Antiques and Collectibles Websites

The list below provides links to online sources of information dealing with antiques and collectibles. Many of the links are to other lists of related links, many take you to commercial sites where you can buy or sell an item, and others offer information on collecting, terminology, makers, and prices.

Auction Records & Price Guides

• Only available in the Main Library Reference Services, artprice.com, ArtFact.com, and artnet.com, are three subscription databases that contain auction records. Artnet.com does require a username and password, so ask a librarian to log you in.

Appraisers

• American Association of Appraisers
• International Society of Appraisers
• Appraisers Association of America

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Indexes, Directories, and other online information

• Collect.com
  Oonline stores, information on books and magazines for the collector, prices, and directories.
• Harry Rinker
  an antiques and collectibles expert, has an informative site, including question and answer columns and places to go for further research.
• Maine Antique Digest Magazine
  an excellent site terms of organization and quantity, especially their list of Antiquing, Art, and Auction Resources
• Kovels
  online information from Ralph and Terry Kovel
• Antiques and the Arts Weekly
  another online newsletter.
• ebay
  popular auction site for collectors of all kinds
• Internet Auction List
  Internet resource listing for auctions. Here you'll find a directory of auction pages from all over the Net: cars, art, antiques, and government auctions.
• National Auctioneers Association
  includes a Database of NAA Member Auctioneers, plus other information about the organization
• Curioscape
  a directory of exclusively antiquing and collecting sites
• Learn About... Antiques
  information, pictures and examples of 26 types of antiques, plus other helpful information
• American Decorative Arts: 20th century modern furniture
  another commercial site, but it has good information on leading designers and manufacturers

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Auction Houses

• Christie's
  includes sales information, lists of auction catalogues, and other information about the company.
• Sotheby's
  has similar information to Christie's, but also includes a live auction house.
• Dargate Auction Galleries
  an auction house here in Pittsburgh

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Pictorial Reference

• Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
  from the University of Wisconsin Madison, contains links to electronic texts and journals, image databases, and information on organizations, museums and research facilities for the study of decorative arts.

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General Sites of Use to the Collector

• Associations Unlimited
  Available remotely with a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh library card. Detailed information on national, international and regional associations.
• Carnegie Museum of Art
• WWW Virtual Library: Museums