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1942 ‘Time Capsule’ Apartment DiscoveredIn Paris

DECEMBER 23, 2013 BY STEPH 39 COMMENTS

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This real-estate story sounds almost like a fairy tale or the beginning of a big Hollywood

production.

Back in 2010 a Parisian apartment on the Right Bank, near the Opéra Garnier, left unoccupied

since 1942 was discovered.

It was owned by Madame de Florian – a socialite and an actress – who fled to the South of

France during the second world war, leaving everything behind. She never came back to Paris but

kept on paying her rent until the day she died when she was 91.

It’s only after she died that someone – a Commissaire Priseur – Auctioneer – re-enter her apartment

for the first time in over 70 years.

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“There was a smell of old dust,” said Olivier Choppin-Janvry who made the discovery. Walking

under high wooden ceilings, past an old wood stove and stone sink in the kitchen, he spotted a

stuffed ostrich and a Mickey Mouse toy dating from before the war.

Taxidermy pieces were commonly found throughout Mme de Florian’s apartment. It was common

to have taxidermy in one’s home back in the day, in fact, having a few as home decor was a sign

of affluence.

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Those images are just amazing, and moving at the same time. A place left untouched and

undisturbed since one of the darkest time of Paris is a rare – not to say – unseen sight.

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They also found a painting by Giovanni Boldini, the subject a beautiful Frenchwoman who

turned out to be the artist’s former muse, la belle Madame de Florian herself.

The expert could not find any records of the painting, until they found a card with a scribbled

love note from Boldini, the painting was sold for !2.1 million, a world record for the artist.

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The rest was left un-dusted and un-disturbed to this day. Unfortunately, this home is not open to

the public and it is owned entirely by her estate.

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Comments

mike holmes says:

January 1, 2014 at 12:13 PM

love to see what she looked like in her prime -bet she was a stunner

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Elmo says:

January 1, 2014 at 11:27 AM

Regarding, “Where is the dust?” I have explored old barns, homes and cellars in the midwest that have

undergone decades of quietude and was first amazed at the lack of dust. There is dust, but it is

uniform, on horizontal surfaces. When you think about it, where would a high volume of dust come

from in a closed room?

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jaque champagne says:

December 31, 2013 at 11:19 PM

Looks staged!

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calcalico says:

December 31, 2013 at 6:24 PM

Reblogged this on All in the life of a Nanny and commented:

This is pretty neat..I have to say, I’m interested in why she didn’t return: bad memories of the war

perhaps?

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bjon86 says:

December 31, 2013 at 12:50 PM

Everything in that place has got be worth thousands upon thousands individually. I mean

EVERYTHING. Even whatever tissue paper she had in there could be worth a lot if it’s still intact.

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Riverains says:

December 31, 2013 at 11:56 AM

Itvs à Hoax …. Were Is the dust ? 70 years of dust !!!

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Dragonflysummer says:

January 1, 2014 at 9:12 AM

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I see layer upon layer of dust! What are you looking at?!

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anita p says:

January 1, 2014 at 9:19 AM

There is quite a lot of dust. Just what you would expect from a real place. Not like the exaggerated

scenography in a movie.

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thiea says:

January 1, 2014 at 11:43 AM

not that much dust if there’s no one living there.

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joeri says:

January 1, 2014 at 12:18 PM

Dust has to come from somewhere. No people means no dead skin, which in turn means the only

dust is what was still in the air at time of leaving.

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John A. says:

January 1, 2014 at 1:00 PM

In the absence of air blowing in through open windows or central heating, almost all household

dust comes from skin cells exfoliated by people who live in an area. If no one is living there, you

don’t get much dust. I have a vacation unit I only visit every few years. When we go in there, it’s

musty and there’s some cob webs and always mouse droppings, but there’s virtually no dust at all.

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Bradley A. Jones says:

December 31, 2013 at 9:16 AM

Amazing to consider the stories the walls could tell. Nazi occupied troops in the streets, etc,etc

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Barbara Gleichenhaus says:

December 31, 2013 at 8:53 AM

Feu or rent, I wonder why she never came back to her beloved belongings. There is a lesson here,

perhaps about putting off intentions till it is too late, ie procrastination? Now I want to know HER

story.

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Karie Engels says:

December 31, 2013 at 8:15 AM

Reblogged this on Your Home with Karie Engels.

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larrywiens says:

December 31, 2013 at 7:56 AM

they could make an awesome movie of the event just like the movie titanic,there must be a lot of

unspoken memories in that apartment,,,,,,,,,a story could be told,,,,,,,,

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Daily Post from Bluxome Street says:

December 31, 2013 at 7:40 AM

Reblogged this on Bluxome Street Post.

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