A5C-9954, I believe the 9954 is the style number for the Prairie bag. I can't seem to find anything on the A5C? Was this a bag produced in 1995?

Any info you can give me on the A5C, I would appreciate. Also...am I correct in thinking the 9954 is the Prairie bag?

Thanks so much for your time. :smile1:

Sorry, off topic, but I just wanted to pop in and say Hi! from one Cajun to another! Love the Rodrigue!
 
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