July 5, 2008
The Best of Antiques
and Collecting
What are you looking for?
This huge online database from the Speed Art Museum is a rich trove of beautiful photos and reference information o… [more]
The meat of this site is its detailed history section, describing the evolution of the lunch box in the 1950s and 6… [more]
This gallery of Matchbox model cars and other vehicles from the 1970s is worth cruising if you ever had (or wanted)… [more]
This online exhibit highlights 50 select pieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s permanent collection of Ame… [more]
Testing 1, 2, 3. Stan Coutant's tribute to the vintage mike is clear and vibrant. Start at the table of contents f… [more]
Take a big bite - you won't want to just nibble at Robbie Pavey's gallery of over 300 antique fishing lures, many w… [more]
This resource for historic arms and armour collectors provides exhaustive information on modern reproductions (cust… [more]
Scott Weed's pictoral guide to date nails, or nails which have some kind of company, functional, or otherwise descr… [more]
Check out this sampling of nautical and maritime items held by the U.K.'s National Maritime Museum and Royal Observ… [more]
If you're into postal history or collectibles, check out the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. This extensive s… [more]
This virtual museum, created by the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, lets you stroll through tim… [more]
This site is sure to snag you with its great collection of fishing lures from the early 1900s. Includes lures from … [more]
This extensive guide to the pressed pennies of Disneyland won’t leave you flat; it’s comprehensive, information… [more]
This group artistic effort to catalog the signs of Pittsburgh captures many vintage signs (porcelain, neon, wood, t… [more]
This massive site (14,000-plus plates) is a great starting point for seeing a wide range of license plates from man… [more]
Paul Chenard's impressive collection of vintage model race cars (mostly European) including Hotwheels, Dinky, Match… [more]
If you've ever wondered how to tell real from fake railroad china, or how brass baggage tags originated, this extre… [more]
David Kornacki's visually stunning guide to the copper shop products of the Roycrofters craft community in East Aur… [more]
This great collection of over 10,000 pins spans 30 categories including medical, historical monuments, celebrities,… [more]
A great reference on silver from the Victoria and Albert Museum. View silver items by theme, see highlights from th… [more]