The Bettendorf Public Library now subscribes to p4A Antiques Reference, an online, searchable source for antiques information and prices. Bettendorf library cardholders can go to http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/services/researchalpha.htm and click on Antiques Reference Database to search for detailed descriptive and pricing information on antiques, collectibles, fine art and historic Americana sold at regional auctions throughout the United States. Non-Bettendorf residents can access p4A Antiques Reference at the library.

The p4A Antiques Reference database has images for all the items included in the database. A specific item description, information on condition and provenance is included whenever available. Prices realized are clearly shown with date and place sold. A customized auction note is included to describe the overall sales environment for a given record. New records are added to the database 365 days per year. The p4A Antiques Reference database includes supplemental reference information, including literature citations and independently researched reference notes providing biographical, contextual and background data about a given item.

The p4A Antiques Reference service focuses its coverage exclusively on major regional auction venues throughout the U.S., the marketplace where the great bulk of antiques and collectibles are bought and sold in this country. Approximately fifty regional auction venues are currently covered coast-to-coast.