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A rich French woman abandoned this apartment in 1942.What they found inside is incredible.
http://themetapicture.com ^ | 01/09/2014 | http://themetapicture.com/

Posted on 01/09/2014 3:28:20 PM PST by Sasparilla

A rich French woman abandoned this apartment in 1942. What they found inside is incredible.

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To: knarf
Another portrait of Marthe de Florian


41 posted on 01/09/2014 5:19:32 PM PST by poindexters brother
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To: workerbee

I might write it as a short story, told by an aging retired WWII veteran, in remembrance of a great love affair related to him by a soldier he helped to recover from the coast of France in 1943. The rescued soldier would have related his love affair with a rich French Lady who harbored him from the Germans when he infiltrated France prior to the allied liberation. ... Come to think of it, the story may already have been written and used as theme for a movie! It sounds so good, it must have already been done.


42 posted on 01/09/2014 5:21:06 PM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: rusty schucklefurd
After 72 years, I am surprised there is not more dust.

I was thinking that too. Our house looks like that occasionally!

43 posted on 01/09/2014 5:25:34 PM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Sasparilla

amazing


44 posted on 01/09/2014 5:31:46 PM PST by rawhide
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To: Sasparilla

45 posted on 01/09/2014 5:36:04 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: MHGinTN
I was thinking it could be a diary found by the grandchild of said soldier (too Bridges of Madison County-ish?)

Ooo, ooo.... or maybe, the story as recounted to the nurse who cared for the soldier in his last days.

Ah, but then, it's your story. LOL

46 posted on 01/09/2014 5:44:33 PM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
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To: JoeProBono

Now stop that! rofl


47 posted on 01/09/2014 5:45:14 PM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
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To: MHGinTN

is this stuff subject to the 75% tax?


48 posted on 01/09/2014 6:08:12 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Sasparilla

how do these apartments get abandoned in the 30’s and 40’s and just now get opened? I have seen several articles like this over the past 50 years?

Is the law 50 years of non-payment? They must have rent control laws from Satan


49 posted on 01/09/2014 6:09:50 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: TigersEye

the rent was paid?

The headline says it was abandoned


50 posted on 01/09/2014 6:10:47 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: GeronL

The story says:

“The apartment was able to remain abandoned and untouched because Madame de Florian continued paying the rent until her death in 2010 at the age of 91. Despite paying the rent, she never returned.”

You could have clicked on the story as easily as the rest of us before you commented.


51 posted on 01/09/2014 6:16:56 PM PST by mplsconservative (Barack Hussein 0bama has American blood on HIS hands!)
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To: Sasparilla

The paintings are exquisite. The vanity? Oh my goodness! Would I love that piece of furniture!!


52 posted on 01/09/2014 6:18:46 PM PST by momtothree
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To: mplsconservative

“abandoned” meams different things to me and the author I guess


53 posted on 01/09/2014 6:21:24 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: mplsconservative

I’m not buying it. Not dusty enough


54 posted on 01/09/2014 6:23:07 PM PST by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: GeronL

And sometimes it helps to read beyond the headline if you’re truly curious about the story.


55 posted on 01/09/2014 6:23:33 PM PST by mplsconservative (Barack Hussein 0bama has American blood on HIS hands!)
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To: AppyPappy

I suspect someone has been in there. The peeling and water-stained wallpaper is quite convincing.


56 posted on 01/09/2014 6:25:24 PM PST by mplsconservative (Barack Hussein 0bama has American blood on HIS hands!)
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To: GeronL

I see you already got an answer quoted from the article. Amazingly enough she paid rent for 72 years without making a single visit. What gets me is that, apparently, no one else ever set foot in there. Not even the landlord I guess.


57 posted on 01/09/2014 6:26:34 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: TigersEye

She was using the place for storage?

I really don’t get how people can spend money like that, even if they are rich.


58 posted on 01/09/2014 6:31:43 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Sasparilla

Would love to hear the story about this woman and the apartment she kept for years.


59 posted on 01/09/2014 6:34:03 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: rusty schucklefurd

I concur. I know a fellow whose uncle had a similar apartment, also died and left it to him in estate, and it looked the same after about 2-4 years of neglect.

IMHO, somebody else used the place in secret for many years with periodic cleaning and possibly even changed out some pieces for other values.

The socialist inheritance laws probably would have collected many years ago, otherwise.


60 posted on 01/09/2014 6:36:46 PM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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