 Only a few days left! One of London’s most exciting single-owner collections of antique and vintage perfume bottles, factices, powder boxes and compacts comes under the ‘virtual hammer’ from 31 March to 9 April at Auction Atrium, the online auction house in Notting Hill.
The sale will include 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.
More information: 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. |
 Convention '07: 10/11 November,
Gloucester
Our seventh annual convention was held on Saturday
10th and Sunday 11th November at the Holiday Inn near Gloucester.
Report and Photos»
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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 » |
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News....
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» |
Diary Date: Sun. 27 April
2008 at Buriton, near Petersfield in Hampshire. Sara Hughes
is organising a Fair for IPBA and BCCS members. 10am-3pm
Download the details» |
Subscriptions 2007/8 Membership
run from 1 July and subs for 2007/8 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 £40 (£42 for non-UK)
to Paula Sedgwick.
(Cheques should be payable to "UK Chapter of the IPBA")
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FiFi Awards 2007
 UK
Chapter members are now registered with the Fragrance Foundation
UK as voters in this year's judging process. The results were
be announced at a charity dinner on 23rd April
Fragrance
Foundation website» |
IPBA Ballot Result
See the Member's section of
the IPBA
web site for details of the voting. |
| The next US Convention
....will be in St Louis, Missouri from May 1st to 4th 2008.
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