Cleveland, Ohio – June 13, 2008 – Kovels. com, the Web’s largest free price guide for antiques and collectibles, today released its list of the top 20 searches for May. 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 of May, 2008. 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 May there was less interest in finding prices for that item. 1. Occupied Japan – Up from #2, 2. Jewelry – Down from #1, 3. Silverplate – No movement, 4. Coca Cola – Up from #5, 5. McCoy – Up from #12, 6. Furniture – Up from #8, 7. Stove – Down from #4, 8. World War II – Down from #6, 9. Lighters – Up from #10, 10. Cookie Jars – Up from #19, 11. Lladro – Up from #16, 12. Planters Peanuts – Down from #9, 13. Dolls – Up from #14, 14. Bicycles – Down from #13, 15. Davy Crocket – Up from #18, 16. Knife – Down from #11, 17. Clocks – No movement, 18. Royal Bayreuth – Down from #15, 19. Phonograph – Not listed last month, 20. Shawnee – Not listed last month. Note there were only 2 new categories in the top 20 list for May, 2008. 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. About the Kovels Ralph and Terry Kovel are the authors of more than 95 books about collecting and antiques, including the best-selling annual price guide “Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price List. ” Hailed by Parade magazine as “the duke and duchess of the antiques world,” the Kovels publish a monthly award-winning newsletter, Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles, 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. ” The Kovels’ most recent books are “Kovels’ American Collectibles, 1900 to 2000,” and the newly re-designed “Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price List 2008,” with 2,500 photos and 42,000 actual prices. Both are available wherever books are sold and online.
Cleveland, Ohio – March 10, 2008 – Spring is just around the corner and
there is no better way to get ready for warm weather and the sales and
collecting opportunities that come with spring, than to get your copy of
the March 2008 edition of the Kovels’ on Antiques and Collectibles
Newsletter. Nothing else brings the collector up to date on the latest
prices, trends and news. The 12-page, color-illustrated newsletter is
available to subscribers in print and online from the Kovels’ website at
http://www. kovels. com . Here are this month’s featured stories:
Compacts & purses are popular as always. A winning bidder walked away,
clutching a Judith Leiber “Mousy” metal evening bag after paying $3,346
for it at auction. To get a grip on this bag and see more information on
fancy compacts and evening bags, be sure to get your copy of the March
issue.
Tin windup toys jump at auction. If you march to the beat of a different
drummer, you will appreciate the Marx tin windup walking drummer boy
that sold for $900 at an Illinois auction of dozens of windup toys.
Wobble over to this month’s issue to read all about the fun you can have
with old toys.
Buff up on German metalwork of the past. An Emil Lettre silver coffee
pot made in the mid 1920’s sold for $11,250 at a New York auction. It
was one of many dramatic pre-World War II German designs up for sale
that you can read about in this issue.
Take a look at some painted cupboards from the south. An antique painted
poplar and pine set-back cupboard with punched tin and paneled doors
auctioned for $489 at a North Carolina auction. Painted cupboards and
cabinets made in the rural South a century ago are bargains. They make
great storage pieces and look good in any room of the house. Read more
about these cupboards in this month’s issue.
A collection of rock ‘n’ roll T-shirts from the late 1960s and early
’70s sold for big bucks at a fall Christie’s auction in New York City.
Want to see some examples and get the inside scoop on this new
collecting phenom? More info and photos can be found in the March issue.
Many coverlets offered at a Garth’s auction in Ohio sold for under $300,
but one made by a German born weaver went for over $800. Coverlets were
made by many American weavers who wandered the countryside in the19th
century, selling their work to middle class families. For more info on
these works of textile art, be sure to check out this month’s issue.
The March issue of the Kovels’ newsletter also includes their regular
monthly features, such as the News Flash, Collector’s Gallery and
Buyer’s Price Guide. 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.
About the Kovels
Ralph and Terry Kovel are the authors of more than 95 books about
collecting and antiques, including the best-selling annual price guide
“Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price List. ” Hailed by Parade
magazine as “the duke and duchess of the antiques world,” the Kovels
publish a monthly award-winning newsletter, Kovels on Antiques and
Collectibles, 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 free
price information is www. kovels. com. The Kovels’ most recent books are
“Kovels’ American Collectibles, 1900 to 2000,” published by Random
House, and the newly re-designed Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price
List 2008, with 2,500 photos and 42,000 actual prices, published by
Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers. Both are available wherever books
are sold and online at http://www. Kovels. com
Cleveland, Ohio – May 8, 2008 – 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 April. 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 April, 2008.
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 April there was less interest in finding prices for that item.
1. Jewelry – No movement, 2. Occupied Japan – Up from #3, 3. Silverplate – Up from #4, 4. Stoves – Down from #2, 5. Coca-Cola – Up from #6, 6. World War II – Down from #5, 7. Capo-Di-Monte – Up from #8, 8. Furniture – Down from #7, 9. Planters Peanuts – Not listed last month, 10. Lighters – No movement, 11. Knife – Down from #9, 12. McCoy – Not listed last month, 13. Bicycle – Not listed last month, 14. Dolls – Up from #20, 15. Royal Bayreuth – Not listed last month, 16. Lladro – Down from #11, 17. Clocks – Down from #14, 18. Davy Crocket – Not listed last month, 19. Cookie Jar – Not listed last month, 20. Bohemian Glass – Not listed last month
Note there are 7 new categories in the top 20 list for April, 2008.
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.
Cleveland, Ohio – June 12, 2008 – Hot enough for you? It’s June and the heat of the midday sun can be a bit much for even the most tenacious bargain hunting collector. Why not take refuge from the sun with a cool drink and the June issue of Kovels’ on Antiques and Collectibles Newsletter. Nothing else brings the collector up to date on the latest prices, trends and news in antiques and collectibles. The 12-page, color-illustrated June newsletter is available to subscribers in print and online from the Kovels’ website. Here are this month’s featured stories: The Art of Tiles – A Van Briggle tree tile blossomed when it sold for $14,400 at a New Jersey auction. Get the June issue, where you’ll learn all about some of the best early 20th-century American art tiles. Movie Posters For Collectors – If you’re a movie lover, a Breakfast at Tiffany’s poster picturing Audrey Hepburn would be a premier find. The ticket price for the 1961 poster was $5,310 at a Chicago auction. We review more classic movie posters in the June issue. Paperweights Hold Value – Vintage cast-iron paperweights are simply ducky. A “Flapper” paperweight made by Hubley, waddled away from a Pennsylvania auction for $518. You’ll find more cute figural paperweights in this month’s issue. Roycroft Furniture – A collector on a mission to collect Roycroft furniture paid $13,200 for a sideboard at a New Jersey auction. Want to know more about Roycroft? Check out the June issue. Paper-Mache Skittles Sets – A rare frog set that includes seven little frogs dressed as a conductor with musicians recently sold for $17,825. If you don’t know what Skittles are, read the article in this month’s issue. Rockingham Pottery – This is high-quality, brown-glazed, earthenware or porcelain made in Swinton, England, from 1745 to 1842. It was also made in the U. S. from 1835 to 1885. Confused? You won’t be, if you get the June issue. The June issue of the Kovels’ newsletter also includes their regular monthly features, such as the News Flash, Collector’s Gallery and Buyer’s Price Guide. Subscriptions for the print edition or the online edition can be purchased from their website. 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.
Cleveland, Ohio – March 25, 2008 – Spring is here! The flowers are blooming. Leaves are popping out from bare branches. Yard & garage sale signs are sprouting up everywhere and the antiques and collectibles shows are getting ready for the first crowds of the new season. Are you ready for some serious collecting? Well, you will be if you have your copy of the April 2008 edition of the Kovels’ On Antiques and Collectibles newsletter. Nothing else brings the collector up to date on the latest prices, trends and news. The 12-page, color-illustrated newsletter is available to subscribers in print and online from the Kovels’ website at http://www. kovels. com . Here are this month’s featured stories:
Head-hunting may sound primitive, but it’s plenty popular today. A determined head-hunter paid $127 for a Napcoware lady head vase at an Iowa auction. To see this head vase and many others, be sure to get your copy of the April 2008 issue.
Collectors dig Disney toys. A Mickey and Minnie “Atlantic City” tin lithographed sand pail shoveled in a bid of $1,094 at a Pennsylvania auction. Dig into the April issue to see more tin litho Disney toys and collectibles.
Collectors of Wedgwood got fired up over a c. 1930 Millicent Taplin caneware vase, which sold for $474 at a Boston auction. We glaze more than the surface about post-1930 Wedgwood in this issue.
Looking for an open-and-shut case for collecting antique bookcases? A c. 1900 lawyers bookcase made a great storage unit a century ago and it makes a great one today, too. It sold for $1,495 at a Cincinnati auction. Follow the proceedings in the April issue, where you can learn more about antique bookcases and file cabinets.
Snow Babies may be tiny, but their prices were big at a recent Theriault’s auction in Newport Beach, California. Nearly two dozen Snow Baby figurines, all made in Germany from about 1910 to 1915 were offered. Be sure to get a copy of this issue to see the hottest Snow Babies.
The April issue of the Kovels’ newsletter also includes regular monthly features, such as the News Flash, Collector’s Gallery and Buyer’s Price Guide. 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.
Cleveland, Ohio – June 23, 2009 – Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles July 2009 issue is now available in print and online. In this issue Terry Kovel writes about the brand-name vintage clothing sold at a recent auction in Pennsylvania. Successful bidders took home outfits designed by Christian Dior, Oleg Cassini, Bill Blass and Pauline Trigere, many for under $1,000. Other picture-price reports featured in the July issue are Classic bicycles, Hector Aguilar Sterling Silver Service, Cracker Jack Toys, Herter Brothers Furniture, Walking Ware Pottery, and Modern Table Lamps. Also included are maker’s marks on Walking Ware Pottery and Terry’s comments on the right time to sell your collection, as well as hotlines, collectors’ questions, and the popular list of 50 up-to-the-minute prices. With many collectors tightening their belts, knowing what something is worth or how much to pay for an antique or collectible is more important than ever. The 12-page, color-illustrated newsletter is packed with information that will help collectors learn the value and history of their treasures. To subscribe to the print version of Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles, go to http://www. kovels. com/e?subscribe. Subscribe to the downloadable digital version at http://www. kovels. com/e?digital. Terry Kovel will discuss the content of this release or any other antiques and collectibles topics with accredited media. Pictures are available. Contact pr@kovels. com. About Kovels. com Terry Kovel, with her husband, Ralph, has written more than 98 books about collecting, including the best-selling annual price book, “Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide. ” Terry publishes a subscription newsletter and writes a syndicated newspaper column that appears in more than 150 newspapers and digital publications. She and Ralph starred in the weekly HGTV program, “Flea Market Finds with the Kovels. ” The Kovels website, Kovels. com, offers 700,000 free prices and other information for collectors, including books, special reports, a weekly emailed letter to collectors, and an archive of other informative material. Since Ralph’s death in 2008, the Kovel brand has been continued by Terry Kovel and her daughter, Kim Kovel. This fall they will go on a lecture tour to promote the 2010 edition of “Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide. ” Contact Information: pr@kovels. com Website: http://www. Kovels. com
Cleveland, Ohio – July 1, 2008 – The July issue of Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles Newsletter is posted. The 12-page, color-illustrated newsletter is available to subscribers in print and online from the Kovels’ website at http://www. kovels. com . Here are this month’s featured stories:
An R. S. Prussia cake plate that would have made an impression at any party, recently sold for $750 at a Kansas auction. Nearly 250 lots of R. S. Prussia items from a private collection were offered. For more information about R. S. Prussia, see the Kovels’ July newsletter.
Toy collectors got a little wound up at the sale of Robert Lesser’s collection of space toys. A circa 1960’s Astroman robot walked away from the auction for $9,605, and some robots sold for lots more. You can take an outer space tour in this month’s issue.
The average person would have thrown out an empty Mickey Mantle glove box. But an above average collector saved one and sold it for $2,115 at auction. There’s more information on baseball throwaways in July’s newsletter.
The invention of plastic in the last century excited furniture designers. Chairs were made in new shapes and colors – and some sell today for bargain prices. A 1970’s “Plona” folding chair designed by Giancarlo Piretti auctioned for just $60. For more information about plastic seating, see the July issue.
Eye-catching Machine Age radios that can’t even pull in an FM signal are of great interest to collectors who want the radios for their looks. And they paid big bucks for them at a recent Mastro auction. Find out what was selling and for how much in this month’s issue.
The July issue of the Kovels’ newsletter also includes regular monthly features, such as the News Flash, Collector’s Gallery questions and answers and Buyer’s Price Guide.
Kovels’ on Antiques and Collectibles Newsletter has something for everyone. Nothing else brings the collector up to date on the latest prices, trends and news in the world of antiques and collectibles.
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 pr@kovels. com to schedule an interview.
Cleveland, Ohio – October 6, 2007 – Fall is upon us and with the cooler weather collectors get an overwhelming urge to hit the fall antique shows, auctions and sales before the cold of winter traps them indoors. Don’t venture out without the October edition of the Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles newsletter. Nothing else brings the collector up to date on the latest prices, trends and news. The 12-page, color-illustrated newsletter is available to subscribers in print and online from the Kovels’ website at http://www. kovels. com . This month’s issue features stories on:
For a song and a dance and $90 a collector arranged to carry home a Schoenhut toy grand piano from a Maine auction. Learn more about toy pianos and see many other styles of these mini instruments in the October newsletter.
A collector of Victorian pickle castors didn’t make a face at the $400 price tag while purchasing a beautiful example at a Kansas auction. The frame was silver and the insert was Rubina glass. More information on pickle castors is served up in this issue.
A 1955 Hummel figurine “Little Bookkeeper” sold for $69 at an auction in Massachusetts. Others sold for a lot more and some sold for even less. You can do your own accounting of Hummel prices in the October newsletter.
A 19th-century French Provincial center table took center stage at a New Orleans auction, where it attracted a bid of $3,525. For more about the history and values of French Provincial furniture, you’ve got to read the October issue.
Bakelite jewelry from the 1920’s and 30’s has a sense of humor and high style. The fashion trend did not last long – from the Depression until World War II. It did leave an indelible mark of jewelry fashion, which still remains today. In the October newsletter, we’ll show you prices and styles of some interesting pieces.
The October 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.
About the Kovels
Ralph and Terry Kovel are the authors of more than 95 books about collecting and antiques, including the best-selling annual price guide “Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price List. ” 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 FREE price information is www. kovels. com. The Kovels’ newest book is “Kovels’ American Collectibles, 1900 to 2000,” published by Random House and is available wherever books are sold and online at: http://www. kovels. com/KAC.
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