Helen Costantino Fioratti is an artist, illustrator and author. Her paintings were collected by the Duchess of Windsor, Greta Garbo and Stavros Niarchos. She illustrated the pivotal book How to Know French Antiques and two, soon to be published, handbooks on French and Italian antiques. She also wrote and illustrated Il Mobile Italiano (Giunti, 2004), Playing Games. Games and Their Players from Antiquity to the Present (Polistampa, 2014), Please be Seated (Polistampa, 2015).
Helen Costantino Fioratti frequently lectures throughout the United States on antiques and collecting and has written articles for such publications as Connoisseur Magazine. She is also the president of L’Antiquaire & the Connoisseur in New York City and on the board of directors of Art and Antique Dealers of America.