This is the Beverly Hills business office for Guggenheim, Asher Associates, a fine-art consulting company based in…More New York City. It is owned and operated by its founder, Barbara Guggenheim. With decades of experience, Guggenheim provides impartial advice, market analysis and educated expertise in collecting buying and selling fine art. The firm will guide clients to galleries, private dealers, auction houses and actual artist's studios to explore investment options. It also works with businesses that use fine art as a business investment. Guggenheim is also a sought-after lecturer on fine art.</p> <p></p>

This is the Beverly Hills business office for The Agency for the Performing Arts (APA), a literary and talent agency…More based in New York City. It is a full-service artist's management agency representing writers, singers and professionals in the film and television businesses -- such as actors, singers, writers and directors. It is one of the oldest agencies with more than 50 years of experience representing Oscar, Emmy and Tony award-winning performers. Some of the artists associated with APA are comic book author Kaare Andrews, Rob Hammershly and Skinny Girl reality star, Bethenny Frankel.</p> <p></p>

This is the private home office for the Joan Stevens Collections, an antiques and interior design firm. Stevens is a…More member of the Beverly Hills Interior Design Association and the local Chamber of Commerce for the City of Beverly Hills. She specializes in the furniture and home design furnishings of the 1950s, '60s and '70s. She also buys and sells modern art paintings and will often show this collection at a Beverly Hills art gallery. </p> <p></p>

This is the Los Angeles office for the Gersh Agency, an artist's management business that is headquartered in New…More York City. It represents artists such as actors, singers and writers. It prepares all contracts between the producers and the talent and promotes the finished project. The agency receives a percentage of the fee the talent earns only after it is booked and paid.</p> <p>Some of the artists associated with the Gersh Agency are actors Riki Lindhome, Greg Barker and playwright Daria Potalin, who has won the prestigious Wasserstein Prize for her play <i>The Ideal Home.</i></p> <p></p>

John Casablanca is the founder of one the industry's most successful modeling agencies, Elite Agency. It was first…More launched in Paris, and then New York City offices soon followed. Some of the top models booked at Elite were Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks. He later went on to create an international network of training facilities, which produce, train and represent some of the world's top actors and models. This is the Los Angeles outpost for the chain, where actors Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Brooke Shields are represented. The center also offers classes and seminars for future rising stars to train and be nurtured.</p> <p></p>

This is the Los Angeles office for Central Talent Booking, a talent agency based in New York City. Unlike most talent…More agencies, Central Talent works with the producers and directors of popular entertainment mediums such as television, magazines and internet portals to secure interviews or talent to appear on their talk shows. It works with producers to strategically place the talent when they have a new film, show or recording to promote. It also works with charity fundraisers who wish to have talent present at their fundraisers. Some of the shows associated with this agency are <i>The Jay Leno Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live </i>and <i>Late Night with David Letterman.</i></p> <p><i></i></p>