The Most Frequently Purchased Antiques and Collectibles of 2004

What kind of antiques and collectibles were online customer buying in 2004? We've got the numbers from over 800 Web sites.

Garden City, NY (PRWEB) January 5, 2005 -- TIAS.com (http://www.tias.com) the Webs largest online antique & collectible mall, today released two new annual reports listing the most frequently purchased antiques and collectibles online in 2004.

Here are the top 20 categories of antiques and collectibles purchased online by customers visiting antique and collectible related Web sites that are hosted by TIAS.com Inc. in 2004. This first list ranks popular categories based on the volume of items purchased within each category. As an example, more pieces of collectible jewelry were sold online than collectible comics, in 2004:

1) Jewelry

2) Comics

3) China_and_Dinnerware

4) Glass

5) Advertising

6) Miscellaneous

7) Kitchen_Collectibles

8) Resources_and_Supplies

9) Porcelain_and_Pottery

10) Vintage_Clothing

11) Paper_and_Ephemera

12) Coins_and_Currency

13) Books

14) Vintage_Sewing

15) Holiday_and_Seasonal

16) Figurines

17) Toys

18) Dolls

19) Textiles

20) Memorabilia

Here are the top 20 categories of antiques and collectibles sold online in 2004, based on dollar volume. The following list is based on how much money was spent by customers who bought antiques and collectibles over the past year. As an example, more money was spent by customers buying collectible comics than jewelry in 2004:

1) Comics

2) Jewelry

3) Furniture_and_Accessories

4) Glass

5) Porcelain_and_Pottery

6) China_and_Dinnerware

7) Vintage_Clothing

8) Resources_and_Supplies

9) Miscellaneous

10) Militaria

11) Kitchen_Collectibles

12) Dolls

13) Advertising

14) Figurines

15) Textiles

16) Books

17) Toys

18) Memorabilia

19) Clocks_and_Watches

20) Holiday_and_Seasonal

About TIAS

TIAS serves approximately 200,000 unique customers a day. About 800 merchants sell through the TIAS system, listing well over half a million items for sale online. The company has been building e-commerce systems for merchants since 1995.

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