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Price It! Antiques and Collectibles
Find price and background information on antiques, collectibles, and fine art. Price information is based on online auctions and online retail websites as well as 50 land-based auction houses.

• Art
Art History Resources
Links arranged by time period.
AskArt
Extensive information about 42,000 American artists.
Illinois Historical Art Project
Painters born before 1900 who lived primarily in Illinois.
Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Catalog
Catalog of the libraries at the Art Institute.
Web Gallery of Art
6,000 reproductions of European art 1100 – 1850.
World Wide Arts Resources
Links to many art resources.

• Collecting
Antiques and Collectibles
Useful links from Forbes.com's “Best of the Web.”
Coin Collecting
Yahoo Directory of Collecting Hobbies
Links to many specialized collecting sites
Numismatic Information from the American Numismatic Association
World’s Hottest Stamp Collecting Sites

• Crafts
All Crafts.net
You can find free instructions for projects, tutorials, and patterns for a variety of crafts on this commercial site.
Annie’s Attic
Click on Stitching Help at the top of the page. For most stitches there is a demonstration video, a diagram and a free practice project.
Creativity Portal for Arts and Crafts
This site has a cornucopia of topics, ideas, instructions, forums and more.
How-to Instructions from the World Wide Quilting Page
Knit and Crochet Today
Videos, links, a newslettter and more from the popular PBS program.
Learn2Scrapbook
A good site to learn the basics.
Organized Scrapbooks
Also good for beginners, this site offers printable forms and suggested layouts, and highlights new techniques.
Woodweb.com
Resources, products and information about woodworking.
Woodworker’s Central

• Hobbies
All Gauge Model Railroad Page
Best Photography Websites
Contains many links to all aspects of photography selected by Best Searchers.
Birding.com
Links to the 25 best birding sites on the web.
Chicago Area and Illinois Birding Information
Magic Show
Includes video clips showing sleight-of-hand.
Model Trains: World’s Greatest Hobby
Popular Photography Online


Chihuly and Glass as Art
Sources at the library on Chihuly, Tiffany and glass as art.