Dates: Friday April 25th to Sunday April 27th
There will be optional tours on Thursday, April 24th, 2025:
Preliminary Schedule
Friday, April 25th, 2025
37th IPBA Annual Convention begins at 8:00 am PT
Orientation Meeting
Collector’s Sessions *
Hollywood Symposium
Celebrity-owned items; decorating with perfume bottles and vanity items
Perfume Bottles & Vintage Vanity Show & Sale **
Evening Event (optional)
THE PORTLAND VASE: How it ignited the making of cameo glass. by Shari Hopper
How did an ancient glass vase become the object of so many reproductions?
Why did English artists spend years of their time and painstaking effort to reproduce it?
What created the demand for cameo glass?
We will have a conversation about these questions and much more.
A Cut Above by Colleen White
Colleen began her collecting of small, clear-cut Czech bottles “accidentally.” A lover of history, she became fascinated with the story and the craftsmanship behind these sparkling jewels over 20 years ago. What started out as an academic appreciation has also turned into a true appreciation of their beauty and design.
Saturday, April 26th, 2025
Collector’s Market **
Collecting 101
Presentation: “Tiffany” by Walter Jones
Perfume Bottle & Vintage Vanity Show & Sale **
Dinner and Annual Meeting and Election for the 2025-2027 IPBA Board of Directors
Keynote Presentation: “Star Struck! Hollywood’s Golden Age of Glitter, Glamour, and Gowns” by Don Orban
Tiffany by Walter Jones
Both of the above objects are called “Tiffany” scent containers, BUT…
• Were both created by the same design studio? No
• Were both designed by the same artist? No
• Are they considered designs of Art Nouveau? Yes
• Were these made in the same century? No
• Were these sold in the same shop? More than likely.
Let’s untangle the confusion and discuss the history of Tiffany & Co., Tiffany Glass Co., Tiffany Studios, Tiffany Furnaces and other businesses from their beginnings until about 1920. We will look at some of the creations that were made by and sold by this iconic American company, now owned by the European luxury goods conglomerate, LVMH.
Sunday, April 27th, 2025
Treasures Found
Perfume Bottle & Vintage Vanity Show & Sale **
37th IPBA Annual Convention ends at 3:00 pm PT
*If interested in giving a presentation or facilitating a Collector’s Session, contact Convention Chair Barbara W. Miller at [email protected].
**The Perfume Bottles & Vanity Items Show & Sale is a buyer’s event not to be missed, and bargains will abound at the Collector’s Market!
Our Keynote Speaker: Don Orban
Many of you may know Don as a longtime collector of Czech perfume bottles and former editor of the PBQ, but he also has an extensive collection of vintage clothing! He will be speaking on “Star Struck! Hollywood’s Golden Age of Glitter, Glamour, and Gowns”.
About Don Orban’s Fashion Fascination: It all began when a friend gave him a vintage-style mannequin that needed an appropriately vintage wardrobe, which has culminated in a curated collection spanning from the 1860’s to the 1980’s, with an emphasis on items from the 1920’s through the 1950’s.
We will be staying at the Benson Portland Hotel at 309 SW Broadway in Portland
Guestrooms will be $149/night
Danny Feist Reservations Coordinator. [email protected]. 503-228-2000, ext. 173
The Benson Portland is within easy walking distance of Powell’s flagship bookstore (2.5 blocks); Nordstrom (4 blocks); Pioneer Courthouse Square (4 blocks); Pioneer Place, an urban shopping mall (7 blocks); the Willamette River (8 blocks); Portland Art Museum (10 blocks); and remember that Oregon has no sales tax!
Two fascinating perfume shops are a short drive across the bridge in South Portland.
Fumerie. 3584 SE Division Street, Portland, OR 97202. 234-386-3743
Tracy Tsefalas, owner
Fumerie Parfumerie
The Perfume House. 3328 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214. 503-234-5375
https://theperfumehouse.com
Check store hours as it is not open every day.
For those who are driving, the hotel has Valet Parking. There is also an underground parking lot one half block from the hotel, at the Union Bank building, corner of SW Broadway and SW Harvey Milk. www.propark.com
For those who are flying, the Portland International Airport has a newly refurbished Main Terminal featuring a spectacular timber roof, live trees, and wide-open spaces.
Arrive Early or Stay Late to Explore the Area
Cannon Beach
A picturesque small-town village by the sea is easily walkable. Amazing beaches, tufted puffins, art galleries, specialty shops. Haystack Rock rises 235 feet from the edge of the shoreline. Named one of the world’s 100 most beautiful places by National Geographic.
Fort Clatsop
Lewis and Clark’s log stockade (accurate replica) of their wintering-over shelter in 1805/1806 in their exploration from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean.
Astoria
A historic coastal city on the Columbia River starting out as a fur trading post and then into a bustling port city, with Victorian-era homes and a maritime museum.
Maryhill Museum of Art
35 Maryhill Museum Dr., Goldendale, WA 98620
Théâtre de la Mode
Maryhill Museum of Art’s permanent display of Théâtre de la Mode presents post-World War II French haute couture fashions on one-third-life-size human mannequins. When it appeared at Louvre’s Museum of Decorative Arts in 1945, the Théâtre de la Mode opening drew 100,000 visitors. The exhibition toured Europe and the United States in 1946, before languishing in the basement of San Francisco’s City of Paris department store. The sets were lost, but the mannequins were saved through the efforts of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, who championed their transfer to Maryhill Museum of Art.
Maryhill is home to nine re-built sets and restored mannequins dressed in period casual and formal wear. Each year, three of the nine sets are on display.
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