Perfume Bottles

CREDITS 53Penny Dolnick is a past president of theInternational Perfume Bottle Associationand a dealer in collectible perfume bottlessince 1987. She is the author of the PennyBank Commercial Perfume Bottle PriceGuide, 8 th Edition, the Penny Bank MiniaturePerfume Bottle Price Guide, 3rd Editionand the Penny Bank Solid PerfumeBottle Price Guide, 4th Edition. She is willingto help you identify and date your bottles,but will not appraise them. You canemail her at alpen@gate.net.The International Perfume Bottle Associationis an organization of 1,500 perfumebottle collectors in several countries. It fosterseducation and comradeship for collectorsthrough its gorgeous quarterly fullcolormagazine, its regional chapters andits annual convention. For information or amembership application, go to www.perfumebottles.org.Every year, the IPBA convention playshost to the Monsen and Baer Perfume BottleAuction, featuring approximately 400perfume bottles and related items. Backissues of the full color hard-bound cataloguesare available. For more information,email Monsen and Baer at monsenbaer@errols.com.Special thanks to Frank and ElizabethCreech, Joan Walter and Madeleine Francefor bearing with me and continuing myeducation.CREDITSThanks to all my friends in the InternationalPerfume Bottle Association foranswering my endless questions.Photos courtesy ofAl DolnickRandall Monsen and Rod BaerFrank and Elizabeth CreechJoan WalterMadeleine FranceShirley HanickAmelia ChathamConnie LinneBarbara MillerHelen FarnsworthShari HopperMarsha CraftsAnne ConradJoyce GeeserSabra BraeTeri WorthCathy Weiss