Hope this link works. Awhile back I did a slide show the The Quilt Show. It's just a few thimbles in my collection. I've collected for almost 30 years.
http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/open..._playback_link
You may also want to check out www.thimblecollectors.com which is a very good group for learning about your thimbles and other sewing related tools. And there are state groups of collectors as well. I'm active in the NY state group and we meet twice a year. If anyone is interested, there is an open invitation for all fellow collectors. Our next meeting will be at a B&B in Utica NY very near to the Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute that has a world reknown thimble collection.
Then there is the online yahoo group - CyberThimble, too.
Barbara AKA "Digitabulist" (thimble collector)