Rather than go to antique stores in the metro that are going to be overpriced, grab one of the free antique gazettes and figure out when you can go to some of the larger shows; hundreds of antique dealers in one place. The biggest, that I've never been to is near Rochester at the Olmstead Cty fairgrounds? That's already happened this year, but go next year. Grand Rapids is supposed to have a big one, etc.

Just be prepared to see a ton of worthless crap and look for a few diamonds in the rough and start to bargain.

Chris L