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!
The 18th annual compact collectors convention will be held at the upscale Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas on July 11-13, 2008.
With the increasing popularity and interest in collecting compacts and vanity items, the convention is sure to be a great time! Collectors from all over the US, England and Australia 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 highlight, with proceeds going for Leukemia research.
On Saturday, a Sell, Swap and Shop day will offer every compact of your dreams for purchase!! The Volupte hands, bracelets, fans, celluloid vanities and the best enamels ever seen will be available to drool over and purchase!! We guarantee that the shoppers will be amazed at the variety on display and the phrase "compact heaven" will be heard more than once!!
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 is scheduled for Saturday evening, followed by a guest speaker (to be announced).
On Sunday, collectors will have the opportunity to visit the Estee Lauder shop, local antique malls and can choose from dozens of fun Las Vegas events and sightseeing tours!
The convention is sure to be a wonderful event and it's always a pleasure to visit with our gracious hosts, Roz and Alvin Gerson. And I know Alvin will have had plenty of time to come up with a few new jokes this year!
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/
email : Sales@strattonofmayfair.com
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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) Powder Compacts: A Collector's Guide (Miller's Collector's Guides, 2000), by Juliette Edwards