Guess what antiques & collectibles people were searching for in January 2005 ?

Garden City - NY February 10, 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 in the month of January 2005.

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

Avon
Depression
Milk Glass
Carnival Glass
Cookie Jars
Bakelite
Fenton
Pyrex
Dolls
Teapots

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
Limoges
Mirrors
Staffordshire
Sofas
Desks
Tables
Transferware
Tiffany
Nippon

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

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