The Most Frequently Purchased Antiques and Collectibles of 2004

What kind of antiques and collectibles were online customer buying in 2004? We've got the numbers from over 800 Web sites.

Garden City, NY January 5, 2005 -- TIAS.com (http://www.tias.com) the Webs largest online antique & collectible mall, today released two new annual reports listing the most frequently purchased antiques and collectibles online in 2004.

Here are the top 20 categories of antiques and collectibles purchased online by customers visiting antique and collectible related Web sites that are hosted by TIAS.com Inc. in 2004. This first list ranks popular categories based on the volume of items purchased within each category. As an example, more pieces of collectible jewelry were sold online than collectible comics, in 2004:

1) Jewelry
2) Comics
3) China_and_Dinnerware
4) Glass
5) Advertising
6) Miscellaneous
7) Kitchen_Collectibles
8) Resources_and_Supplies
9) Porcelain_and_Pottery
10) Vintage_Clothing
11) Paper_and_Ephemera
12) Coins_and_Currency
13) Books
14) Vintage_Sewing
15) Holiday_and_Seasonal
16) Figurines
17) Toys
18) Dolls
19) Textiles
20) Memorabilia

Here are the top 20 categories of antiques and collectibles sold online in 2004, based on dollar volume. The following list is based on how much money was spent by customers who bought antiques and collectibles over the past year. As an example, more money was spent by customers buying collectible comics than jewelry in 2004:

1) Comics
2) Jewelry
3) Furniture_and_Accessories
4) Glass
5) Porcelain_and_Pottery
6) China_and_Dinnerware
7) Vintage_Clothing
8) Resources_and_Supplies
9) Miscellaneous
10) Militaria
11) Kitchen_Collectibles
12) Dolls
13) Advertising
14) Figurines
15) Textiles
16) Books
17) Toys
18) Memorabilia
19) Clocks_and_Watches
20) Holiday_and_Seasonal

About TIAS
TIAS serves approximately 200,000 unique customers a day. About 800 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 merchants since 1995.

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