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O, good old man, how well in thee appears. The constant service of the antique world.
William Shakespeare
If you are looking for a specific item, this site enables you to run a search, and the results tell you which online dealers or galleries have it in stock. Searches may take three forms: Quick, Complete, and Auction.
Antique Alley’s page allows you to search for a specific item or shop; peruse a giant list of shops around the country; or guides you to others antiques pages, in case a search comes up empty.
The main focus of this site is to help collectors find sellers by providing an exhaustive search engine that changes daily. They also help collectors find suitable interior designers, antique insurance agents, and others.
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Whether you want to buy an antique radio or have an old television restored, this Connecticut-based specialty business thrives on old technology. You may learn more about vintage radios, TV, and other personal electronics here and on several pages linked to it.
Even if you’re an inexperienced antiquer, PBS’s Antiques Road Show is a great show and Web site to visit to get into it. The show visits antique conventions all around the country where they have experts appraise items that regular people bring in and are clueless about. They also appraise fakes, to help the viewer gain knowledge about how to avoid them. Check out the appraisal contest.
If you like to attend auctions to buy your antiques, give the Auction! Auction! page a try. Select by state, region, or even country or continent. You will see a list of available items at auctions being held in your region.
Augie has been collecting records since the 1950s, so it is not surprising that you have your choice from 6,000 titles. An alphabetic index will list all of the titles he has available.
For every doll collector, there is the Doll House Web site, which specializes in Barbie. Join discussion groups, search classified ads, and download images of Barbies you didn’t even know existed. The site also links to articles by renowned Barbie expert, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn.
The online site for the EAHA specializes in antique Americana, such as maps, civil war memorabilia, newspapers, coins, and so on. Check out the price list of current items and submit a bid, either by email, fax, or snail mail.
We all have a little antiquer within us, yearning to grasp the old and rare. Famous Furniture imports antiques from all over the world and presents them well in this information-rich site.
Have you been looking for that special first edition Ayn Rand forever? Know Knew Books has collectible books for many categories: art & photography, fiction, history, Westerns, music, humor, children’s, science fiction, and more.
This is a Web site devoted to collectors of Life magazine, which are divided into the following year categories: 1940 and Older, every individual year 1941 through 1951, and then 1952 and Newer. The site is run by a bookstore in British Columbia.
Stamp collectors all over the world can come to Net Stamps’ site to view articles about the stamp-collecting world’s governing body, read and place classified ads, and learn about new stamp releases from the United States Post Office.
Whether you collect Presidential campaign pins, flags, plates, or what not, this site covers it. You can perform searches, follow links to related sites, or check out the latest items from recent campaigns, such as Perot ‘96 or Inauguration ‘97.
Sign It deals in autographs of movie and TV stars, musicians, athletes, and others. Glance over their price lists. A secure server enables you to make online transactions safely.
Star Show is your one-stop Web shop for Star Wars, Star Trek, and other sci-fi collectibles. This site will remind you why never to sell any toys after they are outgrown.
Famous for its baseball cards, Topps originally started as a bubble gum manufacturer. Use their site to learn more about the company and its history, as well as their collectibles, which include baseball, basketball, and entertainment cards, candy and gum, comics, and more.
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