Native American
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes [EB]
Carl Waldman
Indian Tribes of North America: With Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs [EB]
Thomas Loraine McKenney
Handbook of South American Indians [EB]
Color and Shape in American Indian Art [EB]
Native American Masterpieces [E]
The Responsive Eye Ralph T. Coe and the Collecting of American Indian Art [EB]
Symbol and Substance in American Indian Art [EB]
How to Handle Antique Indian Art and Artifacts [V]
MedicineManGallery - Dr. Mark Sublette
Jewelry
Early Hopi Jewelry, How to Identify and Value [V]
MedicineManGallery - Dr. Mark Sublette
Pottery
Valuing Native American Indian Pottery [V]
MedicineManGallery - Dr. Mark Sublette
Rugs
Navajo Rugs from the Ganado and Klagetoh Trading Posts - How to Identify [V]
MedicineManGallery - Dr. Mark Sublette
How to Identify Fake Navajo Rugs and Blankets from Mexican Copies [V]
MedicineManGallery - Dr. Mark Sublette
Navajo Yei and Yeibichai Rugs How to Identify, Price and Avoid Fakes [V]
MedicineManGallery - Dr. Mark Sublette
Early New Mexico Weavings - How to Identify and Price [V]
MedicineManGallery - Dr. Mark Sublette
Skinner Auction Catalogs
Native American & Ethnographic Art - September 26, 2009 [EB - AC]
Skinner Auction 2473
Native American & Ethnographic Art - January 15, 2011 [EB - AC]
Skinner Auction 2533B
American Indian & Ethnographic Art - December 1, 2016 [EB - AC]
Skinner Auction 2964b
American Indian & Ethnographic Art - May 5, 2017 [EB - AC]
3005B
Nautical
Connecticut Ship Database 1789 - 1939 [DB] (Includes Masters & Owners)
The records that have been input cover the period from 1789 to 1939 and while they represent approximately 15,000 vessels as well as the associated people, the database is still incomplete
Smith's Master Index to Maritime Museum Websites [WS]
Charles Miller Ltd Auction Catalogues
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art [AC]
April 30, 2014
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art [AC]
November 3, 2015
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art [AC]
May 10, 2016
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art [AC]
November 8, 2016
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art [AC]
May 2, 2017
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art [AC]
November 7, 2017
Skinner Maritime Auction Catalogues
Historic Maritime Online - June 3 - 9, 2016 [AC]
| Skinner Auction 2900T
Hint: Over 50 Ships Registers are in the Research Library
New England
Old Sturbridge Village Database [DB]
Old Sturbridge Village's collection consists of over 60,000 artifacts made or used by rural New Englanders between 1790 and 1840.
Old Sturbridge Village Documents Database [DB]
New England Documents, Papers and Articles
Americas Castles: New England Retreats [V]
Historic New England Magazine
Buildings, Landscapes, and Objects Dating from the Seventeenth Century to the Present
Historic New England Summer 2000 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2000 [MA]
Historic New England Winter 2000 [MA]
Historic New England Spring 2001 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2001 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2001 [MA]
Historic New England Winter 2001 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2002 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2002 [MA]
Historic New England Winter 2002-Spring 2003 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2003 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2003 [MA]
Historic New England Winter 2003-Spring 2004 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2004 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2004 [MA]
Historic New England Winter 2004-Spring 2005 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2005 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2005 [MA]
Historic New England Winter 2005-Spring 2006 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2006 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2006 [MA]
Historic New England Winter-Spring 2007 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2007 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2007 [MA]
Historic New England Winter-Spring 2008 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2008 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2008 [MA]
Historic New England Winter-Spring 2009 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2009 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2009 [MA]
Historic New England Winter-Spring 2010 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2010 [MA]
Historic New England Winter-Spring 2011 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2011 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2011 [MA]
Historic New England Spring 2012 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2012 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2012 [MA]
Historic New England Winter-Spring 2013 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2013 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2013 [MA]
Historic New England Spring 2014 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2014 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2014 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2015 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2015 [MA]
Historic New England Winter 2015 [MA]
Historic New England Summer 2016 [MA]
Historic New England Fall 2016 [MA]
Historic New England Winter 2016 [MA]
Historic New England Winter 2017 [MA]
New York
Art and the Empire City: New York, 1825–1861 [EB]
Museum of the City of New York [DB]
New York City Photographs from the Museum of the City of New York
Numismatics
Top 10 Most Valuable Pennies [A]
Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC Auction Catalogs
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #1 [AC]
May 2007
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #2 [AC]
October 2007
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #3 [AC]
May 2008
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #4 [AC]
November 2008
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #5 [AC]
April 2009
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #6 [AC]
October 2009
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #7 [AC]
April 2010
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #8 [AC]
October 2010
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #9 [AC]
April 2011
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #10 [AC]
October 2011
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #11 [AC]
April 2012
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #12 [AC]
October 2012
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #13 [AC]
April 2013
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #14 [AC]
October 2013
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #15 [AC]
May 2014
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #16 [AC]
October 2014
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #17 [AC]
April 2015
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #18 [AC]
October 2015
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #19 [AC]
May 2016
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #20 [AC]
November 2016
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #21 [AC]
May 2017
Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #22 [AC]
November 2017
Hint! See Carpets & Rugs for Oriental Rugs
Paperweights
Baccarat Paperweights at the Milwaukee Museum of Art [DB]
Pens
Fountain Pen Hospital Catalogs
Spring 2017 [CA]
Winter 2017 [CA]
The Pacific - See South Sea Islands
Periodicals - Are Now Contained in the Research Library
Peru - See Antiquities
Philately
Removal & Preservation of Self Adhesive Postage Stamps [V]
Photography - See Side Bar
Picture Frames - See Furniture
Pistols - See Guns
Porcelain
American Porcelain, 1770–1920 [EB]
Porcelain Marks (Mostly German) - [DB]
Collecting Guide: Sèvres Porcelain [A]
Sevres: The Wallace Collection [DB - M]
The Wallace Collection has the finest museum collection of Sèvres porcelain in the world.
Sèvres Porcelain: Makers and Marks of the Eighteenth Century [EB]
Porto Rico
The Art Heritage of Puerto Rico: Pre-Columbian to Present [EB]
Post Cards
Evolution of United States Postcards [A]
A Glossary of Post Card Collecting & Terms [L]
Postcard Types, Topics, & Popular Subject Matter [A - L
A Guide to Color on Postcards [A]
Postcard Printing Techniques [A]
A Guide to US Postal Rates of Postcards [A]
Guide to the Care of Postcards [A]
Post Card Publishers Initials [L - A]
Variations in Printing of Postcards [A]
A Guide to Warfare on Postcards [A]
A large group of writings on numerous subjects of Post Cards and collecting. Well worth a look.
Posters
American Art Posters of the 1890s in The Metropolitan Museum of Art [EB]
Including the Leonard A. Lauder Collection
The Golden Age of Magic Posters [AC]
The Golden Age of Magic Posters II [AC]
Spanish and European Posters II [AC]
Spanish and European Posters III [AC]
Pottery
Marks of American Potters [EB]
By Edwin Atlee Barber - 1904
Potsherds and Pragmatism: One Collector’s Perspective [A]
Magical, Mythical, Practical, and Sublime: The Meanings and Uses of Ceramics in America [A]
Ceramics the Metropolitan Museum of Art [EB]
American Queensware—The Louisville Experience, 1829–1837 [A]
European Ceramics in the New World: The Jamestown Example [A]
Slip Decoration in the Age of Industrialization [A]
Dots, Dashes, and Squiggles: Early English Slipware Technology [A]
How Creamware Got the Blues [A]
The Origins of China Glaze and Pearlware
“The Usual Classes of Useful Articles”: Staffordshire Ceramics Reconsidered [A]
Maiolica, also called Majolica
Italian Maiolica [EB]
Moorcroft
The Moorcroft Pottery Collectors Handbook [EB]
Stoneware - American
A River Runs Through It: A Regional Perspective on American Stoneware [V]
DuVal Pottery - The Story of the Discovery of the DuVal Pottery [V]
Edgefield Face Vessels 1840 - 1880 [L V] South Carolina
Schermerhorn and Wilson's Roles in Shaping Virginia's Stoneware Tradition [V]
Paul Revere - Saturday Evening Girls [A]
Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood for Industrial Designers [V]
Powder Horns
American Engraved Powder Horns [EB]
A Study Based on the J. H. Grenville Gilbert Collection
Pre-Columbian - See Antiquities
General
Graphic Atlas [R]
Graphics Atlas is a sophisticated resource that presents a unique, object-based approach for the identification and characterization of prints and photographs.
Fine Prints From the Library of Congress [DB]
About 85,000 prints created as art works, ca. 1450-present (most dating between 1800 and the present). Prints by American printmakers and artists (e.g., Paul Revere, Mary Cassatt, Jim Dine, Joseph Pennell) predominate, but creators in many other countries are also represented (e.g., Albrecht Dürer and Marc Chagall). Subjects vary widely, for example, portraits, religious themes, historical events, and street scenes.
Graphic Arts from the Library of Commerce [DB]
About 15,000 historical prints (ca. 1700-1900) created to document geographic locations or popular subjects and sometimes used for advertising and educational purposes. Most are by American printmakers (e.g., Baillie, Currier & Ives, Sachse & Co.), but publishers in many other countries are also represented (e.g., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo). Subjects vary widely, from city and harbor views, street scenes, and manufacturing plants to genre scenes, historical events, religious iconography and portraits.
America on Stone - The Harry T. Peters Collection [DB]
Library of Congress Prints & Photography Online Catalogue [DB] PPOC
Pictures of Science: 700 Years of Scientific and Medical Illustration [CA]
From the Collection of the New York Public Library
11 key Things to Know About Prints & Multiples [A]
The Difference Between Wood Engravings and Wood Cuts [V~]
Ornithology
Audubon's Birds of America [V]
Political
British Cartoon Prints [List - 931]
Lincoln, Abraham - Catalogue of a Collection of Engraved and Other Portraits of Lincoln [EB]
Exhibited at the Grolier Club, New York ... Saturday, April 8th, to Saturday, April 22d, 1899
Sporting
Haskell and Allen Horse Prints [A]
Artists & Printers
Bartlett, Charles W. - A Printmaker in Paradise: The Life and Art of Charles W. Bartlett [A]
Cook, Howard - Prints from the C. William and Eleanor Reiquam Collection [A]
Cottingham, Robert - Eyeing America: Robert Cottingham Prints [A]
Currier & Ives
Behind the Scenes: The Artists Who Worked for Currier & Ives [A]
Evans, Dulah Marie (Dulah Evans Krehbiel) 1875-1951: American Painter, Illustrator and Printmaker [A]
Grooms, Red - Selections from the Graphic Work [A]
Hassam, Childe: Prints of New England and Long Island [A]
Kipniss - Robert Kipniss. New & Older Works [CA]
Old Print Shop Portfolio
Krehbiel -See Evans
Ruscha, Ed - Acquisition of an Archive: The Graphic Works of Ed Ruscha [A]
Thrash, Dox: An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered [A]
Whistler, John McNeill - The Etchings - A Catalogue Raisonne [WS]
Print Collectors Quarterly
A profusely illustrated journal containing catalogue raisonné and articles by recognized authorities on individual artists
Volume 1 [EB] 1911
Volume 2 [EB] 1912
Volume 3 [EB] 1913
Volume 4 [EB] 1914
Volume 5 [EB] 1915
Volume 6 [EB] 1916
Volume 7 [EB] 1917
Volume 8 [EB] 1921
Volume 9 [EB] 1922
Volume 10 [EB] 1923
Volume 14 [EB] 1927
Volume 16 [EB] 1929
Old Print Shop Portfolio Catalogues
Print Making - Volume LXXV Number 1. October 2015 [CA]
Martin Lewis - Issue 75 #5. April 2016. Martin Lewis (1881-1962) [CA]
Selection of prints, paintings, drawings, and copper plates.
Contemporary Printmakers Bi-Annual Exhibition - [CA]
Issue 75 #6. June 2016. 58 Printmakers.
The Art of Politics or Politics in Art - Sept. - Oct 2016 [CA]
Including Boston Maps
Holiday Issue - November 2016 [CA]
Robert Kipniss. New & Older - Volume LXXVI #3. December 2016 [CA]
Peter Milton: Retrospective Exhibition. Volume LXXVI No. 4 January 2017 [CA]
100th Anniversary of the United States Involvement
Su-Li Hung and Richard Sloat Volume LXXVI No 6 May 2017 [CA]
July 2017. The Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) is proud to present the 83rd Members Print Exhibition in partnership with The Old Print Shop in New York City.
Skinner Auction Catalogues
Skinner Catalogues on Prints [AC - S]
This is a "Stack" reference & contains multiple catalogues
HINT: Look for Stack [S] entries for multiple numbers of references in one place
Railroads - Trains
Railroad Maps 1828 - 1900 [DB]
The Renaissance
The Art of Renaissance Europe: A Resource for Educators [EB - TR]
Reproductions
Identifying Fakes and Reproductions [DB]
Restoration
*Also See Museum Management
The Art of Woodworking Restoring Antiques [EB]
Rococo
Hint - Also view other subject areas such as Furniture etc.
American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament [E - EB]
Royal Doulton
Collecting Bunnykins & Beatrix Potter [EB]
Roycroft
Roycroft Copper [A - WS]
Rugs - See Carpets & Rugs
Scientific Instruments
History of Surveying Instruments [EB]
Skinner Auction Catalogues on Scientific Instruments
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - May 4, 2013 [AC - EB ]
Auction 2652M
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - November 2, 2013 [AC - EB ]
Auction 2684M
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - February 5, 2014 [AC - EB ]
Auction 2708T
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - May 3, 2014 [AC - EB ]
Auction 2724M
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - November 1, 2014 [AC - EB ]
Auction 2760M
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - April 25, 2015 [AC - EB ]
Auction 2804M
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - October 31, 2015 [AC - EB ]
Auction 2857M
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - April, 29, 2016 [AC - EB ]
Auction 2890M
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - October 25, 2016 [AC - EB ]
Auction 2946M
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - April 28, 2017 [AC - EB ]
Auction 3003M
Sculpture & Sculptors
American Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art [EB]
Italian and Spanish Sculpture [EB]
Marks of Identity - 16th Century Italian Sculpture [EB]
Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (1977) [EB]
Ancient
A History of Ancient Sculpture [EB]
by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
Cemetery Sculpture
A Walking Guide to Angels in Mount Auburn Cemetery [EB]
Located between Cambridge and Watertown in Middlesex County, Massachusetts,
Graven Images [A]
A Primer to understanding Victorian Cemetery Iconography
Sculptors
French, Daniel Chester [A] The Timeless Sculpture of Daniel Chester French
Augustus Saint-Gaudens by Hind, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis), 1862-1927 [EB]
Sheet Music
Stage and Screen [DB]
A database of over 18,000 shows and productions dating from the 1690s to the present, containing more than 67,000 songs. These pieces come from all over the world and cover every conceivable topic, portraying the culture and history of their time and place in unique and valuable ways.
Music Published in America, 1870 to 1885 [A]
Introduction to Music Published in America, 1870 to 1885
The Popular Song: Old and New
Friends from the Stephen Foster Era
A New Generation of Songwriters
Music for Public Occasions
Themes in Popular Songs
Ethnic Groups and Popular Songs
How Did These Songs Reach the Public?
Music for Piano and Other Instruments
Vocal Music for Concert Performance
Music for Band and Orchestra
European Music in America
Religious and Devotional Music
Catalogue of First Editions of Stephen C. Foster (1826-1864) [EB]
Star Spangled Banner - Early Printings [A]
Shoes - See Costume
Silver & Silver Plate
General
Chaffers Hall Marks On Gold And Silver Plate [EB]
American
Colonial Silver in the American Wing the Metropolitan Museum [EB]
Ancient - See Antiquities
South Pacific
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas [EB]
Art of Island Southeast Asia [EB]
The Fred and Rita Richman Collection
Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands [EB]
Oceanic Mythology [EB]
Spain
The Art of Medieval Spain, A.D. 500–1200 [EB]
Sports
Baseball
Baseball Cards [DB]
Baseball Sheet Music [DB]
Stamps - See Philately
Stoneware - see Pottery
Swords
Sword Anatomy [R]
The Academy of the Sword: Illustrated Fencing Books 1500–1800 [EB]
Fraternal, Societal, and Ceremonial Swords [A]
American Swords
Manufacturers of Regulation Model Enlisted Swords During the US Civil War [A]
The Patton Sword [V]
European Swords
A Brief History of Klingenthal Swords Manufacturing [A]
A Brief History of the Manufacture de Châtellerault [A]
Medieval Swords [EB]
General
How to Handle Antique Textiles and Costumes [A]
Textile Patterns and the Print Revolution, 1520–1620 [EB]
Decorative Textiles - George Leland Hunter [EB]
Teaching History with Textiles [A - TR]
Catalogue produced by Mallett and directed by Lanto Synge exploring fine antique needlework and embroidery
Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence [EB]
Textiles of Late Antiquity [EB]
English
Samplers
M. Finkel & Daughter Catalogs: Samplings [CA - S40]
Tapestry
The St. Martin Embroideries [EB]
Flemish Tapestries in Spain [EB]
Tibet
Secrets of Tibetan Weaving [EB]
Tibet
Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations [EB]
Shangri-La ◦ Lost Treasures of Tibet [V]
Place of Provenance: Regional Styles in Tibetan Painting [EB]
Patterns of Life: The Art of Tibetan Carpets [EB]
Secrets of Tibetan Weaving [EB]
Tools
Antique Axe Heads – Single and Double Bit
Types of Hammers [L]
Catalogues
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company (Providence, R.I.) [CA]
Small Tools - Issue 27. 1916
Toys
Matryoshka Dolls [A]
Trains - See Railroads
Travel
To truly understand your areas of interest, it is important that you visit the applicable
museums and historic sites. The places listed in this list are highly recommended.
Civil Rights Related Sites [L]
Historic Battlefields [L]
Connecticut:
Connecticut's Cultural Treasures - Episode 1 [V]
Connecticut's Cultural Treasures - Episode 2 [V]
Connecticut's Cultural Treasures - Episode 3 [V]
Connecticut's Cultural Treasures - Episode 4 [V]
Connecticut's Cultural Treasures - Episode 5 [V]
Connecticut's Cultural Treasures - Episode 6 [V]
Connecticut's Cultural Treasures - Episode 7 [V]
Connecticut's Cultural Treasures - Episode 9 [V]
Eric Sloane Museum // Connecticut's Cultural Treasures [V]
Analyzing Historical Artifacts at the Connecticut Historical Society [V]
Massachusetts:
New Bedford Whaling Museum [WS]
New York:
Rochester, NY - George Eastman Mansion Gardens & Museum [WS]
Yonkers,NY - Hudson River Museum - The History of Glenview [V]
Pennsylvania:
Pearl S. Buck House at Green Hills Farm [V]
The day we visited Green Hills was a wonderful experience and will always be remembered. We strongly recommend a visit.
Plan your visit [HS]
Trucks - Antique & Vintage
Vintage Trucks and Commercials - July August 2015 [MA]
Vintage Trucks and Commercials - March April 2016 [MA]
Vintage Trucks and Commercials - May June 2016 [MA]
Watches
Click "Clocks & Watches" Tab At Top or Left of Page
Weapons
Also see Specific Weapon such as Guns or Swords
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weaponry [EB]
The Archaeology of Weapons Arms and Armour [EB]
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