Put down your mouse and take a jaunt to an antiques store, auction, collectibles show - there's plenty to choose from. You can find a schedule in antiques newspapers. I checked my copy of New England Antiques Journals, and here's a sampling. You can go to http://www.antiquesjournal.com and click on Calendar of Shows and Auctions for a complete list by state.

Atlanta, Georgia, 9/29 - 10/1: The 53rd Annual D.S. Clarke Atlanta Antiques Show and Sale, Galleria Convention Center, email budmaron@earthlink.net Round Top, Texas, 10/6 - 10/8: Emma Lee Turney's 33rd Oktoberfest Round Top Antiques Fair, www.roundtopantiquesfair.com

Miami Beach, Florida, 10/20 - 10/22: The Miami Beach Antique Jewelry and Watch Show, Miami Beach Convention Center, www.Baron-Shows.com

Greenwich, Connecticut, 10/6 - 10/7: The Grennwich Anequarian Book Fair, The Greenwich Civic Center, www.blaize.com

Dedham, Massachusetts, 10/15: Northeast Toy Soldier Society's 24th Toy Soldier Show, Holiday Inn Dedham, email apett92117@aol.com

Ventura, California, 9/24 and 11/5: Ventura Flea Market, County Fairgrounds, www.rgcshows.com

And if you are in the Boston area, please note that Sharon Boccelli & Company Auctioneers are holding an auction today (9/24/00) at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Route 16 in Watertown at 12 noon (preview is 10 - 12), and on October 15th. Owner Sharon Boccelli was interviewed by AuctionBytes.com in the May 7th issue (http://www.auctionbytes.com/Email_Newsletter/10/11/12/13/13.html#bocelli).