More pictures would be needed to authenticate it and authentications should be requested on that thread. Once it's authenticated, then it might be identifyable:
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Oh I'm sorry I didn't clarify. I'm not looking to authenticate this bag. I'm trying to find out if style 9600 exists.
On another purse forum or eBay it was said to be a hamptons leather tote but no exact name given
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Autom 2002 catalog pic. Milbrook tote 9600. 14x12x6
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Wow that looks so pretty! What were the fall colors offered, does it say anywhere in that catalog? Wondering if it came in Burgundy or dark red.
The color shown is palomino with brass. There is also olive with brass, teal with brass, and black with nickel. Straps are 24 inch adj. It also has feet on the bottom.
I have a question for you ladies. Do you have in your files a catalog from 1960, or any kind of list from that year of bags that came out? Or do you know a good place I can look? I google and use the year 1960, but haven't seen one yet, I saw something from 1964, so I was getting closer. Thought I would ask the experts for advice.
I don't believe that you'll find any COACH catalogs from 1960 since the Cahns bought the company they would rename COACH Leatherware in 1961 (I believe it was previously known as Gail Leather Products dating from 1941) and didn't hire Bonnie Cashin to design their new foray into women's accessories till 1962. The earliest adverts I've seen for COACH bags date from 1963 (Saks in the NYT and in The New Yorker magazine) and also the catalog covers for Spring 1963 and Fall 1963 shown below.
Thank you for that information, that will help in my search. I love the two covers below, those are neat. Just thinking it would be cool to own a Coach bag from the year I was born. I'll keep looking and thanks so much for your reply!
You're quite welcome. Sorry to have rendered your quest Quixotic. I'm not even sure what items Gail Leather Products (aka Gail Novelty Co.) was manufacturing in 1960. I believe that men's wallets had been their staple product line. I seem to also recall that it was a rather small operation when Miles Cahn made the move to purchase the company he had been working for the prior 15 years (and in which his father had been one of the four original investors). There seem to be sever al(conflicting) histories on the company's early steps into the women's accessory market , the attributions of the some of the earliest designs, and the progression to bags that projected what we now accept as the iconic COACH look. I suspect another example of the maxim that history belongs to whoever writes it.
Good luck in finding that special something for yourself.
Congrats on tracking down the meaning of that code....your persistence paid off!
I just want you to know that this is one of those bags that I'd eventually like to own. You've posted pics of her before (the red crab charm is adorable and goes so well with it) and I had posted that I do own the cosmetic bag, which still has tags on it. It was some great deal, way back, from Macy's during a F&F. At the time, I remember thinking that I'd find a good use for it later on, but never liked the yellow and white combo with my existing bags. I don't believe Macy's had your Satchel on the floor.
I have a weird thing about having to match SLG's with a bags exterior, even if technically they're inside of the bag -- not side by side. It's a tad OCD, but what else is new with some of us purse lovers?
Now, after seeing your pic again (and you're TPF's finest photographer) I'm seriously considering grabbing one from EBay. I just checked and several copies, even some NWT, are for sale, all under $170. Then my little cosmetic bag will have a matching Mommy.
Do you find her to be quite roomy? I saw that there was a mini version released too, but I need the regular size.
I'm attaching a Coach stock photo (for convenience) of the cosmetic bag, but you're probably familiar with it.
I'll reveal the Satchel on here once I buy her...so technically you did your share of enabling! J/K!
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Congrats on tracking down the meaning of that code....your persistence paid off!
I just want you to know that this is one of those bags that I'd eventually like to own. You've posted pics of her before (the red crab charm is adorable and goes so well with it) and I had posted that I do own the cosmetic bag, which still has tags on it. It was some great deal, way back, from Macy's during a F&F. At the time, I remember thinking that I'd find a good use for it later on, but never liked the yellow and white combo with my existing bags. I don't believe Macy's had your Satchel on the floor.
I have a weird thing about having to match SLG's with a bags exterior, even if technically they're inside of the bag -- not side by side. It's a tad OCD, but what else is new with some of us purse lovers?
Now, after seeing your pic again (and you're TPF's finest photographer) I'm seriously considering grabbing one from EBay. I just checked and several copies, even some NWT, are for sale, all under $170. Then my little cosmetic bag will have a matching Mommy.
Do you find her to be quite roomy? I saw that there was a mini version released too, but I need the regular size.
I'm attaching a Coach stock photo (for convenience) of the cosmetic bag, but you're probably familiar with it.
I'll reveal the Satchel on here once I buy her...so technically you did your share of enabling! J/K!
