WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP | Twenty Breyer plastic horses -- buckskins, bays and chestnuts -- seemed ready to march right off Dolores Kominiak's display table and into a lucky horse lover's home.

Kominiak was one of more than 50 antique dealers assembled at the 21st annual Antiques and Collectibles Show benefiting Mental Health America of Porter County at the Porter County Expo Center over the weekend.

Kominiak, who sells antiques at local shows, flea markets and antique malls, hoped she would sell the whole "stable."

"Someone came by who already had 200 in her collection," said Kominiak, of the plastic toy horses made popular in the 1950s. "She was telling me what they were worth."

Other antique dealers displayed jewelry, dolls, furniture, figurines, lamps and dishes.

Mary Hodson, executive director of Mental Health America of Porter County, said the organization hoped to raise $8,000 from this year's show.

Hodson said Friday evening's antiques appraisal -- similar to the television program "Antiques Roadshow" -- was popular.

"The dealers loved it, the people loved it," Hodson said. "We'll continue to do that each year."

Laura Roof, of Valparaiso, cradled a treasure she found -- an Enesco boy and girl figurine from the 1980s.

"These are not easy to find," Roof said.

"It's for a really good cause, so I try to come every year," Roof said. "I like to see stuff from when I was a child. I think 'Gee, I should have held on to that.'"