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Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession
By: Dave Jamieson

When Jamieson's parents sold his childhood home, he rediscovered his beloved baseball card collection. Try this charming history of collectible baseball cards brimming with colorful characters. Follow the ever changing market and discover how a billion dollar industry disappeared.
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Kovels Online
Find news, prices, and collecting tips from America's favorite experts, Ralph and Terry Kovel. This web site offers free information, but users will need to register in order to view the prices of antiques and collectibles listed.

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Oxford Art Online
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Oxford Art Online offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online, a comprehensive encyclopedia of the visual arts, and Oxford art reference sources in a single location.

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Antiques and the Arts Online
This online version of a leading weekly trade newspaper is a good source of information about antiques and the arts, offering news, calendars of shows and auctions, and book reviews.

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Gasoline Advertising Signs
A recent August 2007 auction in Florida saw old gasoline advertising signs going for over $1,000. Many of these vintage signs are collectibles now. While some of the signs are painted tin, the long-lasting ones are porcelain, enamel or porcelain enamel, made by fusing powdered glass onto sheet metal with very high heat. These types of signs weathered well and did not rust like the tin ones sometimes would. If you have any of these signs, or other petroliana collectibles, hold onto them or get them appraised. You never know how much they might be worth and they are very popular with collectors.
www.vintagegas.com/

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