The Canny Link Directory

Antique Electric Mixers

Antique Vibrator Museum

Antique Washing Machine Museum - Lee Maxwell's collection of more than 600 old and unusual washing machines.

Barfbag Page, The

Ball, The - composed entirely of aluminum foil of various varieties.

Baseball Memorabilia  A wide variety of baseball collectibles including an autographed baseball, signed bat, jersey, photo and much more from your mlb favorites.

Campbell's Guide to Toy Sewing Machines - dedicated to the serious collector of toy and antique sewing machines.

International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society (ISMACS)

Jack and Beverly's Toaster Collectibles

Mementos to Motion Discomfort - my very normal hobby of collecting sickbags.

Mike's World Wide Web of Barfbags

Santilla - collector of Featherweight and Singer sewing machines.  

Spucktüten

Strange Hobby?

Toaster Museum Foundation - dedicated the preservation and presentation of the bread toaster, an object of historical and cultural value.  


Autographs

Air's Autographs Page - includes all my sports and celebrity successes and addresses.

Autograph Central

Autographs Plus - information on celebrity appearances in the Dallas and Ft. Worth areas, and links to celebrity autograph sites.

JJ Autographs This site is dedicated to my love of autograph collecting. I started to collect autographs at September 2000 and my collection is slowly growing.

Jade's Celebrity Autographs

Kuch's House of Hockey Autographs - hockey autograph information from a collector's point of view; includes tips, inside information, lists of hokcey players who sign through the mail, and autograph insert information.

Matthew John Agge Autograph Page - for those interested in starting a collection.

Star Archive, The - with addresses and scanned autographs.

Tom's Autograph Page - information on collecting autographs. Celebrity address listing and collecting tips.

Usenet - alt.collecting.autographs  

Celebrity Addresses - celebrity home and email addresses.

Chip's Celebrity Home and E-mail Addresses

Homes of the Stars - addresses of stars.

Skogs's Weekly Celebrity Address      


Beachcombing

Beachcomber's Checklist - includes beachcombing techniques.

Beachcombers' Alert! - for beachcombers to obtain and exchange information about what's floating on the ocean and what's landing on the beaches.    


Books

Books & Book Collecting - links to odd-volumes and incomplete sets, searchable bookstores, book terms and glossaries, on-line libraries.

Essentials of Book Collecting - online 12-part essay on book collecting for beginners: sections on How to collect books on the internet, what is ephemera, book condition & values, etc.

International Book Collectors Association - includes a Guide to First Edition Identification, book search, and links to sites and lists related to book collecting.

Marylandia and Rare Books Department - the Rare Book Collection of the University of Maryland contains over 40,000 volumes dating from the 15th to the 19th century in all areas of the humanities and sciences.

Rare Book and Manuscripts Section, ALA - represents and promotes the interests of librarians, curators, and other specialists concerned with the acquisition, preservation, etc. of special collections, including rare printed books, manuscripts, archives, graphics, music, and ephemera.

Usenet - rec.collecting.books

Your Old Books - covers frequently asked questions about rare books and book values.  


Bottles

Antique Bottle Collectors Haven - includes bottle clubs, books, dealers, auctions, and help on classification.

Miniature Bottle Collector, The - devoted to the collecting of minature liquor bottles, inspired by the print version of MBC.

Unofficial Jack Daniel's Commemorative Decanter Page - with information and photos.

Usenet - rec.antiques.bottles - collecting antique bottles.      


Breweriana

Beer Caps

Beer Cap Page, The - the Internet crown cap collectors' site.

Marcel Zumstein's Beer Bottle Cap Collection - scanned images, bottle cap trading, links to breweries and other collectors.

Ultimate Beer Cap Page Beer Bottles

Greg's Collection

Stevo's Beer Bottle Collection

Art's Beer Can Page - beer cans in grade 1 or better condition. Large list of cone tops, flat tops, and better pull tabs. Some brewerianna available.

Beer Can Collectors of America - not-for-profit organization for individuals from any country who collect or have an interest in beer cans and/or breweriana.

Collectibles by James

DeJean's Beer Page - collecting Belgian beerlabels and international beercans; includes a list of many scanned images.

Kevin's Beer Can Page - old beer wanted by collector. beer trays, signs, cans.

Panzani´s Beer Pages - beer can collecting and breweries.  

BeerCoasters.com - all the resources you need whether you're looking to collect, trade, buy, sell or just look at beer coasters.

Beercoasters- Mijn Bierviltjes

Georges Tegestology Page - misc beer coaster and tegestology stuff, and a bit about my collection.

Miguel's Beer Mat & Coaster Page

Button Images - established for the purpose of collecting information and archiving images of collectible buttons.

Lily Abello's Buttons Page - collection of antique buttons.

Camera Collector - private collectors collection of colored and deco model Kodak cameras.

Cinematographica - the hobby of collecting vintage movie cameras and projectors.

Classic Cameras - English/German pages for the camera collector. Camera trading and want list.    


Cans

Jerome's Softdrink Can Collection - Contains some pictures of the collection too.

Card Art - playing cards and 20th century artists. Brief illustrated overview of modern artists' contribution to playing cards' design.

Card Zine - Europe's quarterly trading card fanzine on the web. Contains the latest trading card news, features, collecting tips, images and more.

Civil War News - the TOPPS series.

Franklyn Cards - collecting cigarette cards.

International Playing-Card Society - for those interested in collecting and studying playing-cards and card games.

Kid A In Alphabet Land - an abecedarian roller coaster ride through the phallocentric obscurantism of Jacques Lacan.

Non-Sports Trading Card Collecting - new & upcoming releases, box breadown stats, guide to collecting, database and more!

Chip Connection - casino chip and token collecting. Links, scans and shows info.

Chips and Dip - casino chip collector with pictures and trade lists for old or new chips.

Wooden Nickel Historical Museum - information about Wooden Nickels, their uses, and sample pictures.

Gary's Electric Christmas Lighting Page - highlights portions of his fluorescent and incandescent light collection, and has a section on swapping and selling items.

Golden Glow of Christmas Past - non-profit club for people who collect Christmas-related antique Christmas.

Aaron's Paper Currency - currency clubs listed, info on grading currency, currency gallery and links.

Bank of Japan Currency Museum - online gallery with selected items on display from the museum's collection; includes a detailed history on Japanese currency.

Chinese Coinage - focused on the XIX century.

Coin Dealer Newsletter - Wholesale rare coin price guide, bullion values. CDN publishes the Certified Coin Dealer newsletter, Bluesheet; the Currency Dealer newsletter, Greensheet; Numismatic Dealer Directory; Greysheet.

Coin Gallery - facts and pictures of the "creme-de-la-creme" for coin collectors.

Coin Site, The

Coin Universe - the starting point for numismatics, and those interested in coins. Directories of coin dealers, internet sites, and coin shows. Online auction also available.

Dahlonega Gold Coins - helps educate numismatists, collectors and investors about gold coins struck at the Dahlonega Georga Mint during the years 1838-1861.

FAQ - One-Minute Coin Expert: The Complete and Easy Guide for Fun and Profit - excerpted from the paperback by Scott A. Travers.

Foreign Currency: Bank Notes from Around the World - collection of foreign paper money, collected by Randy Johnson over several years of traveling.

Kernunnos

Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency, The - information about the paper money of the American colonies, including some contemporary pamphlets.

Numismatica - contains FAQs, glossaries, biographies, news, articles, stories, reviews, trivia, humor, and references.

Usenet - rec.collecting.coins - Coin, currency, medal, etc. collecting forum.

Usenet - rec.collecting.paper-money

Various Paper Money - collection of money left over from one man's overseas trip.

Art Comics - Daily Comics syndicate featuring comic strips created six days a week for the Internet. Also produces online comic books.

Atomic Comics - online source for comics news, previews, interviews, action figure news, information on modeling, gaming, anime and manga.

Bonfire of Kreaturae - comics developed for the Internet, a blend between traditional illustration and computer graphics, plus an art gallery, check what´s new from Fuego Fatuo and Bestiario!

Brothers Grinn, The - rabbit and a cat who are trying to take over the world through comics.

Centaur Studio - includes tips for novice creators, a catalog, and tributes to legendary cartoonists.

Collector's Corner - what's hot, previews, and other informative sections. Interactive crosswords coming soon with prizes each month.

Comic Book Church

Comic Book Continuum - News and opinions from every comic book universe.

Comic Book Depot - One-Stop Guide for Comic Book Resources on the 'Net

Comic Book Page, The - includes info on comic books' history, what important people say about them, curiosities, links, and more.

Comic Book Periodic Table - click on an element in this table and see full, referenced comic book pages and covers involving that element. See how comic book heroes have been influenced by chemistry.

ComicNet - Internet comics magazine. You find dates of many important events. Featuring a special market place page and more around Comics

Comicdom - on comics and manga, in Italian.

Comics Archives - resource of information for golden and silver age collectors. Included are the golden age checklist, silver age reprint list, JSA fact file and the silver age Flash index.

Comics by Grennan and Sperandio - London's Institute of Contemporary Arts first comic book. This page features new previews each week.

Eagle Comic Archive - published in the UK from 1950-1969 and from 1982-1993. Features Dan Dare, Doomlord, Computer Warrior and other strips

Funnybone Project - showcases recent comic book works by Steven Cieply.

House of Fun - home of the Action Girl Comics anthology and Evan "Milk and Cheese" Dorkin.

Hydraski's Cesspool - showcasing comic book art and writing.

Jitterbug Press - Home of Coven of Angels, an anthology of comics, illustrated fiction, scripts, creator bios and more!

Lemon Custard - Mark Badger and Randy Hoppe present comics that are sweet, tart and a little eggy.

New England Comics - Complete NEC Tick catalogue, info on International Mail order

Paw Island - a magical place inhabited by dogs and cats.

Rock-it Comix - a new line of rock 'n roll inspired comic magazines.

SlamDunk - Japanese comic written by Takehito Inoue; page by Kelvin Blade.

Spungifeel Comix and Somedaze Cartoons

Virtual Comic Shop - features comics as well as live chat, message boards, and information.

WebComix - showcase for young and upcoming cartoon and comic artists.

Werner - Germany's legendary comic hero. Werner stands for urban subculture at its best: driving Horex, drinking beer and enjoying the day.

iCOMICS - daily reviews, news, and original animated cartoons.

5.25" Disk Sleeve Archive - The work of a madman? A catalog of nostalgia? An excuse to do something with all these disk sleeves? You decide!

Antique Computer Page

Carl Friend's Minicomputer "Museum" - personal collection of DG, DEC, and other small computers, peripherals, and "stuff".

Eagles Nest Computer Collection

Eric Smith's Retrocomputing Page - small collection of computers of historical interest.

First Virtual Mousepad Museum - large collection of scanned images of mousepads.

Jim's Computer Garage - My collection of computers and associated equipment that I have built, known, worked with, admired, or saved from a fate worse than the scrap heap.

Museum of HP Calculators

Pierce Computer Collection - photos and information about computer collecting.

Tumbleweed's Retro-Computer Shack

Bacchus Antiques  dealers in fine antique corkscrews

Corkscrew.Com - photos and facts for amateurs and collectors. Links to collections, dealers, and places to visit. Corkscrews - antique and modern - for sale.

International Correspondence of Corkscrew Addicts - organization of corkscrew collectors.

Bauer Pottery - collector's homepage for the J.A. Bauer Pottery Company.

Bauer Pottery Collector's Page - covers the Bauer lines of dinnerware, art-line, and floral pottery made by the J. A. Bauer Pottery Company of Los Angeles, California.

Belleek Collectors Society of North Carolina - Irish Parian Belleek china collectors.

Spode Porcelain Dollar Pattern - An article on the origin of the Dollar Pattern found on Spode porcelain of the early 19th Century.

Tea Leaf Ironstone China

Town and Country - line of modern dinnerware produced by Red Wing Pottery and designed by Eva Zeisel. Contains pictures and a history.

Fantasia - collection of old and new Disney toys, posters, buttons, keychains, and more.

Usenet - rec.arts.disney.merchandise - toys, videos, music, books, art, collectibles.

Auntie-Dot-Com - doll collecting, making, dressmaking and resources.

Doll Raves - showcasing artists and providing information on rerooting, restoring, and generally customizing fashion dolls.

Gail's Doll House - limited edition, collectible, one-of-a-kind, numbered, signed and come with a ertificate of authenticity.

Mary's Doll Page - devoted to 'hard plastic' dolls of the 50's, including Ginny, Muffie and Jill dolls. A bulletin board is available for questions.

Sue's Wonderful World of Stuff - collecting data and links to related topics.

Usenet - rec.collecting.dolls

Valerie Meyer's Doll Page - my collection of dolls including GI Joe, Barbie, Madame Alexander, Gene and others plus my garden railroad and large scale train collection.

Barbie Broke

Barbie in Singapore

Chatty Deb Dolls N More - Barbie, Chatty Cathy, and other dolls.

Deni's Vintage Barbie Collection - A hard-core collector of vintage Barbie Dolls lists dolls wanted to buy and dolls for sale.

Eileen's Barbies

Usenet - alt.collecting.barbie

Chatty Cathy Collectors Club

Chatty Deb Dolls N More - Barbie, Chatty Cathy, and other dolls.    

Japanese

Japanese American Doll Enthusiasts - club for the collectors of Japanese and Asian dolls, and to persue the knowledge of these dolls.

Schauwecker's Guide to Japan: Japanese dolls

Web Directory: Japan Doll Collection

Doll - for collectors everywhere. Ranging from Barbie to fabric and from paper to antique.

Paper Doll Bulletin Board - for posting wants, items for sale or trade, and information on the collecting and care of these dolls.

Paperdolls.org - designers and collectors of paper dolls.

Raggedy Ann and Andy  

Sasha Doll

Sasha Doll - dedicated to Sasha dolls; features many doll photos, a forum for collectors to communicate with each other, a list of sources, and cool links.

Sasha Dolls Information and Message Board - history, pictures, and a message board.

Anna's Strawberry Shortcake Collector's Information Site

Strawberryland - visit the enchanted world of Strawberry Shortcake.    


Engines

Central Kansas Flywheels Museum

Harry's Old Engine - Restoration of make and break, hit and miss, single cylinder antique farm gasoline engines. Sandblasting, magnetos and suppliers are discussed along with photos of area shows.

Old Engine - includes pictures and links.

Rustaholic - pictures and links.

Thomo - collection of cast iron tractor seats and old oil engines.

Miss Mary's Emporium of the Quaint & Curious - exhibit of antique photographs (some restored/altered in Photoshop & Painter); postcards, ephemera; curiosities and custom tiles.

Museum of Ephemeral Cultural Artifacts - transient art and artifacts.

All About Hand Fans With Cynthia Fendel - learn how to describe and care for vintage ladies fans.

American Fan Collectors Association

International Fan Collector's Guild

Anglers Online Collector's Corner - post messages about collecting rare and antique fishing equipment.

Antique Fishing Reels - information on collecting, with lots of photographs, a bibliography, glossary, tips on cleaning, links and more.

Joe's Old Lures - collecting antique fishing tackle.

Sam's Fishing Page

Jude's Hot Sauce Collection - a slowly growing collection of hot sauces, their ingredients, ordering info, and label pictures.    


Glass Insulators

FAQ - Insulators

Glass Insulators - the complete site for the collector of Glass Insulators. Reference material, photographs, and lots more.

National Insulator Association - international organization of collectors interested in electrical insulators and other artifacts.

Glassware

Early American Pattern Glass Society - dedicated to the study, collecting, and promotion of nineteenth century pressed antique glassware.

Emerald Glass - collectors guide to identification of American glassware in general, and specifically pressed glass of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Emphasis on Fostoria.

Gary's World of Shot Glass Collecting - art of collecting Hard Rock cafe and Planet Hollywood shot glasses.

KIbdereggs in Italy

Kinder Surprise - Lists and pictures of many of the Italian and German toys.  


Knives

Blade and Steel: Knives, Swords, Scissors, More - Blade and Steel carries a wide variety of fantasy swords and knives, hunting, buck and fishing knives, medieval swords and weaponry, samurai and ninja swords, shuriken, throwing knives and much more.

Dragon Swords N Daggers Online retailer of licensed collectible swords, daggers, knives, crossbows, air guns, and accessories. Find medieval weaponry, samurai swords, United Cutlery, Gil Hibben, and many more. We also carry hunting, tactical, and survival weapons at reduced prices.

Ed's Home Plate - includes how to join a free email list of other license plate collectors, to buy, sell, trade or get info on license plates.

License Plate Collector

Nick's License PL8S Page - personal collection of North American plates.

Nick's PL8S Showcase - image archives of North American automobile license plates, categorized by state/province, for sale or trade.

Platesmenistan - includes collectors' links, a trade list and a license plate image archive.

VMan's Motorcycle License Plate Collection - complete set of images for the U.S. and Canada, and others from around the world.  


Lighters

Maui Cheetah's Cigarette Lighter Collection  


Lighting

Pressure Lamps Unlimited

Lunch Box Museum

Mr. Wigglehead's Lunchbox Gallery

Steel Lunch Boxes  

Addicted To Stuff - might as well face it, you are.

Antique Medical - a collection of medical, surgical, and dental antique instruments and objects. References to books and identification of instruments. Extensive photos.

Antique Spectacles Page - spectacles, glasses, eyeglasses, monocles and pince nez.

Antique Talk

Antique-Shop Television - watch us interview people with special knowledge in the antiques and collectables field and Chat with the host at the same time.

Arthema - offers international art and antiques sales, worldwide directories of events and places to visit, and reference topics.

Beth's Wall Pockets

Cinematographica - the hobby of collecting vintage movie cameras and projectors.

Jack and Beverly's Collection of Collections - peek into the minds of two compulsive collectors.

Jean's Puzzles - featuring photos of his collection and jigsaw puzzle collecting links.

Jukeboxes.com - for jukebox collectors.

Kees can Rij's Honey Pots - verzameling honingpotten.

Key, Lock & Lantern Inc. - non-profit membership corporation for collectors of railroad memorabilia. KL&L's purpose is to help its members develop, understand and improve their collections.

Kollectors of Nasty Old Ties (K.N.O.T.) - for enthusiasts of vintage neckwear.

Moxie Home Page - A history of Moxie, Americas first mass marketed soft drink founded in the late 1800's.

Museum of Dirt - online gallery of dirt and debris gathered from notable spots around the world.

Museum of Tektronix Oscilloscopes

New Zealand Collectors - featuring free text advertisements, club listings, event listings.

Old's Cool - a museum of '70s and '80s sports and leisurewear.

Orientations - Asian art for collectors and connoisseurs.

Penguin Collection of Ana Maria Frias

Research Page for Collectors of Lee-Enfield Rifles

Rick's Gameroom Collectibles - collecting and restoring antique coin-operated arcade machines, jukeboxes, soda fountains, vending machines, advertising signs and other American nostalgic items.

Signalfan - collector of old traffic signals and road signs. Also interested in the preservation of old signals and signs for their historical value.

WillBuy.com - buying printed/photographic memorbilia and first hand accounts on the subject of African-American history, civil rights, segregation and lynchings in the United States.