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[whateve]

hello - I recently purchased this Coach bag. it's supposed to come tomorrow. I'm worried that it is in fact fake. Does anyone know anything about potential fakes in this style? Here are the pictures from the seller. Serial is E069-9960 and I was able to find another bag on Etsy with the same serial number in red. Now I'm really nervous. Thanks so much!

It looks fine. Bags made after 1994 don't have unique numbers. The digits indicate when and where the bag was made, and the style, so it is common for more than one bag of the same style to have the same number.

Welcome to the purse forum. In the future, please post authentication requests in the Authenticate thread here: http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...oach-read-1st-page-before-posting-889527.html

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi all! I'm not familiar with Coach at all and I have these from somebody to sell for them so I could definitely use a little help. I was wondering if you could tell me the style, names of these bags?

The first one, is the strap on the bag not supposed to be doubled up?
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And bag number two, the leather is metallic bronze.
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Your links, or rather your URLs, are being blocked by my antivirus program. They are NOT valid Flickr URLs and I don't recommend trying to access them. Please use the forum's software to post the photos.

 

[Hyacinth]

bag i found in a nickle bin at a thriftstore

Do you mean that you actually paid ONLY a nickel for that???

It's from the 2009 Mosaic Patchwork line, probably a Mosaic Patchwork Hobo depending on the size, and it's definitely genuine.Nice find!

 

[jesse831]

Do you mean that you actually paid ONLY a nickel for that???

It's from the 2009 Mosaic Patchwork line, probably a Mosaic Patchwork Hobo depending on the size, and it's definitely genuine.Nice find!

Yeah and I found another for 1 dollar I think it's called the gallery leather tote it looks like this

 

[Hyacinth]

Yeah and I found another for 1 dollar I think it's called the gallery leather tote

Some Gallery Tote styles are often faked - you really should post photos of that one too, showing the same areas on the bag as you did with the Mosaic.

And if the Tote also turns out to be genuine, I'd suggest a small gamble to see if your streak is still holding and spending five dollars on lottery tickets.

EDITED TO ADD - we need a readable photo of the creed patch and serial number too.

 

[jesse831]

Some Gallery Tote styles are often faked - you really should post photos of that one too, showing the same areas on the bag as you did with the Mosaic.

And if the Tote also turns out to be genuine, I'd suggest a small gamble to see if your streak is still holding and spending five dollars on lottery tickets.

EDITED TO ADD - we need a readable photo of the creed patch and serial number too.

Here are all the others I've found haven't paid more than 5 for any of them

 

[jesse831]

i also have found a burberry messenger for a few dollars a member of the forum authenticated it also a black pour la victoire richie bag and even a vintage gucci accesory bag with a pattern that is not like the regular gg monogram like mentioned before havent paid more than 5 dollars for any and today i was given an audrey brooke never heard of that brand lol

 

[jesse831]

The code for the black leather is n° g1059-f14679 tried uploading pic but was unsuccessful

 

[Monsieur M]

Your links, or rather your URLs, are being blocked by my antivirus program. They are NOT valid Flickr URLs and I don't recommend trying to access them. Please use the forum's software to post the photos.

Sorry about that. Having trouble attaching any pictures whatsoever through Purseforum at the moment, so here's hoping I can get this right now.

 

[mb11569]

It looks fine. Bags made after 1994 don't have unique numbers. The digits indicate when and where the bag was made, and the style, so it is common for more than one bag of the same style to have the same number.

Welcome to the purse forum. In the future, please post authentication requests in the Authenticate thread here: http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...oach-read-1st-page-before-posting-889527.html

Thank you so much! I'm sorry I posted in the wrong thread. I appreciate you reading it anyway. You made me feel so much better! Thank you!

 

[Hyacinth]

Sorry about that. Having trouble attaching any pictures whatsoever through Purseforum at the moment, so here's hoping I can get this right now.

Both bags are very common styles with several different versions and style numbers. Even if you don't specifically ask to have them authenticated, we still need to see the creeds and serials, and we would definitely need to see them to identify the bags. If you're going to be selling them you'll need to post those photos in the listings anyway so you may as well have them available.

Remember, if a bag ISN'T genuine, then as far as we're concerned it has NO identity other than "fake". If they turn out to be fake, selling them anywhere in the US is illegal, and selling them on Ebay can put your selling privileges at risk, so any time you sell a highly-faked brand or item for someone else as a favor, it should ALWAYS be authenticated. We have a special thread that should be used for all authentication requests over in the Coach Shopping Forum. The only time you can be sure a highly-faked brand is genuine is if you bought it yourself right from the manufacturer's retail store (and even then a few fakes per year can slip through).


Don't try to post photos larger than about 1200x900 pixels Even though larger sizes are supposedly allowed, the forum software will limit how many pictures you can post if the first ones are too big. Creed photos should be right around that size or at least 800 pixels wide (100 pixels in most computer screen resolutions is roughly one inch or 2.5cm) since we need to actually be able to read them and look at the details to be sure it's authentic.

If you're using a "real" computer, try a program called Irfanview for a simple way to reduce the size of photos (as well as dozens of other tricks). It's spyware-free, lightweight, easy and it's free. I've used it for ages. Hope posting the link is ok:
http://www.irfanview.com/

 

[Hyacinth]

The code for the black leather is n° g1059-f14679 tried uploading pic but was unsuccessful

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See the post right above this one for a suggestion about photos if you're using a standard computer.

 

[Hyacinth]

i also have found a burberry messenger for a few dollars a member of the forum authenticated it also a black pour la victoire richie bag and even a vintage gucci accesory bag with a pattern that is not like the regular gg monogram like mentioned before havent paid more than 5 dollars for any and today i was given an audrey brooke never heard of that brand lol

These seem ok, the creed in the second one could be larger but what I can see seems right.

The first one is a style that I owned, don't think it was faked, It's a Penelope Hippie made in 2010.

The second one looks like a style 8f21 Hamptons Weekend Small Hobo from 2005.

 

[Hyacinth]

Here are all the others I've found haven't paid more than 5 for any of them

The Tote looks ok. Coach just called it a Gallery Leather Tote, they've used that name for a dozen versions of the basic style so don't be surprised if you see others with the same name that might look a bit different. A seller posted this scan of the website page:

 

[Monsieur M]

Both bags are very common styles with several different versions and style numbers. Even if you don't specifically ask to have them authenticated, we still need to see the creeds and serials, and we would definitely need to see them to identify the bags. If you're going to be selling them you'll need to post those photos in the listings anyway so you may as well have them available.

Remember, if a bag ISN'T genuine, then as far as we're concerned it has NO identity other than "fake". If they turn out to be fake, selling them anywhere in the US is illegal, and selling them on Ebay can put your selling privileges at risk, so any time you sell a highly-faked brand or item for someone else as a favor, it should ALWAYS be authenticated. We have a special thread that should be used for all authentication requests over in the Coach Shopping Forum. The only time you can be sure a highly-faked brand is genuine is if you bought it yourself right from the manufacturer's retail store (and even then a few fakes per year can slip through).


Don't try to post photos larger than about 1200x900 pixels Even though larger sizes are supposedly allowed, the forum software will limit how many pictures you can post if the first ones are too big. Creed photos should be right around that size or at least 800 pixels wide (100 pixels in most computer screen resolutions is roughly one inch or 2.5cm) since we need to actually be able to read them and look at the details to be sure it's authentic.

If you're using a "real" computer, try a program called Irfanview for a simple way to reduce the size of photos (as well as dozens of other tricks). It's spyware-free, lightweight, easy and it's free. I've used it for ages. Hope posting the link is ok:
http://www.irfanview.com/

That's fine, thanks so much Hyacinth! You've been most helpful with your advice and I really appreciate it. I have resized them, I think that might have been the problem. Using a newer camera recently so that must be it. I was going to post more pictures but I couldn't post more than two, actually crashed my browser a couple times. ush: I'll post more pictures, I took a look at the Coach authentication thread and will post pictures of the creed and serial numbers as they require.

I definitely would not sell a fake bag, I hear you. I wanted to check out the ID forum first and see what I was working with here. Are the bags with the double C logos are signature bags? I will definitely post my bags over there as well if you advise so, if I should get another opinion on the authenticity, it seems you know your stuff though. I just definitely don't want to sell a fake and would return them if they were and advise the owner exactly as you advised me.