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The Kovels' Top Twenty list is based on the results of hundreds of thousands of searches that took place on its website during November, 2008. Occupied Japan remains on top, proving Kovels.com is one of the web's best sources for Occupied Japan collectibles prices.Coin-operated machines haven't appeared on the Top Twenty list for a long time. A bidder scored a bargain on this one at a recent Rich Penn auction. It's a robot gumball machine made in the late 1960s by Northwestern Mfg. Co. of Illinois. It's 46 inches tall and cost $173. "Try Me – I Talk," it claims. For a dime the user gets a gumball—and probably a giggle.Search for prices on more coin-operated machines here and in Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide 2009.The complete Top Twenty for November 2008 are:
- Occupied Japan
- World War II
- Stove
- Jewelry
- Silver Plate
- Coca-Cola
- Capo-Di-Monte
- Furniture
- Lladro
- Shawnee
- Knife
- Lighter
- Copeland Spode
- Josef Originals
- Clock
- Coin-Operated Machines
- Hutschenreuther
- Rosenthal
- Bottle
- Planters Peanut
Visitors use Kovels' website and price guides for a number of reasons, the most common that they are just trying to determine the value of an item they own. If an item is not listed on the Top Twenty list, it does not mean that it's unpopular or that there isn't a demand for it. It only means that in November there was less interest.
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