Antiques and Collectibles

KPL staff-selected resources. We welcome your comments and suggestions.

Staff Recommends

Buy It, Sell It, Make Money: Your Guide to Finding and Reselling Luxury Goods for Personal Wealth by Daren BaughmanThe Standard Knife Collector's Guide: Identification & Values by Roy RitchieThe Curious Collector: A Lively Little Tour of 101 Favorite Collectibles by Jessie WalkerAntiques On The Cheap: A Savvy Dealer's Tips: Buying, Restoring, Selling by James McKenzieCaring For Your Family Treasures by Jane Long

Databases (most require KPL library card)

InfoTrac All Using PowerSearch

Magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, ebooks available in the library or at home with your KPL library card or with your Michigan Driver's License or ID by going to Mel.org
Includes Computer Database; Custom Newspapers; General Reference Center Gold; Grand Rapids Press; Expanded Academic ASAP; General Business File ASAP; Legal Trac; InfoTrac Onefile; Health Reference Center Academic ASAP

NetLibrary

Michigan eLibrary collection of ebooks.

SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs

(OCLC FirstSearch) Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs is the only online union catalog of auction catalog records in existence.
For home access with a valid KPL library card call 553-7801 for username and password.  Also available via MeL.

Newspapers and Magazines

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Antique Bottle & Glass Collector

Antique Trader Weekly

Antique Week

Antiques and Collecting

Style 1900

Community Resources

Kalamazoo Antique Auto Restorers Club

Phone 269-965-4247

First weekend in February swap meet at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds; first weekend in August car show and swap meet; co-sponsored with the Gilmore Car Museum; tours; picnics; holiday gathering; winter banquet; newsletter; scholarships to WMU Mechanical Engineering Department.

Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club

Phone 269-329-0853

April bottle show; monthly meetings; information programs.

Kalamazoo Stamp Club

Phone 269-626-8688

Monthly meetings; auctions, slide shows, and trading; maintains a philatelic library; newsletter; exhibition; annual stamp show "KazooPEX."

Websites

Antique Marks

Includes a glossary of antique terms.

Antique Roadshow

What's that junk in your attic worth? Check out 'Antique Roadshow,' the PBS show that tells if you have treasures or trash.

Collectible and Antique Price Guides Online

From About.com a great starting place on finding out about your antiques.

eBay

Going once, going twice, sold! This cyber auction site will allow you to log in and bid on the items you are seeking.

Internet Antiques Guide

A calendar of auctions and antiques fairs.

Kovels.com

A well known name in antiques.


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Sofa, c. 1855, Rosewood, ash, laminated, carved, Dallas Museum of Art.

Sofa, c. 1855, Rosewood, ash, laminated, carved, Dallas Museum of Art.

Source: CAMIO database