Research items links
General – not yet in a category
Collector groups checklists:
http://64.90.177.194/checklists/
http://www.bulls2.com/indexb/bobstips2.html
Smithsonian Institute Resource links page.
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/
Compilation of links
http://web.infoave.net/~thomasg/garyslinks.htm
collectors.org assorted info for collectors of stuff
http://collectors.org/SC/
Antiques
The infamous KOVELS online
http://www.kovels.com/
General antiques education
http://www.collectics.com/education.html
Eames
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/eames/
Linen care
http://touchofeurope.net/care.html
US Patent Dating:
http://www.drexelantiques.com/patent.html
English Registry Dating:
http://www.drexelantiques.com/englishregistry.html
German Hallmarks
http://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks.html
http://www.925-1000.com/
http://www.modernsilver.com/basichallmarks.htm
Identification of barkcloth – discussion and pictures
http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.jspa?forumID=84&threadID=30626
Restoring antique linens
http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/linens.html
Lace identification links
http://www.lacemagazine.com/
History of the Printed Tablecloth, dating items:
http://www.fabrics.net/joan703.asp
Fabric identification
http://www.fabrics.net/fabricsr.asp
The best lace identification page
http://lace.lacefairy.com/ID/laceID.htm
Replacements site for ID’ing flatware
http://www.replacements.com/silver/manu/a.htm
Anti-FAQ
http://pages.prodigy.net/kris.baker/collectibles/antifaq.html
Art
Currier & Ives prints:
http://www.currierprints.com/
Books
Abe Books
http://www.abebooks.com/
Business & Industrial
Cameras & Photo
Cars, Parts & Vehicles
Cell Phones
Clothing, Shoes & Accessories
Authentic clothing labels
http://www.myweb.cableone.net/rondam/canda.html
Names of clothing styles
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?forumID=7&threadID=200001935
Color names
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=410460981
How to take measurements
http://www.thecostumer.com/rentals/forms/take_measure.pdf
Handbags:
http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=elviscostellofan
(she is THE expert on Kate Spade)
Sizing (Europe/US)
http://www.motostrano-store.com/ustoeusicota.html
http://www.shop.com/amos/cc/main/ccn_size_conversion/ccsyn/260
Shoe size converter
http://www.i18nguy.com/l10n/shoes.html
Kate Spade purses -- Authentic or not???
http://ihatecounterfeitbags.info/quickreference
Purses - other designers, links to help authenticate
http://ihatecounterfeitbags.info/otherresources
These are for fur information. If you know what type of fur or skin it is and need to see if it is an endangered or threatened species (and therefore, illegal to sell), use this link: http://endangered.fws.gov/
If you're not sure what type of fur it is, there's a lot of good information on my site: http://www.fursbychrys.com/DescriptFrame.htm.
Fabric identification
http://www.fabrics.net/fabricsr.asp
Coins
Coin dealer newsletter
http://greysheet.com/
Collectibles
The infamous KOVELS online
http://www.kovels.com/
Dinerware
http://home.comcast.net/~dinerware/backstamp7.html
Corelle
http://www.microwavecookingforone.com/Corelle/CorelleDiscontinued0.html
Pyrex pattern identification
http://dragonfire1.50megs.com/Pyrex/Pyrex.htm
Linen care
http://touchofeurope.net/care.html
History of the Printed Tablecloth, dating items:
http://www.fabrics.net/joan703.asp
Smurf identification:
http://64.90.177.194/checklists/browse.jsp?id=18
Headvases - great to id one
http://www.chrissy.com/heads.html
Cabinet Cards, Antique Photographs:
http://www.city-gallery.com/learning/types/cabinet_card/index.php
condition of playing cards and trading cards
http://www.trollandtoad.com/cardconditionguide.php
Fabric identification
http://www.fabrics.net/fabricsr.asp
Dating Old Photographs:
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/photodating/
Identification of cartoon characters
http://123world.com/cartoon/
Pokemon Character Identification:
http://www.pokemondungeon.com/pokedex/bulbasaur.shtml
All about Beanie Baby tags:
http://www.aboutbeanies.com/tags.html
Info on Bakelite items:
http://www.plasticfantastic.com/
Eames
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/eames/
Bottle marks
http://myinsulators.com/glass-factories/bottlemarks3.html
Antique Paper Money and Currency Guide:
http://www.currencygallery.org/
Hummel Marks of Authenticity:
http://www.mihummel.com/marks.asp
Antique Newspapers - price guide & values:
http://www.historybuff.com/prices.html
Patron Saints
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/indexsnt.htm
CRAYOLA CRAYONS:
http://www.crayola.com/colorcensus/history/chronology.cfm
Computers & Networking
Consumer Electronics
Crafts
Dolls & Bears
Barbie Dolls
http://www.marlbe.com/
Little Pony identification
http://dreamvalley-mlp.com/id_intro.html
Humphrey Bear Identification:
http://humfrey.com/album.htm
All about Beanie Baby tags:
http://www.aboutbeanies.com/tags.html
Doll value and identification
http://www.dollvalues.com/antiquesearch.asp
Strawberry Shortcake values/info
http://www.timelesstrinkets.com/StrawberryShortcake/Price-Guide.html
DVDs & Movies
Entertainment Memorabilia
Gift Certificates
Health & Beauty
Home & Garden
Jewelry & Watches
Jewelry board links (general page of links)
http://www.angelfire.com/ks/verity2/jblinks.html
http://www.allaboutjewels.com/jewel/glossary/
http://www.tace.com/vendors/bjarrett/OJBMAIN.html
http://home.wxs.nl/~luijt005/hallm.htm
http://freespace.virgin.net/a.data/noframes/index.htm
http://www.pcol.freewire.co.uk/page4e.html
http://www.drexelantiques.com/englishregistry.html
http://www.drexelantiques.com/patent.html
http://www.silvercollecting.com/index.html
http://www.925-1000.com/enyc_Overview.html
http://www.modernsilver.com/basichallmarks.htm
http://www.modernsilver.com/MYSTMARKS.html
http://www.beerstein.net/articles/bsj-2c.htm
http://www.gemstone.org/gem-by-gem/gem-by-gem.html
http://www.morninggloryantiques.com/JewelChatRefs.html
http://www.illusionjewels.com/costumejewelrymarks.html
http://www.collectingnetwork.com/guide/antiquevintagejewelry.html
http://www.cameoheaven.com/tutorial.html
Jewelry marks
http://www.morninggloryantiques.com/JewelChatMarks.html
http://www.morninggloryantiques.com/Links1.htm
Precious metal marks
http://www.diamondjewelersonline.com/Diamond%20Jewelers/Learning%20Center/Links/precious_metals.htm
Jewelry - everything you need to know to sell it!
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/jewel/glossary/
Bakelite & Celluloid testing
http://www.sassyclassics.com/bakelitetest.htm
Custome Jewelry -- many links, various subjects
http://www.center4jewelrystudies.org/ref_edinfosites.html
Siam Sterling Jewelry
http://www.gate.net/~cdittel/index.html
Info on Bakelite items:
http://www.plasticfantastic.com/
Music
Musical Instruments
Pottery & Glass
General
http://www.ginforsodditiques.com/links.html
US Porcelain & dinnerware factories
http://www.oldetymecollectiblespottery.com/potterylinks.html
Porcelain marks
http://www.efineantiques.com/fine_porcelains.htm
Replacements site
http://www.replacements.com/china/manu/a.htm
Diner ware
http://home.comcast.net/~dinerware/backstamp7.html
Corelle
http://www.microwavecookingforone.com/Corelle/CorelleDiscontinued0.html
West German Pottery Marks
http://www.ginforsodditiques.com/wgermanmarks.html
German porcelain marks
http://www.porcelainmarksandmore.firmitas.de/
Pottery marks
http://www.heanosantiq.com/pottery%20marks.htm
http://www.heanosantiq.com/potterytoc.htm
Marks
http://www.robbinsnest.com/
Fiesta colors
http://www.hlchina.com/fiestacolors.htm
Fiesta
http://www.mediumgreen.com/cgi-bin/fiesta.cgi
Japanese porcelain marks
http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturyjapan.shtml
Questions and answers on Chinese ceramics
http://www.gotheborg.com/
Pottery - Types of Decoration:
http://glassandpotterysellers.org/pottery_faqs.html
Glass marks
http://www.woodsland.com/carnivalglass/pages/trade1.htm
More glass marks
http://www.heanosantiq.com/glass%20marks.htm
Heisey
http://www.mostlyheisey.com/magical.htm
Pattern glass
http://patternglass.com/
Glass marks
http://myinsulators.com/glass-factories/bottlemarks.html
Glass encyclopedia
http://www.glassencyclopedia.com/
More glass marks
http://www.justglass.com/
American Art Pottery
http://www.amartpot.org/
Dictionary of Glass Maker's Marks:
http://www.heartland-discoveries.com/dictionary.htm
Nippon
http://www.nipponcollectorsclub.com/
Belleek
http://www.thebzone.com/belleek_marks.asp
Gonder
http://www.happysemporium.com/reproductions.htm
Hen on Nest ID's and Values (even unmarked)
http://www.happysemporium.com/reproductions.htm
Headvases - great to id one
http://www.chrissy.com/heads.html
Depression Glass - info, but limited
http://www.theglasscabinet.com/dglass.html
North Carolina Pottery
http://www.drexelantiques.com/catawbavalleypottery.html
Hens on Nests - makers, etc:
http://www.gransplace.com/hens.htm
Ohio Pottery (Roseville, Hull, McCoy, Shawnee, Watt)
http://ohiopottery.com/
McCoy Reproductions -
http://www.ohiopottery.com/mccoy/reproduction/index.htm
Hall Teapot colors & shape ID's
http://www.inter-services.com/HallChina/idcharts.html
Carnival glass marks
http://www.ddoty.com/makers.html
Real Estate
Sporting Goods
Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop
Stamps
Tickets
Toys & Hobbies
condition of playing cards and trading cards
http://www.trollandtoad.com/cardconditionguide.php
Pokemon Character Identification:
http://www.pokemondungeon.com/pokedex/bulbasaur.shtml
All about Beanie Baby tags:
http://www.aboutbeanies.com/tags.html
Smurf identification:
http://64.90.177.194/checklists/browse.jsp?id=18
Tuco jigsaw puzzles:
http://geocities.com/TimesSquare/Ring/1432/
Identification of cartoon characters
http://123world.com/cartoon/
CRAYOLA CRAYONS:
http://www.crayola.com/colorcensus/history/chronology.cfm
Travel
Video Games
Pokemon Character Identification:
http://www.pokemondungeon.com/pokedex/bulbasaur.shtml
Everything Else
HTML Help links/web design
Html tutorial
http://www.echoecho.com/html.htm
Html practice board
http://www.practiceboard.com/?479768
Names of colors
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=410460981
Button makers
http://www.kalsey.com/tools/buttonmaker/
http://www.mompswebdesign.com/webtools/cssbuttongen.html
http://www.buttongenerator.com/
http://www.grsites.com/button/
Free clip-art
http://www.free-clipart.ws/
http://rats2u.com/calendar_a/calendar_clipart.htm#animals
Complete Html true color chart
http://www.theodora.com/html_colors.html
more on colors
http://www.echoecho.com/htmlhexcolors07.htm
this one, the background changes to the color you select, nice for visualizing
http://ult-tex.net/tools/ultra/color_chart.cgi
WYSIWYG editor
http://www.freeauctionscripts.com/free_scripts/htmlarea/
Color charts
http://www.artistic-designers.com/bkgds/colorchart.html
All the fonts and then some
http://www.dafont.com/en/
http://www.grc.com/default.htm
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
http://www.ambassadorboard.net/hosting/free-form.php
http://www.practiceboard.com/
International selling links
Currency converter
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
For your international communications, this tells you what time it is just about anywhere in the world: http://www.worldtimeserver.com
And this is the USPS site that lists the mailing prohibitions, restrictions and rates by country: http://pe.usps.gov/text/Imm/Immctry.html.
How to say "Thank you" in dozens of languages (for international buyers & sellers)
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769407.html
internet abbreviations for countries outside the USA in case you get an international bidder.
http://www.crayne.com/country.html
Conversion tables
http://www.eaoswitch.com/about/convert.htm
http://www.easysurf.cc/cnver7.htm
Babblefish - Language Translation:
http://www.babblefish.com/babblefish/
Free Translator
http://www.freetranslation.com/
International internet storm tracker
http://isc.sans.org//index.php
Canada post
http://www.canadapost.ca/segment-e.asp
Tools for eBay sellers
Navigating eBay’s rules
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?forumID=7&threadID=410027702
Long feedback link
http://feedback.tw.ebay.com/ws1/eBayISAPI.dll?GetAndShowTransactions&userid=&otheruserid=default&item=0&nflw=1&page=1
(tip: open it next to the US version, and just type in f/b – the layout is the same, so the buttons are in the same place, even though on the long f/b link you can’t read them, they are placed the same).
For Buyers who have been ripped off:
http://www.mindspring.com/~bookdealers/ripoff.html
For Sellers who received a bad check or PP chargeback:
http://www.mindspring.com/~bookdealers/nopay.html
This is a list of stolen or fraudulent cashier's checks or money orders: http://www.bankersonline.com/security/aandc.html.
Reverse phone directory
http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/
Medved auction counts
http://www.medved.net/cgi-bin/cal.exe?EIND
AuctionBytes website
http://www.auctionbytes.com/
Interactive auction calendar (helps determine good and bad days for listing)
http://www.auctionbytes.com/Email_Newsletter/calendar/calendar.html
eBay fee chart
http://www.californiarental.com/newebayfees.htm
eBay custom headers for stores (html generator)
http://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/headerdesign.html?ssPageName=CMDV:IC0689
eBay Store thread on optimizing your store for search engines
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?forumID=21&threadID=400064040
Negative/Neutral f/b extractor
http://www.toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs
Shipping calculator scripts
http://www.isdntek.com/shipscript.htm
Business addressing
http://www.usps.com/businessmail101/addressing/deliveryAddress.htm
Zip code lookup
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
Cross-selling links tool
http://www.egocentral.com/cgi-bin/ebay_cross_sell.cgi
http://www.freeauctionscripts.com/crosspromotion/
Top 500 eBay sellers
http://www.nortica.com/UserArea/ebay500_10.asp
Store referral credit
http://pages.ebay.com/help/specialtysites/referral-credit-steps.html
eBay calculators
http://nucite.com/calculators/
iship shipping tools
http://www.iship.com/sellit/seller.asp
Computer tips and hints
http://members.ebay.co.uk/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=cuddly-hippo
FTP
http://www.ftpplanet.com/tutorial/index.html
Inexpensive (or free) shipping supplies
http://www.papermart.com/
http://www.esupplystore.com
free – USPS eBay Boxes
http://ebaysupplies.usps.com/
Free UPS Boxes & Labels if you are a UPS shipper
Call 1-800-PICK-UPS
Dial option 7, then 0 to talk to the operator.
Tell her you want to order STOCK #010195218 or STOCK #010195217. They all come 50/box.
These are the free boxes. They are called security boxes, and these are the only ones they have. The #010195218 are 9x6x3 and #010195217 are 13x10x3.
UPS self stick labels 2 per page is # 01774501
General conversion charts
Roman Numeral Conversion chart
http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html
Old threads with research and POG Tips
Garage sales tips and so on
http://groups.ebay.com/thread.jspa?forumID=1097&threadID=100638620&start=0&tstart=30