Updated January 03, 2006
Garden City - NY, Jan 02, 2006 - 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.
- Avon - same as 2004
- Cookie jars - up from #3 in 2004
- Dolls - up from #9 in 2004
- Milk Glass - up from #6 in 2004
- Depression Glass - down from #2 in 2004
- Teapots - up from #12 in 2004
- Fenton - down from #5 in 2004
- Carnival Glass - down from #4 in 2004
- McCoy - down from #8 in 2004
- Limoges - up from #11 in 2004
- Chairs - up from #14 in 2004
- Roseville - down from #7 in 2004
- Pyrex - down from #10 in 2004
- Mirrors - up from #16 in 2004
- Nippon - down from #13 in 2004
- Bottles - up from #17 in 2004
- Table - up from #21 2004
- Lamps - up from #20 in 2004
- Books - up from #22 in 2004
- Barbies - up from #30 in 2004
- Desks - down from #18 in 2004
- Staffordshire - down from #19 in 2004
- Vases - no change since 2004
- Hummels - no change since 2004
- Bakelite - new to list
- China (as in dinnerware) - up from #27 on 2004
- Tiffany - up from #28 in 2004
- Clocks - down from #26 in 2004
- Plates - down fron #25 in 2004
- 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.
