The "Hot List" of Antiques & Collectibles on the Web

This monthly list of "Hot" antiques & collectibles is compiled from searches that are placed by visitors to three of the Webs most popular destinations for finding antiques and collectibles.

Garden City - NY (PRWEB) February 6, 2005 -- TIAS.com (http://www.tias.com) the Webs largest online antique and collectible mall released their monthly "Hot List" of Antiques & Collectibles. These top ten lists are based on hundreds of thousands of searches by people using the online search engines at the indicated Web sites.

Keep in mind that these searches are what people are looking for, not necessarly what they are buying. In many cases, people will search for items when they are just trying to determine a value of a specific item that they have in their posession.

Here are the top ten search words used at http://www.TIAS.com . This site specializes in offering a broad range of antiques and collectibles:

Avon -- http://tinyurl.com/dw9q
Depression Glass -- http://tinyurl.com/g9ti
Milk Glass -- http://tinyurl.com/46oao
Carnival Glass -- http://tinyurl.com/dw9v
Cookie Jars -- http://tinyurl.com/dw9e
Bakelite -- http://tinyurl.com/4xjht
Fenton -- http://tinyurl.com/dwau
Pyrex -- http://tinyurl.com/dw9z
Dolls -- http://tinyurl.com/dwa6
Teapots -- http://tinyurl.com/2ea8w

Notes:
Bakelite is a new member of the list with a very strong first appearance at #6

Here are the top ten search words used at http://www.AntiqueArts.com . This site specialized in "high end" Antique and Art:

Chairs -- http://tinyurl.com/dwbc
Limoges -- http://tinyurl.com/dwb1
Mirrors -- http://tinyurl.com/dwba
Staffordshire -- http://tinyurl.com/dwbj
Sofas -- http://tinyurl.com/dwbh
Desks -- http://tinyurl.com/dwb0
Tables -- http://tinyurl.com/dwb6
Transferware -- http://tinyurl.com/dwbn
Tiffany -- http://tinyurl.com/dwbe
Nippon -- http://tinyurl.com/dwbg

Notes:
The list is fairly stable from what we published in Dec.

Here are the top ten search words used at http://www.Kovels.com . This site is a free online price guide to antiques and collectibles:

1. Dolls
2. Books
3. Bottles
4. Vase
5. Hummel
6. Lamps
7. China (dinnerware)
8. Avon
9. Clocks
10. McCoy

Notes:
Again, this list is on par with the Dec 2004 list, with only minor shuffling in positions

Past hot lists can now be viewed online in the TIAS Newsletter archives, just search for "Hot List" at http://www.tias.com/newsletter

About TIAS
TIAS serves approximately 190,000 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.

For more information contact:
Phillip Davies
TIAS.com Inc.
516-294-3161
phil@tias.com

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