Get ready to bid at handbag auction
Get yourself ready for the 2017-18 fall and winter seasons, or buy your holiday gifts early, when the Mount Prospect Historical Society holds its biennial "Power of the Purse" handbag auction Thursday, Oct. 12, in the community room of the Mount Prospect Village Hall, 50 S. Emerson St., Mount Prospect.
The event will feature a variety of new and almost-new designer, vintage, quirky and handmade purses for adults and children, as well as messenger bags, all donated by retailers, members and friends of the society. So far brand names include Coach, Fossil, Dooney and Bourke, and many more.
Mount Prospect Mayor Arlene Juracek has once again donated a new purse for inclusion in the bidding.
The evening, which will begin at 7 p.m., will feature a mix of wine, desserts, cash and carry purses, as well as silent and live auctions. Attendees will be able to pick up some unique handbags while, at the same time, supporting the educational and preservation efforts of the one-room, 1896 Central School, 103 S. Maple St.
Reservations, which are limited, are requested by Oct. 3 and can be made for $10 each via PayPal at www.mtphist.org or at the museum.
Contemporary writer/poet Carrie Teresa Maison said it best when she wrote, "A purse not only serves a functional purpose. It is a symbol of a woman's personality. You can tell a great deal about a lady just by the purse she carries. The impression is just as important as the contents inside."
For more information, call (847) 392-9006 or visit www.mtphist.org.
The Mount Prospect Historical Society is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that is committed to preserving the history of Mount Prospect, through artifacts, photographs and both oral and written memories of current and former residents and businesspeople.
On its campus, the society maintains the 1906 Dietrich Friedrichs house museum, carriage house, the ADA-accessible Dolores Haugh Education Center and the 1896 one-room Central School, which was moved to the museum campus in 2008.
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