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title: UK Chapter of the International Perfume Bottle Association

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Annual General Meeting
Saturday 4 April at 11am at the Adelaide Pub, Teddington
Tea/Coffee from 10:30
After the meeting and lunch we will have a table top sale/swap session.
Also the usual Grand National Sweepstake
holiday inn, GloucesterConvention '08: at the Holiday inn Gloucester
Our eighth annual convention was held on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th November 2008.
Read all about it! »

Report & photos of the 2007 Covention
auction atrium logoOne of London’s most exciting single-owner collections of antique and vintage perfume bottles, factices, powder boxes and compacts came under the ‘virtual hammer’ inMarch at Auction Atrium, the online auction house in Notting Hill. The sale included a large Jean Patou factice, five Balenciaga factices, a large Schiapparelli box artfully displaying a dozen of the couturier’s creations, and two highly unique bottles designed by Dalí. Over 150 lots in all.
www.auctionatrium.com 101B Kensington Church Street, London W8 7LN Telephone: 0207 7929020 or email
Chapter AGM - Saturday, 5 April 2008
The Annual General Meeting of the chapter was held at the Adelaide Pub in Teddington on Saturday 5 April.
26 members and partners attended for a lively meeting and an opportunity to buy and swap or simply chat.
The Adelaide proved again to be a suitable meeting place with good value food and a private meeting room. The weather was unfortunately too cold to allow us to enjoy lunch in the pub's garden. Minutes & photos will follow soon.
Apr'07 UK Chapter Annual General Meeting 2007
The AGM was held on Saturday 14 April at the Adelaide Pub in Teddington near Kingston upon Thames, Middlesex. Twenty members and five partners enjoyed an excellent day, with lunch in warm sunshine in the pub garden.
Minutes & photos
Change of rules to Boost UK Membership!
The IPBA Board has agreed to relax membership rules for international Chapters. New Members can now decide to join the UK Chapter only, without joining the IPBA. This change recognises that the IPBA Convention, a major benefit of the IPBA, is not as accessible to international members as it is for US members.
Members who join the UK Chapter only will not be entitled to many of the benefits of the IPBA such as the Perfume Bottle Quarterly magazine, the annual directory of members and access to the library and will not be able to attend the annual Convention. They will of course be able to take part fully in the activities of the UK Chapter.
So, let's recruit some new members! If you know people who have wanted to join in the past but were put off by the high subscriptions, let them know that for only £10pa they can get the benefits of belonging to a specialist perfume collecting club.

Sixth Convention 30 Sept. and 1 Oct. 2006

Although attendance was very disappointing, our sixth convention, which was again held at the Comfort Hotel near Heathrow, was enjoyed by all the delegates.

The declining numbers prompted a renewed debate about having two levels of membership in the Chapter. It was decided this could be achieved by forming a UK Branch within the Chapter with branch members being eligible for UK activities but not those in the US and paying much smaller annual dues.

Our guest speaker, Janine Roxborough-Bunce gave an entertaining presentation about the work of the Fragrance Foundation in the UK and described the background and history of the annual FiFi awards. Janine raised the possibility of members taking part in the FiFi awards voting process - an exciting development for the UK Chapter.

On Sunday, the all-day sale was also disappointing, with fewer dealers than previously and not as many buyers, both members and public.

Read a full report and see photographs here »

 


News....
Sun 30 Nov. Antique & Collectable Vanity Fair at Buriton Village Hall near Petersfield, Hampshire. 10am - 3pm. Sara Hughes' second show for IPBA UK and BCCS members. Refreshments.
24/9 David Pybus (speaker at our 2004 convention) has sent an update on his "Scents of Time"range of perfumes.
The launch will be at John Lewis, Oxford Street London on October 9th
More details of the launch and the perfumes»
6 April '08 More press interest...
The Sunday Telegraph has a four page feature on collecting perfume bottles in its magazine 'Stella'. The article includes interviews with several collectors, including Roja Dove, Joyce Geeser, IPBA Vice President and Penny.
Read the article»
Subscriptions 2008/9 Membership runs from 1 July and subs are now due.
IPBA dues are held at $55 pa and UK Chapter subs are still £10 pa (£12 for non-UK)
To make it easier for non-USA members we will again be collecting subs. centrally for both the IPBA dues and the UK Chapter - simply send a cheque for £39 (£41 for non-UK) to Paula Sedgwick.
(Cheques should be payable to "UK Chapter of the IPBA")
FiFi Awards 2008
For the second year UK Chapter members voted on the Fragrance Foundation UK's annual FiFi awards.
The 2008 results were announced at a charity dinner at The Dorchester on 23rd April
Fragrance Foundation website»

The next US Convention
....will be in Albuquerque, New Mexico from April 30th to May 3rd 2009.
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