Michele Beiny is a third generation dealer. Her grandfather, Hanns Weinberg, founded the Antique Porcelain Company in London in 1946 with branches in New York and Zurich.

She started her own gallery in 1987 in New York specializing in 18th and 19th century European porcelain and faience, French furniture, decorations, and objets de vertu.

More recently she has added Renaissance jewels and 20th century sculpture and jewelled works of art to her offerings.