Download or read book Vintage Purses written by Lynell K. Schwartz and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of purses, primarily from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, illustrated in full color photographs. Catalogs, advertising, trade cards and original drawings along with histories of the leading manufacturers such as Bliss, Napier, Whiting & Davis and Mandalian are included to anchor the purses in their period histories. The updated values reflect the collectors' market today.