This listing provides links to a variety of collector forums featured on the websites of collecting clubs, societies and associations. Many collecting clubs, through their members, are the backbone of the knowledge base for that particular collecting area. Their forums provide another resource for collectors, or anyone desiring more information on topics covered.

Arts & Crafts

Arts and Crafts Society

URL: http://forum.arts-crafts.com/eve

Last Updated: 10/27/2008

Forums on: Defining the Movement; Arts and Crafts Architecture; Historic Properties and Preservation; Books and publications; Ceramics, pottery and tile; Furniture; Glass and Lighting; Jewelry and Metalware; Paintings, Prints and Paper Ephemera; Textiles; Arts and Crafts Events; Arts and Crafts Travel; Kit Homes; Home Restoration; Interiors and Decorating; Gardens and Landscaping and Communities and Neighborhoods.

Automobiles

Antique Automobile Club of America

URL: http://forums.aaca.org/

Last Updated: 10/27/2008

AACA general forums including: AACA car and restoration projects; judging; buying/selling; legislative; memorabilia and printed material and more. Additional forums relate specifically to related forums for related car clubs including Buick Club of America, Classic Car Club of America, Oldsmobile Club of America, National Antique Oldsmobile Club, plus domestic makes and models: American Motors (Nash and Rambler), Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg, Cadillac, LaSalle, Chalmers, Chandler, cleveland, Chryslter, DeSoto, Dodge and Dodge Brothers, Durant, Ford Model T, Ford Model A, Ford and Mercury, Franklin, Graham and Paige, Hudson, Essex, Terraplane, Kaiser, Frazer,Darrin, Henry J, Willys, Lincoln and Zephyr, Marmon, Maxwell, Mercer, Packard, Peerless, Pierce-Arrow, Plymouth, Pontiac and Oakland, REO, Studebaker, Erskine and Rockne, Stutz and still others. Also forums on horseless carriages, micro and mini cars, steam cars, electric cars, commercial vehicles, and international makes and models.

Early Ford V-8 Club

URL: http://monkey.he.net/cgi-bin/suid/~kes4/dcforum/dcboard.cgi

Last Updated: 10/27/2008

Public forums on Ford, Lincoln, Mercury and Trucks.

Bells

American Bell Association International, Inc.

URL: http://www.americanbell.org/forum/

Last Updated: 10/27/2008

Forums on big bells (over 8" diameter); small bells; bell foundries, manufacturers and artisans; repair, restoration, parts, cleaning of bells; upcoming bell meetings; joining ABA; articles about bells; The Bell Tower bimonthly magazine; Buy and Sell bells; and more.

Fans: Mechanical

Antique Fan Collectors Association

URL: http://afca.mywowbb.com/

Last Updated: 10/27/2008

AFCA forums on vintage fans (post-1950); antique fans (pre-1950); and buy-sell-trade fans.

Kitchen Collectibles

KOOKS - Kollectors of old Kitchen Stuff

URL: http://com4.runboard.com/bkooksonline

Last Updated: 10/27/2008

Main chat forum; post Wanted items; post For Sale items; KOOKS conventions and FAQ.

Militaria

Orders and Medals Society of America

URL: http://www.omsa.org/forums/index.php

Last Updated: 10/27/2008

OMSA Public Forums including subjects such as identification forum; medal research; Stolen Valor Act, stolen medal registry; OMSA convention forum; swap shop - buy, sell, trade; photography forum (show off your favorite photos of orders and medals and share your photography techniques with others; OMSA website feedback, and others.

Trucks

American Truck Historical Society

URL: http://www.aths.org/section.cfm?sectionid=3

Last Updated: 10/27/2008

ATHS discussion forum honors a broad range of questions relating to vintage truck restoration.