The Top 20 Searches for Antiques and Collectibles at Kovels.com for March 2007

Cleveland, Ohio - April 2007 – Kovels.com (http://www.kovels.com), the Web’s largest free price guide for antiques and collectibles, today released its list of the top 20 searches for March. The Kovels’ top 20 list is based on the results of hundreds of thousands of searches that took place on its website during the month of March 2007.

People use price guides for a number of reasons, the most common being that they are just trying to determine the value of a specific item that they own. If an Item is not listed on the top 20 list, it does not necessarily mean that it is unpopular or that there is not a demand for it. It only means that in March there was less interest.

1. Pottery and porcelain; 2. Glass; 3. Furniture; 4. Jewelry; 5. Bottles; 6. Metals; 7. Toys; 8. Prints, pictures, paintings, paper; 9. Royal Doulton; 10. World War II; 11. Stoves; 12. Coca-Cola; 13. Advertising; 14. Alabaster; 15. Silver plate; 16. Lighters; 17. Folk art; 18. Occupied Japan; 19. Weapons; 20. Music

The top three, Pottery, Glass and Furniture, rarely change. These are always the major areas of interest because they are useful antiques or collectibles found in every home. But the others reflect a special interest often influenced by current news or auctions. The recent ruling against selling war medals has created a problem for dealers and a change in prices of World War II souvenirs so it moved to number 10. The auctions of several large toy collections created extra publicity and interest in toy prices and the 7th position.

The Kovels’ “Top 20” list of antiques and collectibles has been published since 2002 and is offered by Kovels.com as a service for collectors.

About the Kovels
Ralph and Terry Kovel are the authors of more than 95 books about collecting and antiques. Hailed by Parade magazine as "the duke and duchess of the antiques world," the Kovels publish Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles (an award-winning newsletter) and write a syndicated weekly newspaper column distributed to more than 150 newspapers. They appeared weekly on the HGTV program Flea Market Finds with the Kovels. Their popular website with price information is www.kovels.com. The Kovels' next book is Kovels' American Collectibles, 1900 to 2000, to be published by Random House in July.

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