This Apartment Has Not Opened Since 1939 After 70 years A Surprise No One Believed
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After doing some digging on the apt I found this out in joy Madame de Florian was just 23 years old when she fled her Paris home in 1939. The Germans were advancing on the city and they had to leave everything behind. She made her new home in the free zone, outside of Nazi-occupied France, but never returned to her old apartment. It wasn’t until her death in 2010 that her family discovered that she had still been paying rent on the apartment her entire life. An auctioneer, Olivier Choppin-Janvry, was sent to inventory her abandoned home, and what he found was beyond their wildest dreams. Inside the apartment they found priceless art and many other items that offer a very rare glimpse into the past. Madame de Florian’s vanity mirror still waits for her, complete with lotions and potions of all sorts. A vintage Mickey Mouse keeps Porky Pig company in one corner, waiting for a child to come play with them once more. This stunning Belle Epoque-era painting of Madame de Florian’s mother Marthe was painted by the Italian legend Giovanni Boldini. The painting of Boldini ended up selling for $3.4 million at auction. The juicy revelation that the two had been lovers strengthened interest in the piece. The entire apartment is a lovely and tragic monument to a bygone era.
Somebody has a lot of time on there hands
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This would be my ultimate dream come true to find something like this. The closest I have come is when a friend who remodeled on a job noticed the house was smaller inside in one side. She took done the wall to find a completely hidden turn of the century nursey and child's room FULL just as if they built it yesterday and walked out. Come to find out 100 yrs back the owners had a child that died before the age of two and they where so distraught they closed the doors with everything inside and literally walled the rooms off from the rest of the inside of the house and it stayed a secret all those years. The new owners never knowing it was there.
It should’ve been kept as it was. Like a museum of yesteryear.
And the first thing these greedy People did was auction everything 😡 did she have family? Makes me sad
@@michelefred68 It was her heirs (family) that opened the apartment and arranged for any sales. I am sure they kept some things but for the most part I believe they sold a lot so the estate could be distributed in accordance with her wishes.
My Daddy was born January 6th, 1923, he is still alive.
GOD BLESS all the seniors, survivors of the Great Depression, WWII, the Korean War (during which I was born), the Cold War, the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, Desert Shield, Desert Storm; the battles of Afghanistan, Iran & Iraq. GOD BLESS AMERICA, keep her safe & strong. Unite our country again, no animosity, bitterness, hatred, hunger, or racism.
Wow
My wonder is did they try to find her family to return her stuff before deciding to auction it all off
Greed
It was opened because the lady that owned it, a lady that left Paris in wwii and settled in the South OF France where she inherited the apartment from her father in the 1960's, died. She has kept hold of the appartment because she thought she might return someday. Because she died she stopped paying rent. I gess her heirs opened it up and discovered the time casual.
This story is SUPER interesting to read about however I highly recommend just googling the story and reading parts of a book written about this online. This video is very misleading and a lot of this info in incorrect. She died in this apartment witnessed by her son in 1939, and her son lived in this apartment himself until his death in 1966. It was inherited by HIS daughter at that time who made rental payments on it until she passed a few years ago. Kind of not as untouched as you think but definitely still so incredibly cool.
Yep, I posted elsewhere, web search Marthe de Florian. Totally misleading. Not remotely as represented. Thanks for your synopsis clarifying.
For those who are interested the apartment was opened by her heirs after her death. They then brought in experts to evaluate the contents which formed a part of their inheritance. While she never lived there again it is incorrect to say that it was never used but rather nothing was changed. There were papers dated 1955 found and her father was recorded as having died there in 1966.
That painting was absolutly beautiful.
My grandma was born on August 29, 1926... she's still alive!!😎
MashAllah
Great 👍🏻
You kidding me
She's only 93 still young 101 is old
My grandma was born on the same day as your grandma but in different year. My grandma was 1929.☺️
I really dislike the random pictures Facts Verse throws into their stories. It’s almost impossible to tell which ones are actually from the story and which ones have been thrown in just for effect. It doesn’t seem very honest and makes me wonder just how true are these stories? But then again that’s is isn’t it? They’re just stories.
I said same thing like 4 replies up⬆️
Me to ,, I don't like it ,,
Exactly. Why not just film the guy talking?
Now down, but, I said it first, don't know how this person got all the credit, hmmmm
Correct
I had the stuffed ostrich from 1992 to around 1994, when I had to move and cleared out my stuff. It was the same one from this apartment (there was a certificate), and not degraded in the slightest. I initially bought it for $700 in an auction in Perth.
OMG!!! What a gem!!! I’m just surprised no squatters or vandals ever entered! Extremely beautiful place!!
I would love to visit the place, I think the family should keep it as is and open it up as a museum
I think it's sad that instead of leaving the apartment as it was and making it into an exhibit, people rushed to sell off her belongings to the highest bidder to make a profit. The items only had momentary value to them and nothing sacred or personal.
That was quite upsetting.
Blue Sonikku yeah it’s like a museum
I just wrote something similar without seeing what you said first and I agree with what you saying
One of a kind furniture. Lets sell it!
It's such a sad day. All those things should be turned over museum.
I thought u would open the door taking us on a room by room tour but after begging us for a LIKE u went on about Everything BUT a tour of an Old apartment appearing untouched since the birth year of my own father...by coincidence 1939♡
I'll have to think on this one for a bit..
I agree thought we was gonna get a tour but like so many videos it's false advertising
Hi
They shouldn't have separated and sold her stuff...it wud have been more beautiful if it was in a museum.......
True
suneetha devadiga exactly what I said!!!
My thoughts too
Wow my mom would of loved to see this! May she rest in peace 😢😭
Ur mom died?! I WILL give a like to make u happy and give u these ---) 🥞🥞🥞🎁🎁🎈🎈
Wow this was beautiful. When i was a kid me my cousins snuck into a great great uncles abounded house and it was something similar. Everything was very old and covered in dust. Closets filled with men and women clothes from 40s and 50s covered in dust. Ill never forget that experience
Damn so instead of further preserving this time capsule, they decided to sell the items 😡
I would've also
So annoying right
Yea it gets me too, I would've put it in a museum or something.. people are greedy
@@ashleyklotz3762 why are you going to do when your homeless and you have nothing huh not to mention just for a small room in New York City the rent is $600 per month!
@@NovaBoi7 I actually have been homeless but out of curiousity, what does that have to do with it?
I just don't see how anybody could've not noticed that apartment was empty all those years. Especially if the whole building is still functioning.
That was awesome that they found an apartment frozen in time, but why didn't they leave it there? That's someone else's property, I find it very rude they sold that woman's stuff. They should have left it there frozen in time. Although that's just my opinion of course.
the Lady died.
She died, her heirs probably sold it. Sounds like she was filthy rich, anyways, so the stuff didn't matter to her.
@@shytownmofo just my opinion bro ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Me too
peachy _ they didn’t just go right in and sale it.. they went thru legal process after all had the key.. so whoever had the key and over the estate handed the key over and sale of property went to family im sure or to charity . No doesn’t need to sit there empty unless someone would come in and buy it all. Just betting Family over seeing it
Imagine being the first person to step foot in that apartment since 1939? Marking your DNA in the same places as a muse of a historical painting. Breath taking.
This is incredibly interesting and I love discoveries like this . 70 years untouched apartment ...
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I really hope she had family that was able to get all this compensation for the stuff in her apartment. Because that's amazing that literally is like a needle in a haystack type gem
Wow!Awesome discovery after so long but they should be preserved ..Frozen in time & amazing finds from this apartment!Cool!:)
I like your lizard
Did she own it? Is that why no one ever went in, in 70 years? Why would she leave those items behind and never look back? 😔
My great grandmother is still alive she was born in 1915.guys God gave her a long life can you imagine God is good all the time
She had a beautiful place. Which matched her beauty in the painting. She must have been a wealthy person. I guess there's no heirs. Are they didn't want her stuff. Sad when you spent so many years . Stowed away that somebody could enjoy. All the 70 years just Frozen in Time. Thank you for sharing your video.
Sad. It should be in museum. Where it can be shown to people. And be preserve well
Hard to believe an apartment abandoned for 70 years would not be filled with dust, dirt, and cobwebs.
Yes. Valid question
Yes. I don’t buy it. SOMEONE would have broke in. 70 yrs is a long time.
someone has been cleaning the house till about 1960. Owner's grandmother, who was a subject of the paintings there, may have owned all the old stuff/ furniture there. That's why stuff looks much older, life from the 19th century. Flat is expensive too, as it is in the heart of Paris.**
the whole video is made out of stock images. Grossly misleading people into watching it.
I hope whoever got any or all of that stuff truly appreciates where it came from
"And plenty of wonderful things came out of it"
Me: Like ££?
I think the apartment and it's contents should have been cleaned, repaired, arranged and kept exactly as it was!
What I find amazing is how things just decay over time, even in normal conditions, locked away.
Puzzledtraveller They expand and contract, they get moldy and they crack from dryness, they get eaten by rodents and infested by insects. UV rays make drapes and furnishings deteriorate. Every museum must control climate and creepy crawlies.
it's funny. Part of this video is truthful, part of it is poorly researched. Dame Marthe de Florian did not abandon but did die in the apartment on 29 August 1939; her son, Henri Beaugiron (Marthe's last name at birth) witnessed her death and signed the certificate. The woman the narrator is talking about is most likely Solange Beaugiron, who was of the age mentioned and had inherited it from her father, Henri, but it was never her apartment, as she (as author Solange Bellegard) had left for the Nice area. Here's the thing, though: Henri died in the apartment in 1966, and there were papers in the apartment dating as late as 1955, so the apt. was most definitely NOT locked for 70 years...Henri, then Solange, had made sure the bills were paid. There was no reason to enter. I think FV should do a little more research.
Damn... Thanks for the REAL facts! This then is just click bait! What a shameful sham. I HATE misinformation! I thought this story seemed familiar... I had heard a different version of it... Is what I thought. Turns out to be a bold face lie... Damn.
(AMaDDeR HaTTeR) LOL we love a sarcastic sister.
Thank you
And what sources are this from? 5min Google search??
Yes click bate it may be but darn that furniture is wow. Selling that painting tho,.....was there no family members who would appreciate it??
Wow beautiful absolutely Stunning.. that painting was more than worth that ..and I ain't got 2 pennies to rub together😂😂
Man,what a cool find ! Did i miss something or did they not say WHY an apartment wasnt entered at all for 70 years?? Property taxes on the apaetment/building or curiosity would surely bring someone to the address right?
My grandma was born in year 1933 and she is still alive🤗💖
This channel hasent been watched for 70 years
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@@curly_chan2002 yes
Hahahaha
Funny
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This just convinced me I am now on a world wide search for a very special vanity not unlike the grander of this large oval mirror black one.
Either France doesn’t have a property tax or someone kept up those payments for 70yrs 🤷♂️
abu hudhayfah edwards She made the payments herself. Then she died hints the reason people started coming around. She was no longer making payments.
@@Mylo12321 Untrue see above reply to Adrianne Jones
Johanna McLeane I recall seeing this a few years ago and it was explained that she passed and after that, payments were no longer made. I guess they were wrong.
Why did nobody go into the apartment, like the landlord?
Anesha *** lazy ?
The landlord probably died and didn't had any family
Well...its Paris.
Anesha *** She continued to send payments for the rest of the time until she died. Even though she didn’t live there.
True that's on mystery
That must be amazing to find something like that! 😯
*_This narrators voice is so soothing so when I get rich I will pay him to read to me every night before I go to bed..._*
The narrorator from Criminally Listed puts me right to sleep!
@B Brunson There are many more informative videos available--look on WiKi, some have only photos and text
Thank you for sharing this exquisite find.
Unbelievable!! Absolutely fabulous!!
To be honest I think that women Is mad that people are selling her stuff. Her family should have the money not random people living next door. OR AT LEAST TURN IT INTO A MUSEUM XD
Sorry but how she is goin to be mad? Lol.. she is dead and i guess the family was never interested in any of the stuff.
People who sold her stuff should not get the money her family should.
I LOVE the painting!! Also in Europe they call condos (Owned) apartments as well.
Can't believe that no one entered this place in 70 yrs. People are curious and always find such places to visit and put their hands on antiques.
My grandmother was born on September 23,1921 until now she's with us thank God
If I was the one who discovered the apartment I'd rather preserved them like how it used to be than put it on a auction or whatever. Just look how classy it was.
What a wonderful hidden treasure!
I bought a abandoned house that was built in 1892 in south side of Chicago, the antique furniture and safes I sold for 168000 dollars, I bought the house for 64000
wow
You clearly do not value anything.. other than money.. how sad for you.
@@missyj8546 yea about 267000 so far your just jealous
I bought one of the safes. Had , I'll say a lot of Coke stock certificates. Let's just say my 4 children and I all retired. And I'm sure my grandchildren all 7 of them will never have to work. We have a gentleman farm/ranch and several vacation homes we take turns living in. Me I'm living in a bunkhouse almost 1,00 square feet. But then I'm a simple guy. Everyone thinks I'm the overseer and that's fine with me. Oh, thanks for the safe by the way. Sure changed my life.
I should of open the safe
Hmmm. 70 years with no structural damage, no water damage from weather, no mice, no break-ins? Not even a rock through a window? No neighbors, no landlord, no maintenance? No sun-faded goodies, not even a little peeling wall paint? Everything was perfectly preserved? Hmmmmm.
Some very good points there!!!!
Why would you just sell all of that off?? Why not have someone live there and take care of everything there??? ... idk for some reason it just sounds a little sad... Such precious items, beautiful items... Just thrown away for money.
xx WILD xx I don’t know why a family member would want to do that. It is very sad.
I'd would be sold that stuff in a heartbeat. It was most appreciated by the original owner. Who btw, must not have appreciated it that much to leave it abandoned. Bottom line, it was someone eleses stuff and whomever inherited it would rather sell it to people who could appreciate it.
I hate it when something was “shocking” and “no one could believe” it. And especially more when they build it up and tell a story and wait to tell you what the hell was found.
People pay unimaginable prices for antique furniture like this because the craft is gone. Everything is disposable and contemporary.
Those paintings are extremely beautiful.
She must’ve had a TON of junk mail...
Not enough footage of the apartment to make a video worthwhile.
Remarkable. I would love to have been the first person there to see everything on my own. To take the time to admire it all. To carefully handle each piece. And just to think about it and the woman who left it there. Wow.
Did anyone ever find out why she left it? It was probably that time got away from her.
Who would give this thumbs down? This is awesome... plus the rarity of paintings! Beautiful!
Greed pure greed they should have left that room untouched
No they did the right thing. Now other people can enjoy those beautiful furniings
What a shame they auctioned that stuff off...it should have been put in a museum for all to see and enjoy...especially being in such pristine shape...
That's a really nice picture with the wedding dress really beautiful
Love that I often wonder what's behind the walls of those wonderful apartments in Paris
So who paid rent for 70 years? I don’t see how it can go 70 years with the landlord looking into it.
Right? Or...some apartments in NYC are purchased. Still there would property taxes. So who was paying whatever needed to be paid?
In some countries there are no property taxes like Russia. I want to know who got the money and etc
A pal of mine lived on W43rd off 10th Avenue. After he'd lived there awhile, he noticed an apartment down the hall had been vacant for a long time, and the door was unlocked. He eventually went in, painted it, got some furniture and started renting it out at 100$ a night - and getting it. (This was before Air BnB) At the same time, he sent a monthly check to the city of New York each month for $100, checks that were cashed. This way he could prove he'd been paying rent and thus was entitled to occupy the unit if anyone ever came knocking. I don't know if the authorites ever caught on but for awhile, R wasn't working a job - the apartment supplied his income. I don't know how he got the electricity turned on but it was on when I stayed there!
Josh Max oh
She obviously owned it and wasn't renting so no one was. That's why they didn't open it until she died.
It’s a bit rude selling something that belongs to someone else I think you guys should have let the stuff be
XxDianaxX ikr!!
The woman was dead. That's how they found the apartment in the first place.
OMG so rude like I bet her she was just really mad when she walked into her apartment the next day probably like "REALLY IVE ONLY BEEN GONE FOR LIKE 80 YEARS AND THIS IS WHAT I GET LIKE COME ON!"
Tbh😒 I wouldnt even be surprised if each object had a ghost attached to it .🐸☕
Her estate probably sold it. They probably kept anything of value they wanted, and auctioned off the rest.
Wow my husband is an artist and paints like that
So beautiful
I love old stuff
My grandpa was born on july 14, 1912 who wants to buy him
Wouldn’t the apartment owners have tried to rent that vacant apartment years ago? And the rent was being paid all these years? Very curious
Like vultures picking over a carcass.
Yep
I believe you can buy an apartment in France just like you’d purchase a house or property. She probably owned the apartment in full. There wouldn’t be a landlord or any reason for anyone to have a right to say anything, even if it was unoccupied with utilities off. That’s my guess anyway. It is hard to believe that she has absolutely no living family to prevent the auction of her beautiful belongings. Very sad.
If this had happened in the UK the gas and electricity standing charge would have eaten up the entire value of the estate...
"Wonderful things came out of it"
Nope!
There are things better left untouched
wow else wants to discover something like this besides me
Johnathan Ballard early mickey mouse
Omg
uma bk omg early mickey mouse
Where was the landlord. Not true story
Me
The painting is breathtaking
Hi and thanks for sharing this video. Very interesting.
I love how they bring photos that have absolutely nothing to do with the video.
It's sad, that they have sold the things... I think it would be better, if it would be a museum:)
The room looked beautiful
So this building never had electrical, plumbing or heating renovated in 70 years? No one ever approached the family or opened this place up to inspect anything for the building owner's insurance policies or tax accessing in 70 years? That is more unbelievable then the original story. I think when the Nazi's invaded France and Paris, every nook and cranny of the city was opened and inspected. And they didn't ring a bell or knock. My family's villa and estate in the north of France was seized and used as a command center and quarters by the Germans. My grandparents and great uncles were thrown out with nothing. It was intentionally burned when the allies invaded. End of story.
Wow. I think I should hide something in our house.. and wait for decades not to open it... It could be a great treasure hunt for my future kids..
Hahaha
@@boytigs580 is it amazing?!, is it surprising?! is in it?
I mean you updated your videos and it's more interesting soooooo.....I re subscribed
At 2:04, the narrator described a painting of a woman in an evening dress as a "tableau." This is an example of a scriptwriter using words they don't understand to try and impress someone. It does not impress me. That is NOT a tableau.
'Surprize us and click that Like button'.. Yeah, that would be a surprize, to both of us
Was expecting actual apartment photos/videos
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Hard was easy still thnx for putting this up
I have people searching for likes.
ive been looking for this story for YEARS!
My great grandfather fought in the great war and died some years ago😔
British Indian army?
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Oh come on. What a fairy tale. Like a landlord would leave the apartment unrented for 70 years. This is a tall tale indeed.
I feel like maybe they should've left everything inside the apartment and made it like a tourist attraction or something cool where the public can see what that time was like for people back then..That's all history and I feel like it was disrespectful somewhat of it all just being sold like that. Heck most of the items sold are probably ruined now. Eh.
Turn the apartment in to a small museum!
My grandmother was born in 1939 (March 18th, the day the Wizard of Oz wrapped filming). She is no longer with us now.
Mystery solved we found Herbert still in his chair
There are 2 books written about this apt. And the lady’s life .
One was An apartment in Paris other one I don’t remember
My 2 great grandpa was born in 1889 and lived to 1991. He was 101 years old. He almost made it to 102.
Oh my how beautiful