Article: To have and to hold handbags for posterity.(Society)

Byline: RICHARD CHANG

NEW YORK (Reuters) Pop into any antique show and it is obvious: Handbags are in not just the standard variety but also ones that resemble telephones or milk buckets, beaded, buckled, or accordioned ones and many others.

As fashion has gone retro, so have accessories, to the point that Sothebys held its first exclusive handbag auction last month. The event raised $262,545 from the sale of 163 items including an $11,500 ruby-glazed, bejeweled alligator evening bag that was barely a year old.

"Handbags are getting very collectible now, very hot even just purse frames themselves and purses," said "Vintage Purses At Their Best" author Lynell ...

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