We wish all our readers a healthy, prosperous and peaceful new year. Happy Collecting!

Terry Kovel, Kim Kovel and the Staff of Kovels.com

A display of vintage collectibles decorated with poinsettias provides a pop of color during the holiday season. Many can be found at affordable prices and dated by the color of the bloom.    

If you're buying a Christmas gift for a collector, you still have time. Terry Kovel suggests a "go-with." If you don't understand much about the collection of mechanical banks, paperweights, or toys prized by the collector on your gift list, here are some helpful ideas:

1. A small magnifying-glass pendant that can be worn on a chain will delight a collector looking at hallmarks on silver or identifying names on pottery. Many maker's marks are very small and often impossible to read in a dingy corner of a shop.

Every month, the Kovels.com Top 10 list indicates the interests of collectors who visit the website.

1. Holly Amber glass
2. Halloween
3. Occupied Japan
4. Carnival glass