Collecting
166 sites
https://oldradios.com/
Oldradios.com is George Kaczowka's dedication to the collection and preservation of vintage tube and transistor radios, featuring his personal collection, a Zenith Stratosphere section, parts resources, and archived issues of a radio newsletter. The site also lists radios for sale and wanted, making it a useful hub for fellow antique radio enthusiasts.
https://www.stamp-collecting-world.com/
Built over 12 years by David Aeschliman, this philatelic database covers nearly 1,000 content pages on stamp collecting with a focus on classical and early modern European and North American issues from 1840 to 1935. Visitors will find guides on stamp condition, forgeries, supplies, albums, catalogs, and detailed country-by-country collecting categories spanning dozens of nations.
http://rockfordareacoinclub.com/
The Rockford Area Coin Club (RACC) is a numismatic organization based in Machesney Park, Illinois, hosting monthly meetings, an annual summer picnic, and two semi-annual coin shows featuring around 55 dealer tables each. Visitors can find meeting schedules, show dates, membership information, and live precious metal price charts from Kitco.
http://howjust.de/
A detailed reference site dedicated to 1/72 scale plastic Napoleonic War figures, cataloging sets by manufacturer, battle (Austerlitz, Borodino, Jena, Waterloo), and personality figures for collectors, wargamers, and diorama builders. The site fills a niche by focusing on practical usage information rather than photos, helping hobbyists identify which figure sets are appropriate for specific historical scenarios.
http://nip.money.org/nip/NumismaticIndexes_list.asp
NumismaticIndexes is a massive searchable database indexing over 87,000 articles from historical numismatic journals, including the American Journal of Numismatics dating back to 1866. Coin collectors and researchers can search by subject, author, source, volume, and year to locate specific articles on coins, medals, tokens, and related topics from centuries of numismatic literature.
http://trainpix.com/ATSF/INDEX.HTM
Charles Biel's ATSF Photo Archive is a dedicated collection of photographs documenting the Santa Fe Railway's motive power and rolling stock, featuring over 900 images spanning the 1985-1995 era. The site includes detailed roster listings, cabooses, scenic action shots, and contributions from fellow railroad photography enthusiasts.
http://lincolncentresource.com/
The Lincoln Cent Resource is a comprehensive reference dedicated to Lincoln penny varieties, covering doubled dies, repunched mintmarks, over mintmarks, wide and close AMs, and key dates for serious coin collectors. It includes checklists, grading guides, featured varieties, error coins, and a forum where collectors can discuss and identify their finds.
http://wildwinds.com/
WildWinds is a massive reference database for ancient coin collectors, covering Roman, Greek, Byzantine, and Celtic numismatics with over 78,000 coins catalogued for attribution and valuation. Maintained by Dane Kurth (Helvetica), it has grown into one of the most reliable online references in the field, drawing over 25,000 visits per day and offering thousands of corrected coin attributions.
https://mkclldub.neocities.org/
mkclldub is a 21-year-old sociology student from the Midwest who has built a personal Neocities site centered around their passion for LPs (vinyl records), with dedicated shrine and rare records pages in progress. The site also touches on drag, religion, art, and reading, and even participates in an LPS webring, making vinyl collecting the clear anchor of the content.
https://meteorman.org/
Midwest Meteorites is a collector-focused site offering meteorites and meteorite jewelry for sale, with an emphasis on serving fellow enthusiasts who understand the hobby. The site features photos of available specimens and jewelry pieces, making it a destination for anyone looking to add authentic space rocks to their collection.