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All Magic Guide

http://allmagicguide.com/

Online guide for stage magic practicioners, both amateur and professional. Searchable.

Author: Robinson Wizard, Inc.

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Drama & Performance (Theater & Stagecraft)

Keywords: magic; magicians; slight of hand

Antique Bottle Collectors Haven

http://www.antiquebottles.com/

"Web site for Antique Bottle Collectors. Info on bottle clubs, shows, books, auctions, for sale, wanted, questions, and much more."

Author: Reggie Lynch (rlynch@antiquebottles.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Bottle Collecting

Antique Radio Page

http://members.aol.com/djadamson/arp.html

Antique radio information: bibliography of reference books, articles, FAQs, directory of web sites, galleries of radios from the 1920s through the 1960s.

Author: Don Adamson (DJAdamson@aol.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Entertainment & Leisure--Radio

Keywords: FAQ

AntiqueCAST

http://ave.vwh.net/antiquecast/

"We are a free Internet Auction community portal offering up to the minute auction news, trade press releases, feature articles, contests and more, but our main function is our great line of meta search tools that will help every auction aficionado find anything antique and collectible the web has to offer."

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Antiques Oronoco

http://www.antiques-oronoco.com/

"This is a list of some of the types of antiques one might collect with links to images and information." Includes tips for new antique collectors.

Author: Gordon and Yvonne Cariveau and Yvonne Karsten (yvonne@mnic.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Collecting; Antiques; FAQ

Bad Fads

http://www.badfads.com/

This site describes popular fads of the past and present in fashion, collectibles, activities, and events.

Author: Adscape International

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure

Entertainment & Leisure--Fashion

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: fashion; collectibles

Balloon HQ

http://www.fooledya.com/balloon/

A resource for balloon sculpturers and decorators. Includes a photo archive, how-to information, and an archive of the balloon sculpting mailing list. "Also included is information on the manufacture of balloons, health effects of balloons, and environmental issues related to ballooning."

Author: Larry Moss (moss@fooledya.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Balloon Sculptures

Basketry Information

http://www.ulster.net/~abeebe/basket.html

A collection of basketry information - including magazines & newsletters, sources of materials, Associations & Guilds, conventions & meetings, exhibits, collections, and related web links. 

Author: Alan Beebe (abeebe@ulster.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Arts & Crafts

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Basketry

Card Trick Central

http://web.superb.net/cardtric/

Card Trick Central contains free card tricks on an easy, intermediate, and hard level. Each card trick explains the effect of how the card trick looks when performed, and then the background information on how to execute it. Also included is is a glossary of card trick terminology, how to submit card tricks, and links to other sites.

Author: E. Hillsman (ehillsman@mindspring.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Games--Card Games

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Magic

The CeramicsWeb

http://art.sdsu.edu/ceramicsweb/

"The SDSU CeramicsWeb is an experimental web site for ceramics. It includes a such things as databases of glaze recipes and material analyses, links to other ceramics web sites, health and safety information, and a variety of educational materials related to ceramics."

Author: Richard Burkett (Richard.Burkett @sdsu.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Design

Keywords: Ceramics

Chip's Celebrity Home and E-Mail Addresses

http://www.addresses.site2go.com/

Searchable directory of E-mail and postal addresses for celebrities, designed for autograph collectors. Also includes advice and tips for autograph seekers.

Author: Magnolia Autographs/Scanning/Webdesigning (chip1120@site2go.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Autographs

The Classic Typewriter Page

http://xavier.xu.edu:8000/~polt/typewriters.html

"Devoted to marvelous mechanical writing machines of the past, the site offers information about collecting typewriters, repairing and restoring them, and the history of their development. Site author Richard Polt shares his ruminations on the metaphysical significance of the typewriter and how it affects the process of writing. Heady stuff indeed."

Author: Richard Polt (polt@xavier.xu.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Science & Technology--Electronics

Keywords: typewriter history; typewriter collecting; typewriter facts

Collecting Calculators and Calculator History

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/7227/

"This site includes historical and collectible information for collectors of calculators." The focus is on early electronic calculators of the 1960's and 1970's, but includes other types as well. Also included is conference information, feature articles, and the home for, and membership information on, the International Association of Calculator Collectors -- a worldwide group of collectors who publish the International Calculator Collector.

Author: Guy Ball (mrcalc@usa.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Scientific Instruments;

Collector Online's Club Directory

http://www.collectoronline.com/club-directory.shtml

"This directory lists over 500 clubs related to antiques and collectibles" including a contact person, their address, and telephone number information. The clubs are listed alphabetically, with some of them linked to their home pages as well. The majority of the content is not linked, but provide the most current, up-to-date contact info for small organizations that may be otherwise hard to find.

Author: Collector Online (info@collectoronline.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Associations; Organizations; Antiques; Collectibles; Hobbies; Societies

Curioscape

http://www.curioscape.com/

An annotated guide to Internet sites relating to antiques and collectables. Searchable and browsable. Very well done.

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Collecting

Glass Insulators

http://www.insulators.com/

Online resources for collectors of glass insulators. Includes an FAQ, a glossary, online articles, photographs, and club and show information. Searchable.

Author: Bill Meier (Meier257@aol.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Glass Insulators; Collecting

Hummingbirds.net

http://www.hummingbirds.net/

This comprehensive source for information on North American hummingbirds includes information on attracting, feeding, their distribution in the U.S., natural history, migration maps, and hummingbird organizations. A bibliography and several images are also linked to this page.

Author: Lanny Chambers (creative@inlink.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Science & Technology--Life Sciences--Zoology--Birds

Keywords: Hummingbirds

Internet Cigar Group

http://www.cigargroup.com/

"Free, non-commercial information representing cybersmokers from all overthe world!" Comprehensive information on all aspects of cigar smoking - including a Cigar Smoker's FAQ, a section on Cigars and Your Health, a Cigar brand database, a USENET group and chat room dedicated to cigar smoking, a monthly newsletter, and links to many other cigar web sites.

Author: Bob Curtis (info@cigargroup.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Cigars

Juggling Information Service (JIS)

http://www.juggling.org/

Juggling Information Service, serves the Internet juggling community by connecting all of the juggling related resources that they can find. "If you're a juggler, or want to learn to juggle, or just want some information on juggling, this is the place to be." Included in this site are helpful suggestions from fellow jugglers, links to jugglers' personal home pages, access to a juggling newsgroup, information about the various organizations of jugglers, how to contact them, and what services they provide, and an archive of complete issues of Juggler's World magazine, the quarterly publication of the International Juggler's Association. 

Author: Barry Bakalor (jis@juggling.org)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Juggling

LEGO FAQ

http://www.multicon.de/fun/legofaq.html

This is the FAQ list for the newsgroup rec.toys.lego, devoted to LEGO® Brand bricks and toys. Among its many entries are How to wash LEGOs and How to Take Pieces Apart.

Author: Tom Pfeifer (pfeifer@multicon.de)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Toys; LEGO; FAQ

License Plates of the World

http://danshiki.oit.gatech.edu/~iadt3mk/index.html

This site is an immense collection of license plates issued in the United States and around the world. Its objective is "to publicize license plate pictures with a few facts that may interest and entertain the casual web surfer." These pictures and history of individual plates can be found by locating the country on a world map on the title page, or by using the linked alphabetical index. Other options the site provides include additional print sources of information, club and association information, and how license plates are graded.

Author: Michael Kustermann (michael.kustermann@oit.gatech.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: License Plates

National Council on Fireworks Safety (NCFS)

http://www.fireworksafety.com/

"A non-profit organization dedicated to the safe enjoyment of fireworks in the United States." Site includes safety tips, state laws, injury information, news, and a parents' section.

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Fireworks; Pyrotechnics

Our Button Box

http://members.aol.com/ll2starks/index.htm

"Our Button Box offers links to all sorts of collectible sewing button-related pages and sites." Includes lists of buttons wanted, information about different kinds of buttons, a pictorial button glossary, and links to button clubs.

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: collecting; buttons

The Puppetry Home Page

http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/

Covers all aspects of puppetry, from creating puppets to performing with them, from an international perspective.

Author: Rose Sage (rosesage@sagecraft.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Arts & Crafts

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Toys; Puppets

The Real Beer Page

http://www.realbeer.com/

This site has extensive information about beer, brewpubs, microbreweries, homebrewing, and the beer industry. It includes a list of upcoming beer festivals and other beer events, publications about beer, and a searchable database of breweries, bars, and brewpubs in the US and Canada.

Author: Real Beer, Inc (realbeer@realbeer.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Drink

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: beer brewing; brewpubs

rec.collecting.books FAQ

http://www.massmedia.com/~mikeb/rcb/

This set of frequently asked questions and answers for the Usenet group rec.collecting.books covers the following topics: "General Information About rec.collecting.books; Sources and Guides to Book Collecting; Identifying Books; The Care and Feeding of Your Collection; Book Terminology; Value Judgements; Miscellaneous Odds and Endpapers."

Author: Mike Berro (mikeb@massmedia.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Books

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: FAQ; Bibliography; Preservation

Rec.models.railroad FAQ-TINPLATE

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/model-railroad-faq/tinplate/

This is a listing of frequently asked questions and general information concerning the collection, operation and repair of collectible model railroad equipment. FAQ for the Usenet group rec.models.railroad.

Author: Christopher D. Coleman (colemanc@infinet.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Toys; Railroads; Trains; Models; FAQ

Ropers Knots Page

http://huizen.dds.nl/~erpprs/kne/kroot.htm

A huge site dedicated to the art of knotting, consisting of detailed instruction pages, an alphabetical index to locate and learn the many different types of knots, links to other knotting sites, connection to a knotting newsgroup, and a list of books on this subject.

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Arts & Crafts

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Tie; Tying; Hitch; Hitches; Scout

Scientific and Medical Antiques

http://www.utmem.edu/personal/thjones/sci_ant.htm

This site "is a depository of information relating to scientific and medical antiques." Including microscopes, electrical and magnetic items, surgical instruments, bloodletting, pharmaceuticals and medical chests, electrotherapy devices, and more. It specifically focuses on learning about the various types of antiques through outside links, various organizations, societies and periodicals, as well as the main resources for specific categories of these items. Also included is how to go about buying and selling these unique antiques.

Author: Thomas E. Jones (thjones@utmem1.utmem.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Health & Medical Sciences--History of Medicine

Science & Technology

Keywords: Telescopes; Astronomy; Microscopes; Scales; Electrical Devices; Magnetic Items; Calculating; Drawing; Surveying; Navigation; Meteorology; Maps; Globes; Sliderules; Astronomy; Surgical Instruments; Bloodletting; Pharmaceuticals; Medical Chests; Electrother

ShawGuides: Art & Craft Workshops

http://shawguides.com/art/

"Detailed descriptions of hundreds of art, craft, ceramics, fiber, sculpture, glass, jewelry, & woodworking workshops and painting vacations worldwide."

Author: ShawGuides, Inc. (info@shawguides.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Arts & Crafts

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts

Skateboarding FAQ

http://web.cps.msu.edu/~dunhamda/dw/faq.html

"This is the FAQ file compiled by the members of the alt.skate-board Usenet newsgroup. Most of the questions tend to be asked by people who skated as a kid, possibly gave up for a while, and have now realised what they're missing. As a result this FAQ serves a specific purpose in a certain way" and does not claim to give a complete picture of skating today.

Author: Dan Dunham (dan@cps.msu.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Entertainment & Leisure--Sports--Other Sports

Keywords: Skateboarding

Unicycling Home Page

http://www.unicycling.org/

Information about unicycling as a hobby and a sport. Includes a FAQ and how to ride.

Author: Beirne Konarski (bkonarsk@mcs.kent.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Science & Technology--Transportation--Other

Keywords: Unicycles

Webville and Hypertext Railroad Company

http://www.spikesys.com/webville.html

"A site for the archiving of historical and informational documents and binaries concerning Railroads, Railfanning and Model Railroading;" technical, historical, rosters, and other information.

Author: Chris Coleman (colemanc@infinet.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Science & Technology--Transportation--Railroad

Keywords: Technical; History; Rosters; Model Railroads

The World of Gas Station Collectibles

http://home.stlnet.com/~jimpotts/petroliana/

"A service bringing gas station antique collectors, dealers, publishers and service providers together for the benefit of all. Here you'll find a list of specialized swap meets and auctions; reports of past such events; images of gas station collectibles; information about petroleum history and collecting petroliana; links to other collectors and petro related sites around the web."

Author: Jim Potts (jimpotts@stlnet.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies

Keywords: Petroliana; Auto Service; Memorabilia; Filling Stations

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