How does Show and Tell work?

Use Show and Tell to show off your favorite items – or your entire collection. You can upload up to four high-resolution photos, and write as much as you want about the history or stories behind each item. You can also track favorites, and post comments and questions. Think of it as a shared virtual museum.

Here’s more detail:

• Show and Tell is free. And we plan to keep it free. We want to create an active community of collectors sharing their knowledge and the rich history behind their collections.
• It’s not for selling. Please don’t post items for sale… if we see for-sale listings, even non-commercial ones, we’ll remove them. We reserve the right to remove any content we deem inappropriate for any reason.
• Signing up is quick and easy. You need to create an account to post items. Just enter your email address (we won’t share it with anyone), choose a username and password, and then start using Show and Tell! Once signed up, you can save favorites, too.
• Start with your personal profile page. You can upload a photo of yourself, a short text profile, and a link to your own website (all optional).
• Bookmark your profile page for easy access. From there you can see all your Show and Tell items, and the list of other collectors’ items that you like (or love). You can always find your profile page by clicking on your username in the upper right hand corner of our pages.
• Adding items is easy. On the add item form, just type in a title, select up to four photos from your hard drive to upload (jpg, gif, and png), then write a description of your item (no length limit – the more detail the better). Finally, categorize your item so it will appear on the correct pages. For example, for a 1920s Lionel train you’d select “Model Trains” as your Category and “prewar Lionel” as you Sub-Category.
• Editing your pages is easy. Just go to that item’s page and click the “edit” link on the lower left (you only see this when logged in, and if it’s your item).
• Items get displayed in multiple places. Once you’ve posted a Show and Tell item, it will appear in multiple places as appropriate on Collectorsweekly.com, based on its category and how many other people like (or love) that item. A vintage alarm clock, for example, would appear in at least three places: the alarm clocks Show and Tell page, the clocks Show and Tell page, and the main (site-wide) Show and Tell page.
• Sharing pages is easy. On any Show and Tell page, you can share with friends and other collectors via email, Facebook, and Twitter using the links and buttons provided.
• Other questions or suggestions? Send us an email!

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