Four more library consortia offer PriceMiner™ to their member libraries for art, antiques and collectibles research

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Four additional library consortia now offer PriceMiner™ by GoAntiques.com (www.GoAntiques.com) as a research tool for member libraries to choose when helping patrons identify or research prices for art, antiques and collectibles.

As a result, the 3,500 libraries in the consortia can purchase PriceMiner from GoAntiques.com at a discounted rate.

The library consortia are:
• Tampa Bay (Fla.) Library Consortium
• Wisconsin Library Service
• MINITEX (Minnesota Library Information Network)
• Missouri Library Network Corporation.

They join NEBASE (Nebraska Library Network) and OHIONET (serving libraries in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania).

With PriceMiner, users of participating public and specialty libraries can access more than 23 million records and 10 million images going back eight years and covering 5,200 categories and subcategories in art, antiques and collectibles.

“The recommendation of PriceMiner by large state library service networks helps individual libraries address a need expressed by their patrons for help identifying and pricing art, antiques and collectibles,” said Jim Kamnikar, president and chief executive officer of GoAntiques.com. “Identification is always the first step in pricing an antique, and our 10 million picture images provide an unprecedented resource to library members.”

Through custom features designed specially for library use, patrons can conduct a search by simply typing keywords or by using categories. PriceMiner then searches its huge database of information from eBay, GoAntiques.com and TIAS.com and returns information organized by lowest to highest price, highest to lowest price or only items with images. PriceMiner also reports information for same or similar items.

"PriceMiner fits the bill,” said Kate Ostenrude, director of the Neligh (Nebraska) Public Library. “Finally, I found a database I could afford that would actually be used by my patrons. The information on PriceMiner is comprehensive, and I think it's easier to navigate than eBay.”

Libraries can offer either limited or unlimited access to PriceMiner. The annual cost to libraries is on a sliding scale based on the number of patrons. Not only can PriceMiner for Libraries be used on computers at the library, but remote access can also be made available if desired.

About PriceMiner™
PriceMiner from GoAntiques.com is a powerful aggregator of information to identify and price art, antiques and collectibles from a variety of internationally recognized sources. By simply typing in keywords of the item you wish to value, PriceMiner searches millions of records and presents historical pricing information as well as photos and descriptions for the same or similar items.

PriceMiner is the first product to combine historical data from multiple external sources with GoAntiques.com’s vast archive of merchandise sales information, and then present findings on price averages and ranges. In addition to GoAntiques.com’s historical price information beginning in 1998, PriceMiner includes auction results from the vast eBay® historical database from January 2005 and online storefront sales provided by TIAS.com back to 1998. Two million records are added each month.

Search and sort criteria include price range, category, sale date, data source and currency converted to dollars.

About GoAntiques.com
With offices in Columbus, Ohio, GoAntiques.com is the largest and only virtual marketplace for art, antiques and collectibles offering an integrated, one-stop solution for storefront and live auction selling plus a host of marketing services for both dealers and buyers, including PriceMiner.

GoAntiques has developed a distribution network providing art, antiques and collectibles to Yahoo Shopping and BobVila.com, as well as eBay Live Auctions. GoAntiques also offers a Wholesale Channel for member dealers looking to sell and source quality merchandise at wholesale prices.

GoAntiques.com offers over 450,000 items from more than 1,800 dealers in 29 countries. GoAntiques.com logs more than 2 million visits and thousands of transactions each month. More than 250,000 people are registered as GoAntiques.com buyers. Visit www.GoAntiques.com regularly for auction updates and www.PriceMiner.com for subscription information.
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