Feb 9, 2023 | News, Purse News
Our very busy Kathy Gunderson has come upon a collection of purse drawings that may interest you. Here is Kathy’s message about this project: To: APCSFr: Kathy GundersonPurse DrawingsI received a message from Lucia Clerici (APCS member) about a friend...
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...
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...
