Frustration!

I am at a lost!! Which for me isn't something new, but frustrating nonetheless! Bought a cute little silk beaded purse circa about 1930-ish ... no makers' mark whatsoever, except there is a tiny royal blue silk ribbon (inside the purse) held in place with a brass/gold-metal brad with the initials 'GS'. So I start my search on the 'world wide web'... (have you ever just typed in two initials & hit 'enter'? HA! word of advise...don't do it!) an hour later and upteen hundred pages later still no luck (go figure), then I typed in 'GS purse makers' ... double the upteen hundred pages and there you have it! I'm not any closer to trying to find the maker (you'd think the ribbon and initials would be an easy I.D.) the era OR the estimated antique value. I do believe it is American made and about the 1930s.
SO ... if anyone has idea of a way to research this piece or is a distant relative of 'Blue Ribboned G.S.' puleeeeeze contact me.
his is slowly becoming the same frustration I experienced when trying to research my old indentured land documents from the late 1700s and a will from a gentleman that simply signed (on his death-bed???!) it with an extremely scratchy 'XXXX'.
And this, gentle folks, is why I'm 'A Raging Collectaholic'!