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.