Yard Sales and Antiquing

If you are going antiquing, visiting yard sales or thinking of starting a collection, there are many resources at the library to help.

Available through our Electronic Journals Database:
Antique Trader Weekly
Antiques Roadshow Insider
*Click on “view PDF pages” to see the original magazine article with images.

For a wide variety of collectibles including pottery, jewelry and furniture try:
Kovels' American antiques, 1750-1900 / by Ralph and Terry Kovel
Kovels' American collectibles, 1900-2000 by Ralph and Terry Kovel
The Kovels' antiques & collectibles price list / by Ralph and Terry Kovel
Warman's antiques and collectibles price guide

For stamp collectors:
Scott standard postage stamp catalogue
Museum passes are available at the library for the
Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History

For book collectors:
ABC for book collectors / by John Carter
Book collecting : a comprehensive guide / Allen and Patricia Ahearn
The official price guide to collecting books
The official price guide to old books

This book explores the creation of a personal journal using scrapbooking techniques and antique ephemera.
Vintage collage journals : journaling with antique ephemera / Maryjo Koch

For an introduction to the field of collecting and an overview of different types of collectibles try:
Antiques Roadshow 20th-century collectibles : the complete guide to collecting 20th-century toys, glassware, costume jewelry, memorabilia, ceramics & more from the most-watched series on PBS / by Carol Prisant