1. Eaton Fine Art
City: West Palm Beach, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 833-4766
Address: 435 Gardenia St.
Description: This gallery specializes in 19th-century, 20th-century, and contemporary American and European fine art, including paintings, sculpture, photographs, drawings, prints, mixed media works, installations, video, and film.
2. Mary Woerner Fine Arts
City: West Palm Beach, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 832-3233
Address: 3700 South Dixie Hwy. #6
Description: Mary Woerner Fine Arts represents a group of contemporary artists working in a variety of styles. As you roam around this gallery, you’ll find some interesting surprises, in media such as paintings, drawings, sculpture, collage, photography, and original graphics.
3. Robert St. Croix Sculpture Studio
City: West Palm Beach, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 832-3933
Address: 1400 Alabama Ave.
Description: Robert St. Croix has been creating wonderful bronze sculptures for nearly 40 years, and you can see it all in this studio. Here, you can take what the artist calls a “kaleidoscopic journey” into his world, and into his art.
4. D And G Antiques
City: West Palm Beach, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 835-0461
Address: 3234 South Dixie Hwy.
Description: Located in the Antique Row area of South Dixie Highway, D and G has a good selection of antiques, furniture, and collectibles, ranging from the 18th century to the middle of the 20th. There’s interesting mirror art and glassware, and a large collection of chandeliers and hanging lamps. Also in evidence here are plenty of dining sets and vases.
5. N. P. Trent Antiques
City: West Palm Beach, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 832-0919
Address: 3729 South Dixie Hwy.
Description: This is another quality gallery located on West Palm’s Antique Row. Owners Audrey and Stuart Peckner deal in period English and continental furniture, art, and decorative accessories, focusing on pieces from the 17th to the early 19th centuries. The Peckners say they try to focus on the classic, and on the unusual. Their store has a variety of desks, dining sets, china cabinets, mirrors, and chandeliers. Items that have come through the store in recent months include a pair of Louis XV corner kingwood cabinets from the mid-17th century; English rolling library steps (think My Fair Lady) from ca. 1800; an Italian mirror of mahogany and satinwood ca. 1800; and an Italian Neoclassical gilt and painted console from around 1780.
6. Wilson Antiques
City: West Palm Beach, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 802-3881
Address: 3716 South Dixie Hwy.
Description: The specialty is 18th- and 19th-century European items . . . hundreds and hundreds of pieces. You might find an 18th-century Venetian console, or an Italian wrought iron table. Maybe a French mirror, an 18th-century French pump, or a sideboard piece (a small dresser) from Tuscany. There is a painted four-panel screen, a French picture frame, Spanish chandeliers, and wrought iron lanterns. And, of course, with any good antiques dealer, the list changes all the time.
7. Angelique’S Flowers & Gifts
City: West Palm Beach, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 577-7288
Address: 6311 South Dixie Hwy.
Description: What could be better than a beautiful bouquet of fragrant flowers? Well, perhaps the same bouquet with a teddy bear, or a bottle of champagne, or champagne and Godiva chocolates . . . and no flowers. Or, perhaps all of the above. At Angelique’s Flowers & Gifts, there are so many of each (flowers and gifts) that you can mix and match to your heart’s content. On their Web site, there’s even a page where you can create your own arrangement.
8. Changing Times Books & Gifts
City: West Palm Beach, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 640-0496
Address: 911 Village Blvd. Suite 806
Description: Since 1990, Changing Times has been a relaxing center of knowledge and personal growth, providing the tools to live a more “conscious” life. The focus here is on New Thought and spirituality, in ways that can help people achieve their goals in life. Toward that end, the shop has an interesting collection of gifts and books, along with classes, and readings with professional psychics. Even just roaming around the shop, you’ll feel a sense of peacefulness come over you, and perhaps, even a sense of clarity. If you know someone who’s spiritual, you can find the perfect gift here.
9. Dr. Flea’S International Flea Market
City: West Palm Beach, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 965-1500
Address: 1200 South Congress Ave.
Description: This was Palm Beach County’s first flea market and probably the one with the best name. Still going strong after all these years. From silk plants to cowboy boots to Chinese tea sets to hand-crafted candles.
10. Forty Fifth Street Flea Market
City: West Palm Beach, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 863-6424
Address: 1701 Forty-fifth St.
Description: This is a popular place, particularly for the jewelry and custom-made shirts and T-shirts.
11. Sunshine Flea Market
City: West Palm Beach, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 963-1434
Address: 1941 South Military Trail
Description: A good place to find unusual items.