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The Antiques and Collectibles Guide and Specialties Index: http://www.acguide.com/Specialties.html

The guide to businesses and organizations who specialize in a particular type of antique or collectible, or offer an antique/collectible-related product or service
Books and Book Collecting: http://www.trussel.com/f_books.htm

A resource for book collectors searching for rare, out of print books, or volumes to complete sets. It contains links for searching for used books, volumes for incomplete sets, sources for used magazines. There is a bibliography with titles on identification, price guides, specialty collecting and preservation of fine books.
Collectibles from About.com: http://collectibles.about.com/index.htm?terms=collectibles

The Collectibles site on About.com: the leading network of niche vertical sites. Each site is devoted to a single topic, overseen by an expert Guide dedicated to helping the users find what they want quickly and easily. There are many sites for collectibles of all types here.
Collector Online Club Directory: http://www.collectoronline.com/club-directory.shtml

This directory lists over 800 clubs related to antiques and collectibles. Search the alphabetical list by the name of your collectible.
eBay: http://www.ebay.com/

This is the largest online auction Web site. A enormous garage sale: millions of items listed for sale in thousands of categories. This is an online trading marketplace for collectors and hobbyists. It allows buyers and sellers to exchange and bid on antiques, books and movies, coins and stamps, collectibles, computers, dolls, jewelry, gemstones, pottery and glass, sewing machines, sports memorabilia, toys, Beanie Babies, trading cards, Elvis, and more. Offers a wide variety of educational tools, features, and services that enable members to buy and sell on the site quickly, safely, and conveniently. Start with the Site Map to orient yourself to this gigantic site.
Icollector: Art, Antiques, and Collectibles Auctions Online: http://www.icollector.com/

A resource for bidding on and previewing online art, antiques, and collectiblesauctions worldwide. Search archived auction house catalogs, find art price sales at auctions for the past ten years, visit dealer and gallery sites, and link to associations and publications. Also, view slide shows of art and photography exhibitions.
Palmer/Wirfs Antique & Collectible Shows: http://www.palmerwirfs.com/

Palmer/Wirfs Offer The Largest Antiques and Collectibles Shows on the West Coast. Welcome to the Palmer/Wirfs & Associates' family of Antique & Collectible events. Each year we produce five fun filled weekends of buying & selling and shows ranging from the Tacoma Dome's 500 booths to the 1,800 booths sprawling through the Portland Expo Center each July. The Expo Shows, begun in 1981, were the first on our schedule and remain our largest and best established shows. They range in size from 1,350 booths in March and October to 1,800 booths in July. Due to the tremendous audience at the show, the exhibitors make a point of saving their choicest finds for Expo and the aisles fairly hum with activity as those elusive treasures exchange hands. As with all of our shows, the merchandise at Expo runs the gamut from estate jewelry to McDonald's lunchboxes.
Replacements. Ltd: http://www.replacements.com/

China , Crystal , Silver & Collectibles - (1) Old & New Flatware: the world's largest inventory including 137,000 different patterns. (2) They are also a supplier of of old and new china, crystal, silver, and collectibles with an inventory of nearly six million pieces. The site features brief histories of well-known tableware manufacturers (Spode, Waterford, Reed & Barton, and more); assistance in identifying types of pieces; place setting guides for different meals; and images of hundreds of popular china, crystal, and flatware patterns. Services include free pattern identification and customer alerts listing pieces available in registered patterns. A good starting point for collectors or consumers wanting to match missing pieces.

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