INTRODUCTION  After spending over thirty years traveling around the country and searching for antiques and collectibles I have finally taken the time to put down on paper a few observations on the concepts, techniques and general know how of searching out items you want to either keep for yourself or to resell. The book will cover the many different formats or types of sales you can frequent to search for that one of a kind treasure or to fill out a collection you have started. This book is not about a certain kind of collectible. It is about the many different ways you can turn a Saturday into a day of fun and at the end of the day you just might have a car full of treasures. I have included a few of my tall tales or adventures I have collected over the years to show that you can make those once in a lifetime finds. This is not to say you will but we all hope to add that to our life�s experiences. It is becoming increasingly harder to find items of value at a good price as in the past ten years digital communications such as the internet has shrank our world to a small screen setting on our desk. Now everyone has the knowledge or 3 believe they do of the value of their items. You have to have more knowledge of where to look, what to look for and most important what is selling. To have an antique worth thousands of dollars has no value if there is no market for the item. This book will help you in knowing where to look, what to look for and how to determine what is selling. The book is nothing more than common sense used everyday, but I have tried to write the book so you can organize your outings to insure at least a change to find items you would have normally passed up. I have covered the many different formats where antiques and collectibles will be present. I am not an expert on anything, just someone who has kept records and observed my environment as I traveled around the country. If you are an expert you have picked the wrong material to read. It was written for the person who has limited knowledge of collecting and would like to know more about the hobby. Please enjoy the book in the context it was written as a guide and entertainment.