Roselyn Gerson, affectionately referred to as "The Compact Lady" by compact collectors and dealers, is the founder of the Compact Collectors Club and editor and publisher of the newsletter, Powder Puff. The newsletter is published quarterly. There is also an annual convention where collectors gather to show and sell compacts, attend a compact auction and listen to a guest speaker!Lady A Antiques Home Page
The 19th annual compact collectors convention will be held at the Holiday Inn Express in Rosemont, Illinois (Chicago northwest surburb) on June 25-27, 2010.
With the increasing popularity and interest in collecting compacts and vanity items, the convention should be bigger and better than ever! Collectors from all over the US and Europe are expected to attend the event, sharing their collections and information with everyone.
A Friday night auction with compactQT Debbie Matheney as auctioneer is always a convention delight. Auction proceeds will be donated to Leukemia research.
On Saturday, a Sell, Swap and Shop day will offer every compact of our dreams for purchase!! The Volupte hands, bracelets, fans, celluloid vanities and the best enamels ever seen will available to drool over and purchase!!
In addition, a great assortment of Estee Lauder solid perfumes and compacts will be on display to view and add to collections.
A sit down dinner will be held Saturday evening. As always, a convention highlight will be the guest speakers! Several knowledgeable collectors will share their interesting collections and histories of some unusual compact and vanity items.
The agenda is tentative and some changes may occur.
The convention will be a wonderful event and it's always a pleasure to visit with our gracious hosts, Roz and Alvin Gerson.
To learn more about the convention or to join
the compact collectors club, contact Roz Gerson at: P.O. Box 40, Lynbrook,
NY 11563. Email: compactldy@aol.com
or click here to visit
their website at: http://www.compactcollectors.co.uk/
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The following books on compacts are a great reference for collectors and all have great photographs!
1) Ladies' Compacts of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, by Roselyn Gerson (1989 from Collector Books)
2) Vintage Vanity Bags & Purses, by Roselyn Gerson (1994 from Collector Books)
3) Vintage Ladies' Compacts, by Roselyn Gerson (1996 from Collector Books)
4) Vintage & Contemporary Purse Accessories, by Roselyn Gerson (1997 from Collector Books)
5) Vintage Ladies' Compacts, Second Edition, by Roselyn Gerson (2001 from Collector Books)
6) The Estee Lauder Solid Perfume Compact Collection 1967-2001, by Roselyn Gerson (2002 From Collector Books)
7) Vintage Compacts & Beauty Accessories, by Lynell Schwartz (1997 from Schiffer Publishing)
8) Compacts and Smoking Accessories, by Roseann Ettinger (1991 from Schiffer Publishing)
9) Collector's Encyclopedia of Compacts Carryalls & Face Powder Boxes, by Laura M. Mueller (1994 from Collector Books)
10) Collector's Encyclopedia of Compacts Carryalls & Face Powder Boxes (Volume II), by Laura M. Mueller (1997 from Collector Books)
11) Compacts & Vanity Cases, by Laura M. Mueller (2008 from Collector Books)
12) Powder Compacts: A Collector's Guide (Miller's Collector's Guides, 2000), by Juliette Edwards
13) The Art of Allure: Powder Compacts of the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries,
by Noelle Soren (2004)