In the March issue of Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles, stories

include: Compacts, Purses, Windup Toys, German Metalwork, Painted

Cupboards, Rock 'n' Roll T-Shirts, Coverlets

Cleveland, Ohio - March 10, 2008 – Spring is just around the corner and

there is no better way to get ready for warm weather and the sales and

collecting opportunities that come with spring, than to get your copy of

the March 2008 edition of the Kovels' on Antiques and Collectibles

Newsletter. Nothing else brings the collector up to date on the latest

prices, trends and news. The 12-page, color-illustrated newsletter is

available to subscribers in print and online from the Kovels’ website at

http://www.kovels.com . Here are this month's featured stories:

Compacts & purses are popular as always. A winning bidder walked away,

clutching a Judith Leiber "Mousy" metal evening bag after paying $3,346

for it at auction. To get a grip on this bag and see more information on

fancy compacts and evening bags, be sure to get your copy of the March

issue.

Tin windup toys jump at auction. If you march to the beat of a different

drummer, you will appreciate the Marx tin windup walking drummer boy

that sold for $900 at an Illinois auction of dozens of windup toys.

Wobble over to this month's issue to read all about the fun you can have

with old toys.

Buff up on German metalwork of the past. An Emil Lettre silver coffee

pot made in the mid 1920's sold for $11,250 at a New York auction. It

was one of many dramatic pre-World War II German designs up for sale

that you can read about in this issue.

Take a look at some painted cupboards from the south. An antique painted

poplar and pine set-back cupboard with punched tin and paneled doors

auctioned for $489 at a North Carolina auction. Painted cupboards and

cabinets made in the rural South a century ago are bargains. They make

great storage pieces and look good in any room of the house. Read more

about these cupboards in this month's issue.

A collection of rock 'n' roll T-shirts from the late 1960s and early

'70s sold for big bucks at a fall Christie's auction in New York City.

Want to see some examples and get the inside scoop on this new

collecting phenom? More info and photos can be found in the March issue.

Many coverlets offered at a Garth's auction in Ohio sold for under $300,

but one made by a German born weaver went for over $800. Coverlets were

made by many American weavers who wandered the countryside in the19th

century, selling their work to middle class families. For more info on

these works of textile art, be sure to check out this month's issue.

The March issue of the Kovels’ newsletter also includes their regular

monthly features, such as the News Flash, Collector’s Gallery and

Buyer’s Price Guide. 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

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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 a monthly award-winning newsletter, Kovels on Antiques and

Collectibles, 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' most recent books are

"Kovels' American Collectibles, 1900 to 2000," published by Random

House, and the newly re-designed Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price

List 2008, with 2,500 photos and 42,000 actual prices, published by

Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers. Both are available wherever books