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The Latest News in the January 2008 Issue of Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles Newsletter

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.

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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What is this antique light used for?
I am an interior designer who has a client who can't identify the use of antique lamp she owns. It is old and a combination of iron and glass and is electric. It is about 36 inches tall. All this is in one peice. It has a 12"x12" platform on the top of emerald green glass which is uplighted from a torchere type lamp underneath. I would say it was a plant stand or display table of some kind. Her 83 year old mother insists that it is a piano light. This client has a very extensive and valuable antique collection of furnishings, accessories, paintings, fabulous vintage clothing, silver, linen, cars, etc. that was inheirited from her family members. So it is no telling what this thing is. Please help me!!!

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my mother and father both passed away, my mom on the 1st of october, and now my father, yesterday. they have a will, i have 3 older siblings and 1 younger. they have a quaint house,paid for, several vehicle's and lots of antique collections. they neither one had enough insurance to pay for a full funeral, myself and my older brother both helped them out a lot with things like furniture, belonging cars and money things we give them. what i want to know is i would like all the things i personally give them go back to me, and not see another sibling recieve the stuff, one sister who is living at the residence, and has moved a man in with her, also she is recieving a nut check from dhs and dad was the over see'er of the check, what should i do, i have no money for attorne heres what i want to do: move in the residence today,, in my old bedroom,(because im living in an r.v.) mainly to make sure sister dont carrie out anymore stuff,(she has stole before from parents house.) what do i do?

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Antique Collections News

Eastday-Dozens of fake antiques sellers busted

MORE than 70 suspected con artists who sold counterfeit antiques made of cheap materials have been caught, police said. The 74 suspects from Anhui Province had scammed more than 30 people, mostly middle-aged residents, from across the city. They took in tens of thousands of yuan, police said.

Antiques, Gold and Silver Event coming to Safford

For those who have gold, silver, antiques or other rare collectibles lying around their houses, the Ohio Valley Antiques, Gold and Silver Event wants to see them!

'Antiques Roadshow' Finds A Rare And Valuable Cardboard Cutout Of Elvis Presley (VIDEO)

" Antiques Roadshow " (Mon., 8 p.m. ET on PBS) was in Minneapolis Monday night, and one of the standout items brought in to be appraised was a cardboard cutout, or standee, of The King himself, Elvis Presley.

The antiques market in Malaysia offers plenty of room for growth

THE antique trade in China today is booming, with price records being smashed at auctions every other week. Chinese art and antique collectors are trawling the globe, paying high prices, to purchase relics from their country’s imperial history.

Ridgefield Outdoor Antiques Market Marks Golden Anniversary

:"We are delighted to report that 2,200 people attended this year," reported Vivien Cord, manager of the Ridgefield Outdoor Antiques Market, which was conducted May 5 on the grounds of the historic Lounsbury House, also known as the Ridgefield Community Center.

Antiques Market/Farmers Market kick off downtown events season

GAYLORD — With Saturday’s start of the Gaylord Farmers Market and the annual Spring Antiques and Collectibles Outdoor Market in downtown Gaylord, it’s a sure sign summer is just around the corner.

Wayside Inn Antiques Show Preview Party Friday, May 11, Opens Weekend Show

:"We had close to 500 people at the preview, the gate was a bit over last year, and many visitors came up to me and said what a great show it was and how much they enjoyed it," Diana Bittel, show manager, said.