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...
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...
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...
Mar 16, 2022 | Purse News
The 34th International Perfume Bottle Association convention will be held April 28-May 1, 2022. The four day event features formal presentations by leading collectors and authors, interactive round table discussions and a discovery program called Treasures Found. ...
Jan 24, 2022 | About, Member Profiles, Purse News
Although hers looks like a lifetime collection, Frieda Piechnick only started collecting celluloid purses 7 years ago. She makes purses for some of her purse frames, and they are works of art. This is a bit about Frieda along with some jaw-dropping photos you won't...
