Purebred dog owners can be enthusiastic collectors (don’t ask us how many sheep-related items we have in our house), but most of us can’t always get to estate sales, antique shops or flea markets. These days, the Internet brings these venues to us (dangerous, we know), and you may want to know about Invaluable. You can create a search for the breed of your choice, sign up for alerts when something in that breed comes up, then bid on items listed with top auctions from around the world.

A generic search we ran for “dog” brought up this item, a dog bottle opener and door stop, and clearly it’s a French Bulldog. At the time of this writing, the item has an estimated value of $100 – $200, and the starting bid is at $25 with nine days to go. Some gems can be found this way and you may want to check it out.