Collecting antique and vintage items is more popular these days than ever. Starting to collect can be made easier if these simple rules are followed.

Apr 19, 2010 - Anne Haile

A guide on where to buy geek toys and gadgets such as vintage comics, lava lamps, gamer shirts and action figures - locally and online.

Jan 25, 2011 - Rhona-Mae Arca

While collectibles can often be found in the same places as antiques (flea markets, field sales, antique stores, and shows) they have their own market and following.

Jul 17, 2009 - Lauren Flanagan

Antique pressed glass has been widely collected since the 1920s. The number of pressed glass pieces available makes it easy to build a niche collection.

Oct 4, 2010 - Lorraine Syratt

Antique books aren't just pleasing to the eye. Many older and vintage books may be rare and valuable. A seemingly ordinary book could be sold to pay off a mortgage.

Aug 14, 2009 - Lorraine Syratt

Globes can be beautiful and also teach world history, as each reflects wars, treaties, and political eras. Find them in flea markets, antique stores, and on the Web.

Jun 26, 2009 - Judith Wylie

Vintage and antique silver trophies offer instant history when used in home decor, but they also make an interesting and valuable collection for investors.

Jun 6, 2010 - Lorraine Syratt

Collecting rare antique and vintage gardening books can be an expensive endeavor, as valuable to the garden historian as they are to the collector.

Oct 18, 2010 - Lorraine Syratt

Vintage costume jewelry is fun to collect and fun to buy and sell. There's as much value in those funky '60s bangles as there in the earrings of the 1920s.

Jan 31, 2010 - Lorraine Syratt

With the popularity of hats in the 1980s and 1990s, antique hat pins became appealing collectibles. They are easily found in simple designs or elaborate in gold settings.

Jan 31, 2010 - Lorraine Syratt

Discover Christmas treasures of the past at flea markets, antique shows and at online auction sites. But do a little homework first!

Nov 20, 2008 - Barbara Bell

Antique apothecary jars from cobalt blue glass to large porcelain pieces are becoming hugely popular as collectibles. The best ones are also the rarest.

Aug 21, 2010 - Lorraine Syratt

Holding a doll that a little girl played with 100 years ago can leave an indelible mark on its newest owner. The dolls may be rough around the edges, but irresistible.

Nov 5, 2009 - Lorraine Syratt

Antique maps offer a view of the past, a peek at how people in earlier centuries saw the shape of the world. They are historical artifacts worth collecting

Nov 26, 2010 - Lorraine Syratt

The corkscrew is a marvelous little piece of gadgetry that has been in use in one form or another for over 350 years. Some are very artful and worthy of a collection.

Oct 27, 2009 - Lorraine Syratt

Wonderful Vintage Christmas graphics are available on the internet: place cards, postcards, party invitations, Victorian Christmas clip art, and more.

Oct 17, 2010 - Polly White

Marble collecting spans a century as young boys collected marbles by winning them from friends. Marble collectors today collect marbles with care and value.

Aug 12, 2010 - Linda Richard

Find unique projects for simple and patterned vintage handkerchiefs, scarves, and other small antique linens.

Feb 22, 2010 - Sarah Briggs

Are you a fan of vintage Halloween images? Learn more about spooky collectibles of the season and what they're worth.

Oct 1, 2008 - Mary McCarthy