Amy Gale writes about antiques and collecting.  Her work has been published in Antik & Auktion, Antiques & Fine Art, Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Antiques Info, AntiqueWeek, Art & Antiques, Art + Auction, Cape Cod & Islands Home, Cape Cod Life, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Classic American Home, Collectables Trader, Hartford Courant, Home & Design; New York Home, Newsday, Quest, Renovation Style, Southern Accents, Studies in the Decorative Arts, Style 1900, Victorian Homes, and World of Antiques & Art. She has an M. A. in the History of the Decorative Arts (Cooper- Hewitt/Parsons) and a B. A. in History (Evergreen State College). She lives in New York City.