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{{short description |American online antiques retail marketplace}}
{{Infobox company
| name = TIAS.com
| logo = TIAS-logo.jpg
| type = [[Private company |Private]]
| industry = [[Retail]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age |1995 }}
| location_city = [[Garden City, New York]]
| location_country = [[United States]]
| key_people = Phillip Davies, President & CEO
| products = [[Antiques]], [[collectibles]]
| homepage = {{URL |http://www.tias.com/ }}
}}

'''TIAS''' ('''The Internet Antique Shop''') is an American online retail marketplace for [[antiques]] and [[collectibles]]. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in [[Garden City, New York]]. The company is privately held.

The company's inventory consists of [[antiques]] and [[collectibles]] for retail sale by member dealers. TIAS 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 and collectible items may be listed by members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Business Description |work=TIAS.com - Intro |url=http://tias.com/makeashop/index.cgi?groupKey=1&page=intro.html |accessdate=2007-08-09}}</ref>

Along with [[GoAntiques]] and [[Ruby Lane]], Tias is considered one of the 3 major online antique malls.<ref>{{cite news |first=Barbara |last=Crews |url=http://collectibles.about.com/library/articles/blcompareonlinemalls.htm |title=Online Antique and Collectible Malls -- Which One is Best for You? |year=2007 |publisher=About collectables |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326145807/http://collectibles.about.com/library/articles/blcompareonlinemalls.htm |archive-date=Mar 26, 2013 }}</ref> {{As of |2014}}, the site listed more than 490,000 items from thousands of dealers in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.womansday.com/life/work-money/g32226461/online-flea-markets/ |title=10 Best Online Flea Markets That Allow You to Buy and Sell |date=May 6, 2022 |publisher=Woman's Day }}</ref>

==History==
TIAS has been online since April 1995 and was an early provider of member inventory to [[eBay]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tias.com/ |title=The Internet Antique Shop |website=www.tias.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961216210446/http://www.tias.com/ |archive-date=16 December 1996 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestreet.com/stocks/timarango/10003900.html |title=Some Small Users Have Big Gripes With eBay |publisher=TheStreet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011116122631/http://www.thestreet.com/stocks/timarango/10003900.html |archive-date=November 16, 2001 }}</ref>

In 1996 TIAS acquired CyberAntiquemall.com.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}

In 2000 TIAS acquired online antique mall, AntiqueArts.com.
<ref>{{cite news |url=http://directmag.com/news/marketing_tias_buys_antiquearts/ |title=TIAS Buys AntiqueArts |date=May 16, 2000 |publisher=Direct Newsline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209092859/http://directmag.com/news/marketing_tias_buys_antiquearts/ |archive-date=February 9, 2012 }}</ref>

In 2003 TIAS.com acquired online antique mall, CollectorOnline, from AOL.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y03/m06/i25/s01 |title=Online Mall TIAS.com Acquires Collectoronline |date=June 25, 2003 |publisher=AuctionBytes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204164128/http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y03/m06/i25/s01 |archive-date=December 4, 2003 }}</ref>

In 2008 TIAS.com acquired 400 merchants from Architecturals.net.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y09/m01/i14/s03 |title=Architecturals.net Listings Moved to TIAS.com Classifieds |date=January 14, 2009 |publisher=Auctionbytes News Article |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119193001/http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y09/m01/i14/s03 |archive-date=January 19, 2009 }}</ref>

In 2012 TIAS.com acquired 250 merchants from Tabletopsetc.com.<ref>http://ecommwire.com/?id=112890&keys=ChinaDinnerware-Flatware-glassware Ecommwire {{deadlink|date=February 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Online retailers of the United States]]

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