span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-IN">Cleveland, Ohio - November 21, 2008 - Kovels.com today released its list of the top 20 searches for October, 2008. The Kovels' top 20 list is based on the results of hundreds of thousands of searches that took place on their website during the month. With over 600,000 antiques and collectibles in its online price guide, Kovels.com is the Web's largest free price guide for antiques and collectibles.

1. Occupied Japan - No movement, 2. Stoves - Up from #4, 3. Jewelry - Down from #2, 4. World War II - Up from #6, 5. Silverplate - Down from #3, 6. Coca-Cola - Down from #5, 7. Capo-Di-Monte, 8. Furniture - Down from #7, 9. Planters Peanuts - Up from #14, 10. Shawnee - Up from #12, 11. Knife - Up from #15, 12. Lladro - Down from #11, 13. Josef Originals - Not listed last month, 14. Bookends - Not listed last month, 15. Shirley Temple - Not listed last month, 16. Davy Crocket - Not listed last month, 17. Rosenthal - Not listed last month, 18. Lighter - Down from #17, 19. Royal Bayreuth - Down from #18, 20. McCoy - Down from #9

The list was stable compared to September except for the 4 new categories (#13 thru #17).

People use price guides for a number of reasons, usually to determine the value of an item that they own. If an item isn't listed on the top 20 list, it doesn't mean it is unpopular or that there isn't a demand for it. It only means that in October there was less interest in finding prices for that item.

Accredited media interested in discussing the content of this release or any topics related to antiques and collectibles are encouraged to contact Terry Kovel at pr@kovels.com to schedule an interview.

Cleveland, Ohio – March 31, 2009 – Kovels.com today released its latest list of the most searched-for antiques and collectibles. See what fellow collectors were looking for in February 2009. Occupied Japan remains on top, proving that Kovels.com is one of the web's best sources for Occupied Japan collectibles prices.

Hundreds of thousands of searches take place each month on Kovels.com. With 700,000+ antiques and collectibles in its online price guide, Kovels.com is the Web's largest price guide for antiques and collectibles.

1. Occupied Japan - No movement
2. Jewelry - No movement
3. Capo-Di Monte - Up from #4
4. Silver plate - Down from #3
5. Stoves - No movement
6. Furniture - Up from #7
7. World War II - Down from #6
8. Coca Cola -Up from #12
9. Lighters - Down from #8
10. Royal Bayreuth - Down from #9
11. Lladro - Down from #10
12. Clock - Up from #15
13. Knife - Up from #16
14. Planters Peanuts - Not listed last month
15. Dionne Quintuplets - Not listed last month
16. Doll - Down from #14
17. Copeland Spode - Up from #18
18. Josef Originals - Down from #13
19. Hutschenreuther - Down from #11
20. McCoy - Down from #17

Compared to january 2008, this was a very stable list with just two new categories.

People use price guides for a number of reasons, usually to determine the value of an item that they own. If an item isn't listed in the top 20, it doesn't mean it is unpopular or that there isn't a demand for it. It only means that in January there was less interest in finding prices for that item.

Terry Kovel will discuss the content of this release or any other antiques and collectibles topics with accredited media. Pictures available. Contact pr@Kovels.com.

About Kovels.com
Terry Kovel, with her husband Ralph, has authored more than 95 books about collecting and antiques, including the best-selling annual price guide, "Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide." Hailed by Parade magazine as "the duchess of the antiques world," Terry Kovel publishes a monthly newsletter, Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles, and writes a syndicated weekly newspaper column distributed to more than 150 newspapers and websites. Terry and Ralph appeared weekly on the HGTV program "Flea Market Finds with the Kovels." Terry's popular website with free prices and information for collectors is http://www.Kovels.com. The Kovels' most recent books are "Kovels' American Collectibles, 1900 to 2000," and "Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide 2009," with 2,500 photos and 44,000 actual prices. Both are available wherever books are sold and online at http://www.Kovels.com/e?books. Terry's latest special report is "Kovels' Buyer's Guide to 20th-Century Costume Jewelry," which is available exclusively at http://www.Kovels.com/e?jewelry-report.

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Cleveland, Ohio – June 22, 2009 – See what fellow collectors were looking for in May 2009. Kovels.com today released its latest list of the most searched-for antiques and collectibles. Occupied Japan remains on top, proving that Kovels.com is one of the web's best sources for Occupied Japan collectibles prices.

Hundreds of thousands of searches take place each month on Kovels.com. With 700,000+ antiques and collectibles in its online price guide, Kovels.com is the Web's largest price guide for antiques and collectibles.

1. Occupied Japan
2. Jewelry
3. Silver Plate
4. Capo-Di-Monte
5. Furniture
6. Stove
7. Josef Originals
8. Coca-Cola
9. Lladro
10. Bossons - new to list
11. Royal Bayreuth
12. McCoy
13. Milk Glass
14. Royal Copley
15. Copeland Spode
16. Lighter
17. Bavaria
18. World War II
19. Cookie Jar
20. Bicycle

New to the Kovels' Top Twenty list this month is Bossons. W.H. Bossons, Ltd., operated in Congleton, England from 1946 to 1996. Collectors have been on the hunt for information and prices on their character wall masks (heads), plaques, figurines and other decorative pieces.

People use price guides for a number of reasons, usually to determine the value of an item that they own. If an item isn't listed in the top 20, it doesn't mean it is unpopular or that there isn't a demand for it. It only means that in May there was less interest in finding prices for that item.

Terry Kovel will discuss the content of this release or any other antiques and collectibles topics with accredited media. Pictures available. Contact pr@Kovels.com

About Kovels.com

Terry Kovel, with her husband Ralph, has written for collectors for five decades. The New York Times wrote, "The Kovels published guides to antiques and collectibles are considered the bibles of the field…they focused overwhelmingly on ordinary things for ordinary collectors, the artifacts…of everyday American life." The Kovels are authors of more than 98 books about collecting, including the annual "Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide." It has 2,500 color pictures and 42,000 prices. The book is available at Kovels.com, bookstores, and Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers. The syndicated newspaper column is featured in over 150 print newspapers and many online sites. They appeared in almost 100 weekly episodes of their HGTV program "Flea Market Finds with the Kovels." Since Ralph's death in 2008, Terry has continued to write, research, and publish with her daughter, Kim Kovel. Their website, Kovels.com, gives free access to over 700,000 prices, a FREE weekly ezine and blog with the latest news, and much other information for collectors.

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Cleveland, Ohio – January 3, 2008 – Welcome to the new year! Start 2008 off right with the January issue of Kovels on Antiques and collectibles. There is no better way to keep up to date with the latest trends and news in antiques and collectibles. No one else can pack so much antiques and collectibles news and information into a 12-page, color-illustrated newsletter. The latest copy is available to subscribers in print and online from the Kovels’ website at http://www.kovels.com . This month's issue features stories on:

An antique silver crab claw that served sugar, not crab is one of the Victorian silver serving pieces featured this month. Victorians may have been prim and proper, but they had a sense of humor. The sugar tongs sold for $359 at a Dallas auction. For more information about silver serving pieces, get your copy of the January newsletter.

A collector was right on the button with a $13 bid for a 1940 anti-Franklin Roosevelt button. It was one of several “slogan” buttons that sold at an Ohio auction of political memorabilia. To learn the auction’s results and what the slogans mean, we've got more details in this month issue.

Whenever New Year’s Eve comes around, Father Time shows up. A Lladró figurine of the old man sold at an Iowa auction for $236. To learn more about collectible Lladrós,

all made in Spain, you need to read this article in our January issue.

A piece of 17th-century Italian Baroque furniture can add a charming Italian accent to your home. A carved walnut cabinet, damaged but restored, sold for $4,600 at a North Carolina auction. More Italian Baroque furniture is pictured in this month issue.

Fiesta dinnerware has had two lives, the first from 1936 to 1969 (or 1973, if you count Fiesta Ironstone) and the second starting in 1986 and still going strong. Today collectors can buy new Fiestaware at department stores or at the Homer Laughlin China Co. in Newell, West Virginia. Find out how you can get bargains on Fiesta in the January issue.

A handful of handmade Arts & Crafts era purses sewn a century ago, sold at a recent Treadway/Toomey auction in suburban Chicago. Top price was $420 for a square suede purse with an applied metal ornament. Want to find out more about the fashionable wonders? Read about them in this month's issue.

The January issue of the Kovels’ newsletter also includes their regular monthly features, such as the Buyer’s Price Guide, Collector’s Gallery and News Flash. Subscriptions for the print edition or the online edition can be purchased from their website at http://www.kovels.com.

Accredited media interested in discussing the content of this release or any topics related to antiques and collectibles are encouraged to contact the Kovels at LLillis@kovels.com to schedule an interview.