The most requested antiques and collectibles of 2005

Garden City - TIAS.com (http://www.tias.com) the
Webs largest online antique & collectible mall, today released their
annual report on the most requested search terms used by people
looking for for antiques and collectibles online in 2005.

The top 30 list is based on millions of online searches that were
conducted by customers visiting antique and collectible related Web
sites that are hosted by TIAS.com Inc. This year's list also includes a
comparison with the 2004 searches.

Keep in mind that these searches are what people were looking for,
not necessarly what they were 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 30 most requested online search terms for 2005.

1. Avon - same as 2004
2. Cookie jars - up from #3 in 2004
3. Dolls - up from #9 in 2004
4. Milk Glass - up from #6 in 2004
5. Depression Glass - down from #2 in 2004
6. Teapots - up from #12 in 2004
7. Fenton - down from #5 in 2004
8. Carnival Glass - down from #4 in 2004
9. McCoy - down from #8 in 2004
10. Limoges - up from #11 in 2004
11. Chairs - up from #14 in 2004
12. Roseville - down from #7 in 2004
13. Pyrex - down from #10 in 2004
14. Mirrors - up from #16 in 2004
15. Nippon - down from #13 in 2004
16. Bottles - up from #17 in 2004
17. Table - up from #21 2004
18. Lamps - up from #20 in 2004
19. Books - up from #22 in 2004
20. Barbies - up from #30 in 2004
21. Desks - down from #18 in 2004
22. Staffordshire - down from #19 in 2004
23. Vases - no change since 2004
24. Hummels - no change since 2004
25. Bakelite - new to list
26. China (as in dinnerware) - up from #27 on 2004
27. Tiffany - up from #28 in 2004
28. Clocks - down from #26 in 2004
29. Plates - down fron #25 in 2004
30. Fire King - down from #15 in 2004

— About TIAS —
TIAS serves approximately 190,000 unique customers a day. About
750 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 online merchants since 1995.

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