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Antiques and Collectibles

" The Americana Exchange is a web-based resource for those who deal in, deal with and/or collect books and related material. To build a community we provide free services. To support this collecting field we provide innovative paid tools that are changing the face of book collecting. Our primary free community building tools are AE Monthly, the most widely read periodical in the book collecting field, and Auction Search, the most effective search tool ever developed for the book auction field. The heart of our paid services on this site is the Americana Exchange Bibliographic Database, almost a million records pertaining to fiction and non-fiction books, maps and ephemera including drama and poetry, science and medicine, angling, sports materials,binding, private press and a wide assortment of other printed items."

Antique Arts is "the Internet gallery of fine art and quality antiques. We feature an extensive online catalog of merchandise that is easy to browse and fun to use."

Online catalogs and information about prints and maps from Steve Bartick Antique Prints and Maps.

"The Antiques & Collectibles Associations (ACA) were established with the founding of The Antiques & Collectibles Dealers Association (ACDA) in 1991 by Jim & Yvonne Tucker. After 25 years in corporate insurance and 15 years of collecting, the Tuckers decided to go into the antiques business full time. Upon doing so they found that there was no insurance available to protect them and there was no association in existence to help develop an insurance program and other benefit programs they felt were needed by the industry. With the encouragement of other dealers the concept of ACDA was born. Thus began what is now the largest dealer association in the w"

"ANTIQUES ROADSHOW debuted its sixth season on Monday, January 21, 2002. It remains the most-watched, and arguably the most parodied, primetime series on PBS. The winter/spring lineup, hosted by Dan Elias, includes fifteen new episodes and two encore programs. With its broadcast of Indianapolis, Hour Three, on May 27, 2002, ROADSHOW reached its 100th episode mark." This is the online companion to the show.

"Butterfields Auctioneers, established in 1865 and now an eBay company, is the largest auction house in the West. Having the most specialists under one roof outside London and New York and 25,000,000 buyers and sellers accessing Butterfields via our parent company eBay, Butterfields combines the professionalism and expertise of the world’s largest auction houses with the most assertive online auction strategy in the world."

"The Central Registry was established through an initiative of the Commission for Looted Art in Europe. The Commission is the expert body in Europe which researches, locates and recovers looted cultural property for families and institutions from all over the world."

Christie's official web site offers information about how to buy and sell antiques, appraisals, a calendar, locations, sales results, publications, and links to news and other features.

"The Collectors' Information Bureau (CIB) is a not-for-profit trade association comprised of the top manufacturers in the field of limited edition collectibles. One of the collectible industry's leading trade organizations, CIB is also recognized as an authoritative, knowledgeable research center reporting on the secondary market. CIB reaches out to collectors all across the country with news, information, and insights about the fun and fascinating world of collecting."

Antiques and collectibles for sale online.  Also includes links to antique reference sources available on the Internet, and links to collector categories.

"Founded in 1999, GoAntiques is now the antiques shopping destination of choice for millions of collectors and the online storefront for hundreds of dealers and gallery members around the globe. With offices in three states and two countries, we continue to grow our core business while focusing on customer satisfaction."

"icollector.com is the independent connection to the world's Auction Houses. Founded in 1994, we were the first company dedicated to trading antiques, fine art and premium collectibles on the Internet. Today icollector.com represents more than 300 of the world's leading auction houses, and 650 of the world's most reputable dealers and galleries. Hundreds of thousands of collectors use icollector.com to search these auction houses, dealers and galleries, and place bids with the support of our extensive library of pricing and reference materials."

The online version of the popular book series. Here you can find articles, prices and marks, fakes and expert analysis of the marketplace, answers to collector's questions and more.

"The Koordinierungsstelle für Kulturgutverluste is Germany’s central office for the documentation of lost cultural property. Its main task is to register and document search requests and found-object reports about cultural objects taken from their owner(s) in connection with Nazi persecution or relocated as a result of the Second World War. Publication on the Internet makes it possible to search for these objects and the circumstances of their loss world-wide. In this way, the Office seeks to assist the locating and identification of these objects and to facilitate their return."

"Thousands of art objects were sold, robbed or confiscated and ended up in Germany during World War II. After the war, the Stichting Nederlandsch Kunstbezit (SNK) returned many of the recuperated works of art to their rightful owners on behalf of the Dutch State. Nevertheless, there are still a large number of works of art in the state's custody. These constitute the Nederlands Kunstbezit-collectie (NK collection). The Inspectorate of Cultural Heritage has one principal task: tracing the original owners of the art objects in as far as this is possible well over 50 years after the end of World War II. The results so far can be found on this website and have been laid down in interim reports. This website allows you to search the database for art objects or family names yourself."

A comprehensive antique and collectible pricing tool that delivers more than 20 million realized prices on treasures nearly 30% of Americans collect, buy, sell and trade. Price It! Antiques & Collectibles is a constantly updated and growing database, more than 10 million images and 125 searchable categories and intuitive search functionality. This link points to the public library's portal to Price It!

Set Your Table

This is a discontinued tableware dealers directory. Here you can find information about dinnerware, flatware and glassware manufactureres, repair and restoration of items, and special sale items. The site also has links to other similar pages.

Online encyclopedia of silver marks, hallmarks & maker's marks.

This site is a guide to British silver marks. Here you can find the marks, a guide to English silver, world silver marks, information about Sheffiled plate and electroplate, a bookshop, a chat room, and the silver mine exchange.

At Sotheby's site you can find auction schedules and results, catalogs, information about collecting, servies offered by Sotheby's and feature articles.

This site lists links and information for provenance research.