- TIAS.com
Infobox_Company
company_name = TIAS.com
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan =
foundation =1995
location =Grapevine, Texas ,United States
key_people = Phillip Davies, President & CEO
industry =Retail
products =antiques ,collectibles
homepage = [http://www.tias.com/ www.tias.com]"TIAS.com" (The Internet Antique Shop) is an online retail marketplace for
antiques andcollectibles . The company was founded in 1995 and is based inGrapevine, Texas United States as well asGarden City, New York in theNew York City area. The company is privately held.Business Profile
TIAS.com inventory consists of
antiques andcollectibles for retail sale by member dealers. TIAS.com runs additional internet properties related to the antiques and collectibles trade including curioscape.com, antiquearts.com and collectoronline.com . The company also operates earthling.com where non-antique & collectible items may be listed by members.Along with
GoAntiques andRuby Lane it is considered one of the 3 major online antique malls. [ [http://collectibles.about.com/library/articles/blcompareonlinemalls.htm] Antique Mall comparison from about.com]As of August 2007 the site lists more than 500,000 items from thousands of dealers in the
United States andCanada .History
TIAS.com has been online since April 1995 [http://web.archive.org/web/19961216210446/http://www.tias.com/] and was an early provider of member inventory to
eBay [ [http://www.thestreet.com/stocks/timarango/10003900.html] . eBay article from thestreet.com]In 2000 TIAS acquired online antique mall AntiqueArts.com [ [http://directmag.com/news/marketing_tias_buys_antiquearts/] Direct Newsline Article]
In 2003 TIAS.com acquired online antique mall CollectorOnline. [ [http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y03/m06/i25/s01] AuctionBytes News Article]
References
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External links
* [http://www.tias.com/ official site]
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