Dec 21, 2022 | News, Purse News, Research
From (the always-entertaining) Wendy Dager of The Vintage Purse Museum: As promised, here's the link to the article I wrote about plastic handbags for The Vintage Purse Museum. It's very long and there were a lot of complexities (which I tried to simplify because I'm...
Dec 5, 2022 | News, Purse News, Uncategorized
Beaded Bags from the Erzgebirge Author: Bettina LevinOriginally appeared in The Bead Society of Great Britain Journal #140Summer/Autumn 2022Posted here with their permission German APCS member Bettina Levin has written several articles for the Bead Society of Great...
Dec 3, 2022 | Gatherings, News
The 2022 Gathering was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the historic Andaluz Hotel located downtown on Central Avenue, a section of the famous Route 66. Museums, presentations, and people meeting up for a great time! Click here to read all about it (NOTE you...
Oct 31, 2022 | Purse News
Purses, purses, and more purses.November 2022 Auction of the historical handbag collection of Dutch designer Hester van Eeghen (1958-2021). Sigrid Ivo, Curator of the Ivo Collection of Bags and Purses, has sent us notice of an auction of the collection of the famous...
Sep 8, 2022 | News, Newsletters
Dear APCS Members: PURSEonally Speaking, Vol. 7, Number 3 leads off with a reminder to Register for the Gathering! We meet in Albuquerque on October 13-16 and invite you to send in your registration by September 15th. There is still time to join the fun! This...
May 17, 2022 | News, Purse News, Research, Resources
Surprise treasure - the TORSE BEAD Author: Vicki Schwager So.... what is it? And, why would a purse collector want it? “Torse” is French for twist. A torse bead is a twisted metal bead, more precisely a twisted French Steel Bead. Some silver and gold ones are...
