Susan Maxine Klein got her start in the antiques business working for Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. She spent five years as the Senior Manager of Client Accounts for Sotheby's Chicago. For three seasons, she worked as a production assistant on the HGTV television program "The Appraisal Fair". Ms. Klein writes the "Bling & Things", (a column about vintage costume jewelry & accessories) for "Antiques & Collecting Magazine". Currently, Ms. Klein is the Director of a gallery that specializes in late 19th and early 20th, century Impressionist and Modern paintings.