Looking for help on this one! I can't make out the tag numbers. But I can almost tell the last one is a P so possible this is a pilot bag for the gathered leather. I'm comparing it to purple gathered leather 15931. Thoughts?
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I'm not sure it's a "P". It looks like there are 5 digits in the style number, and since all bags made in 2009 would have to have had 5 numbers, any serial number that also included a P for Pilot should have had 6 digits on that side. All of those gathered leather styles had 5-digit style numbers. If there are only 5, then it's a standard 2009 style number. Coach had changed to 5-number style codes starting in 2006.
Darned if I can tell what the actual number is though. In 2009 the first digit of a handbag style number should have been "1" and that doesn't look like a 1. Maybe someone with better eyes can take a look?
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It's definitely NOT a 1. Maybe 9, 8, or 6. It doesn't feel like a fake. Hefty leather and hardware. Excellent stitching.
I looked earlier and couldn't read it so I just passed over.
The first digit is NOT a 1. It looks like a 9 to me.
Is (or was) this bag listed somewhere?
Yes, I purchased on eBay.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/312596143753
NOTE TO EVERYONE!! Please refer to post one, page 1 for posting format. When authentication requests are for items that were listed online somewhere, we NEED to see the listing and seller ID!
In this case, it's a seller with a long history of not verifying authenticity and a search of her name (here and google) pull up fakes.
Ugh! I'm not surprised.
After further research, I'm not comfortable with the bag and personally, I'd return it. I don't believe that bag was made by Coach.
While many of the Madison gathered bags have this type of logo:
,those with the logo on a front patch (as on the bag in question) have the "COACH" name under the HAC logo:
And in fact, I didn't find a single authentic item with the logo having the "Coach" name above the HAC plaque as the following shows in LINDA's ( lindas) listing.
I’ve searched -I give up/Pretty sure it’s not Bleeker /Hampton/ Soho /Peyton / Legacy. I’ve searched for saddle flap Crossbody purse etc. since there is not a creed on the inside I have no style numbers to reference. Beenburned or Hyacinth-your thoughts on ID. Thanks!!
Style 41834 - Legacy Garcia crossbody bag. (ETA: from 2008)
ETA #2: "Garcia" may not be part of the name.
I had that sinking feeling when I couldn't make out the ID. NONE of my other items have that format in the plaque. Thank you!
It was Legacy! Thank you soooo much -I couldn’t find it-I Love You!!!!
And a google image search of the style number:
https://www.google.com/search?q=coa..._MjiAhXQTN8KHc30ClkQ_AUIEigD&biw=1280&bih=549
One more thing just to be 100 percent sure - please post a close, clear readable photo of that round magnetic snap at the top of the Bag. I need to be able to read the stamping on the "male" side of the snap, the side with the little "thingie" sticking out. But like BeenBurned said, all the evidence so far points to fake. That style, in fact ALL the Gathered Leather Madisons, weren't even introduced until late Summer or Autumn of 2010 according to the Wayback Machine, almost a year and a half after the date code in the serial number. That's too long a gap even for a Pilot bag.
(ETA to change "before" to "after")
And PLEASE have your purchases authenticated before buying - "Hefty leather and hardware. Excellent stitching." can NEVER prove a Coach is genuine. There's a LOT more to authenticating a bag than just looking at the stitching.
(SIGH) " linda*s***stuff " does it again. No closeup of the creed and serial number either.
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Yep, Garcia was the name Coach gave to that type of leather. But some of us still use it as part of the unofficial style name because the leather and those double-ring buckles are so distinctive. And so Purrrrdy!
