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2026-09-15

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When we first met Ilene Hochberg Wood in 2020, she was the owner of the Worlds Largest Handbag Collection and was on a mission to bring her collection to the public through the American Handbag Museum. But now, her mission has changed.

"I realized that my vision was too small," says Ilene. "Theyre of interest to people worldwide. So I felt that I was doing them an injustice by funneling them toward that one vision."

So, Ilene is looking for a buyer; specifically, someone who can purchase the collection of 8,000 bags as a single unit and continue to tell their story.

"I truly believe that, for the good of the handbags, I need to entrust them to new stewards who will have the creativity, the imagination, and the means to display them and learn from them," Ilene explains. "These bags need to go on after I am gone."

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