The Top 20 antiques and collectibles searches on Kovels.com during April show collector interest in banks, pressed glass and Goebel. Antique enthusiasts have been busy researching:

1. Bottle
2. Occupied Japan
3. Stove
4. Fenton Glass
5. Coca-Cola
6. Capo-di-Monte
7. Dresden
8. Red Wing
9. Pepsi-Cola
10. Hull
11. Collector Plate
12. Bank
13. Bavaria

Do you have a Mod Mom?

Whether her home is a retro time capsule or just sprinkled with some midcentury modern pieces, she'll appreciate this Mother and Child figurine. It was designed in the 1950s by Lisa Larson for the Swedish Gustavsberg factory and sold for $472 at a Stephenson's auction in Pennsylvania.

The first week in May marks National Postcard Week. Think of postcards as emails or text messages that took days or weeks to send. Don't toss that shoebox of old postcards you found in grandma's attic—they tell stories about the past and some can be valuable. This vintage postcard sold for $15 at Lyn Knight Auctions.

The "Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles" May 2013 newsletter is both online and in the mail. Auctions of midcentury modern lamps, American Rococo and Renaissance Revival furniture and art glass bride's baskets are reported—all with color photos, prices and marks.