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Paint Protection Film: The Ultimate Guardian for Your Car's Shine

Imagine this: You’ve just driven your car off the lot. The paint glistens under the sun, and the pristine finish turns heads at every corner. Fast forward a few months, and the reality of road life sets in—rock chips, scratches, and fading paint start to dull that once radiant shine. But what if there was a way to preserve that new-car look? Enter Paint Protection Film (PPF), the game-changing solution for car lovers everywhere.

What is Paint Protection Film?

Paint Protection Film, commonly known as PPF or clear bra, is a transparent, robust urethane film designed to protect your vehicle's exterior. Initially developed for military purposes, PPF has been adapted for automotive use to guard against the myriad hazards that can damage your car’s paint.

The Perks of Paint Protection Film

Ultimate Shielding

Physical Barrier: PPF provides a durable shield against rock chips, minor scratches, and road debris, ensuring your car’s paint remains unscathed.

Chemical Defense: It protects against environmental contaminants like bird droppings, tree sap, road salt, and bug splatter, all of which can cause significant damage to your car’s finish.

Self-Healing Technology

One of the most impressive features of modern PPF is its self-healing capability. Minor scratches and swirl marks vanish when exposed to heat, whether from the sun or a heat gun, keeping your car’s surface flawless.

UV Protection

PPF blocks harmful UV rays that can cause paint to fade and oxidize. This ensures your car retains its vibrant color and glossy finish over time.

Aesthetic Enhancement

Beyond protection, PPF enhances your car’s appearance. It adds a high-gloss finish that makes the paint look deeper and more luxurious. For those seeking a unique look, matte PPF options provide a sleek, custom finish.

Long-Term Savings

While the initial investment in PPF can be significant, it ultimately saves money by reducing the need for paint repairs and touch-ups. By preserving your car’s paint, PPF helps maintain its resale value, making it a cost-effective choice in the long run.

Professional Installation vs. DIY: Making the Right Choice

Deciding whether to have PPF professionally installed or to use a DIY kit depends on your budget, skill level, and the results you want to achieve.

Professional Installation

Expertise: Professional installers have the training and experience to apply the film perfectly, without bubbles or imperfections.

Warranty: Many professional services offer warranties, providing peace of mind and guaranteeing the quality of the installation.

Precision: Professionals tailor the film to fit your car’s specific contours, ensuring comprehensive coverage and a seamless finish.

DIY Kits

Affordability: DIY kits are more budget-friendly and can be a rewarding project for those who enjoy working on their cars.

Skill Requirement: Applying PPF yourself requires patience, a steady hand, and attention to detail. Mistakes can be costly, so it’s crucial to follow instructions carefully and be prepared for a challenging task.

Maintaining Your Paint Protection Film

To ensure your PPF stays in top condition, follow these maintenance tips:

Regular Washing: Wash your car regularly with a pH-balanced shampoo to remove dirt and grime.

Use Gentle Products: Stick to non-abrasive, gentle cleaning products to avoid damaging the film.

Avoid Wax: Most PPFs do not require waxing. Some waxes can leave a residue that dulls the film.

Inspect Periodically: Regularly check the film for any signs of damage or lifting edges. Addressing small issues early prevents bigger problems later.

Is Paint Protection Film Worth It?

In a word: Yes. PPF is an investment that pays off by keeping your car looking beautiful and protecting it from daily wear and tear. Whether you drive a luxury sports car, a classic beauty, or your daily commuter, PPF offers unmatched protection and peace of mind.

Final Thoughts

Paint Protection Film Cornelius is more than just a protective layer; it’s a commitment to maintaining your car’s beauty and value. By shielding your vehicle from physical and environmental hazards, PPF ensures that your car remains a source of pride and joy for years to come.

So, if you’re serious about preserving that showroom shine and protecting your investment, Paint Protection Film is the way to go. Drive confidently, knowing your car is shielded from whatever the road throws at it.

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You Only Live Twice Ch.8

Eddie Munson x Reader (Eventually)

Back to your regularly scheduled programming- the gang meets Suzie!

Warnings: none :)

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After a final pit stop, Argyle was back behind the wheel. A long discussion with Mike about the importance of thinking plans through had occurred, but ended in him finding Suzie's address in a phone book at the gas station. You were just glad he remembered the girl's last name.

You couldn't help the relief that filled you as you pulled into the long driveway leading up to a lovely home. You were excited to see other people after being cooped up with the boys for hours. As everyone hopped out of the van, your gaze lingered on the house. You trailed behind them, lost in your own thoughts. The image was bittersweet to you; a stately brick fortress that protected its inhabitants. The toys strewn about the yard hinted at the fun the kids who lived there had. It was everything a home should be. It was everything you'd never had. The reminder made it hard to focus on Argyle talking about his butt.

Mike's knock on the door brought you back to reality. It swung open, revealing a short, half naked young boy with a toy bow. He was covered in dirt and possibly paint, you weren't quite sure.

"Oh," Mike seemed surprised, "Hey. Is Suzie here?"

The boy aimed his bow at Mike, releasing an arrow and a battle cry.  The projectile stuck itself right on his forehead, causing him to cry out in pain. The child ran away with a scream.

Mike plucked the arrow off of his forehead, and tossed it to the side as he entered the house. The rest of you followed, only to be met with chaos. Two children dressed as Vikings stood on the dining room table and duked it out in a faux sword fight. You passed by them cautiously as Argyle brought up the rear.

"This is my kinda party," you heard him murmur.

In the next room a girl lay on the floor grasping at her throat.

"I've been bitten," she wheezed, "help! Help!" A boy followed her performance with a video camera, praising her acting. Jonathan interrupted their filming.

"Uh, excuse me," he started. Having not earned the boy's attention he continued, "uh, hey, we're looking for Suzie." The boy stopped rolling and stuck his fist out.

He turned towards Jonathan, "can you... not see... that we're filming?" He asked, dramatically. Jonathan rolled his eyes and starting walking towards another room. The children resumed their work, and you couldn't help but wonder if this was what every normal household was like. The rest of you caught up to Jonathan soon enough.

In the kitchen two children were busy at the stove, chopping away at some vegetables.

"Hi, we're looking for Suzie," Mike tried.

"Don't know, don't care," the girl said simply. She turned towards her brother, "that's too much salt Peter. Father's kidneys, father's kidneys!" You exchanged a look with Will at her words, clearly he found the happenings inside the household strange too.

The lights went out and someone scolded the culprit, "Cornelius!" An older girl came over and righted the electrical board. "How many times do I have to tell you?" She asked. "That is not a toy!" She pushed the boy who answered the door away from the circuit breaker. "Come on." She lead him right through you all, making eye contact with Argyle. The group of you followed her.

She placed the boy in time out, "you make another escape, I'm getting father." He hissed at her in response.

Finally she turned around, "who the hell are you?"

"Argyle," your friend looked at her with heart eyes, "uh, and you are?"

"Eden," she said simply.

"Like the Garden," he whispered.

Jonathan interrupted their romantic moment, "wow! Hey, uh, we're looking for Suzie."

"Do you know where she is?" Will asked over Argyle's shoulder.

"Third floor, second door on your left." Jonathan, Mike, and Will started running towards the stairs with you in tow.

"Thank you," you yelled behind you.

"You see her, you make sure to give that selfish little four-eyed shit a nice little shove for me," Eden replied.

"Absolutely," Argyle said, stumbling over his words. "I will shove her for you, I will do anything for you." You rolled your eyes at his mushy words as you rushed up the stairs.

Jonathan burst through the door to Suzie's room first, finding it empty. "Well, great," he sighed, "she's not here." Mike looked towards the open window.

"Give her a shove," he recalled Eden's words. The five of you all shoved your faces out of the window, looking for the girl. "Suzie," Mike called out when he spotted her. She was adjusting some sort of metal contraption when she turned around.

"Yeah?" Suzie called back. "Who the heck are you?" She didn't recognize your faces. "And what are you doing in my room?"

"Sorry, that's- that's fair," Mike stuttered, apologizing.

"No, listen," Will started, "we're Dustin's friends."

"Yeah!" Mike agreed. "We really need your help." He gave her what he hoped was a sweet smile. She tilted her head and sighed, resigning herself to the situation.

When Suzie came back inside, Mike crafted a hilariously false story about what exactly you all needed her help with.

“Okay, that is a lot to process,” she said. You could only imagine what her reaction would be to the real story. Suzie probably would’ve kicked you all out of her house. “I mean, that might be seriously the craziest thing I’ve ever heard.” You shook your head, suddenly appreciating Mike’s quick thinking and ability to lie on the spot.

“I know,” he said, “it’s hard to believe.”

“But it’s true,” Jonathan insisted, “all true.”

You agreed instantly, nodding your head, “absolutely.”

Suzie looked at the phone number Unknown Hero Agent Man had left you with. The one clue to help you find your sister. “I dial in to this computer and find a location, and at this location is the Nina Project?” She asked.

“Exactly,” Will said, and you nodded in support.

“And the Nina Project is the code name for a video game?” Suzie questioned you all, skeptical.

“Yes,” you said assuredly.

“Well, no,” Mike corrected, “it’s not just a video game. It’s a video game console.”

“It’s basically America’s answer to Nintendo.” Will explained.

“Americantendo,” Argyle suggested.

“Right, that,” you altered your answer.

“That’s a stupid name,” Suzie said.

“It’s not called that,” you tried again, “I’m sure.”

“You’re right, if it was called that it’d be a stupid name,” Mike looked at Argyle with scorn, and gave you a similar face, “but, Suzie, it’s 16-bit.” He said, trying to convince her to lend some assistance.

“Sixteen bit?!” She asked, shocked and impressed. “Why have I never heard of it?”

“Because it’s top secret,” Mike interrupted her confusion.

“That’s why we’re doing this,” Will insisted.

“Yeah, right, it’s for-for the promotion,” Mike took this idea and ran with it, “the first people to find the secret location receive a…”

“Americantendo,” Argyle filled in.

You leaned towards Jonathan and whispered to him quickly. “Wouldn’t it just be easier for me to persuade her?”

He shook his head subtly and whispered back, “let’s give their way a shot.” You sighed but accepted his words, sitting back up in your original spot.

“So you drove 3,000 miles over your spring break so I can help you get a new video game console, no one has ever heard of?” She asked, plainly.

“Yes,” you all chorused in reply. She sighed in disbelief.

“But it’s not for us,” Will tried, “it’s for Dustin.”

“Right,” Mike agreed. “Exactly. It’s for Dustin.” He added on to Will’s idea, “it’s for Dustin’s birthday, actually, which is… uh”

“In two months, three days, and five hours,” Suzie supplied the answer. She perked up at the mention of her boyfriend.

“Suzie, I don’t know what you’re doing,” Eden burst in, “but I am not spending my entire day babysitting. Pull your damn weight!”

“Language!” Suzie scolded her.

“Oh no,” she replied sarcastically, “am I gonna burn in hell now?”

“Aw you tell her, Eden,” Argyle said quietly. You shot him a questioning look.

“Out of my room!” Suzie insisted, pushing her older sister through the door.

“Oh don’t touch me you little shit,” Eden argued as she left.

“Okay, so can you help?” Will asked, leaning on Suzie’s desk.

“I would do anything for Dustybun,” she started, “but I’m afraid there’s been an unfortunate development.” You let out a sigh, you weren’t sure their way would work after all. “After changing Dusty’s grade, I was wracked with the most awful guilt.” You couldn’t understand why something so simple would upset the girl, you’d done thousands of things worse than that. But you supposed Suzie’s situation was quite different from your own. “Father could see my soul was tortured, and he wrenched a confession out of me.” That part you understood at least, fathers were the worst. “Not only was I breaking the law, I was dating an agnostic. An agnostic!”

You turned towards Will, confused, “is that like… a hypnotist?” You asked him quietly. He shook his head.

“No, uh,” he replied quietly, “I’ll tell you later.” You shrugged gently and tuned back in to Suzie’s story.

“I’ve never seen father so angry,” she said. You got an image of the man who had once called himself your father but shook it quickly out of your head. Now was not the time for those kinds of memories. “Naturally, after learning the terrible truth, he confiscated my computer.” You were saddened by her words, according to the boys Suzie was very skilled with technology and greatly enjoyed using it. It was a shame she was parted from her passion. “And father is not one to change his mind. I’m as likely to see it again as I am my poor Dustybun,” she finished her tale of woe.

“Where is it?” Jonathan asked.

“His study,” she replied sadly, “he uses it for work now, and father’s always working. And his door is, like, permanently locked.” Will let out a huff. “I’m really sorry,” Suzie said, “truly. But it looks like you came all the way here for nothing.” You refused to accept this as the truth. As you went to refute her words the power shut off once again.

“Cornelius!” Eden shouted angrily. The boy shrieked and the lights turned back on.

“Unless…” Suzie said, coming up with an idea.

“Unless?” Mike asked excitedly.

“There might be a way,” she said, “but we’re gonna need help. And I mean a lot of help.” You exchanged a glance with Jonathan at this, and he gave you a small nod. Whatever she was planning would likely need your powers to ensure it went smoothly.

“All right,” Argyle agreed, and soon enough a plan began to form.

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Upcoming Disney+ Originals (TV Shows)

One Day at Disney (December 3, 2019) - The documentary follows employees across the various divisions of the Walt Disney Company, taking a look at a day in the life of their jobs.

Diary of a Female President (2020) - The series is told through the narration of a Cuban-American 12-year-old girl’s diary, as she navigates the ups and downs of middle school and her journey to becoming the future president of the United States.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2020) - Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes deal with the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame, in which Wilson was handed the mantle of Captain America.

Monsters at Work (2020) - Six months after the events of Monsters, Inc., the city of Monstropolis is now fueled with the sound of laughter. Tylor Tuskmon, a mechanic on the Facilities Team, dreams of working alongside his idols Mike Wazowski and James P. “Sully” Sullivan.

Earth to Ned (2020) - The comedic half-hour series follows Ned, a blue-skinned alien and his lieutenant Cornelius, who were sent to scout Earth for an eventual invasion - but instead became obsessed with our popular culture. Now, they host a talk show, broadcast from the bridge of their spaceship hidden deep underground, where they interview our most precious commodity, celebrities, to talk about Ned’s current pop culture obsessions. Ned will be bringing real-life celebrity guests to his ship from across the known universe and interviewing them, late night talk show style, in hopes of producing the ultimate talk show - making Ned a celebrity and putting him further off mission. And the more Ned learns about our human culture, the more obsessed he becomes.

Short Circuit (2020) - A program where anyone at the Walt Disney Animation Studios can pitch an idea and potentially be selected to create an original short film with the support of the Studio and their fellow artists.

Muppets Now (2020) - An unscripted series, the premise is unknown. The show will feature celebrity guests.

Be Our Chef (2019-2020) - The series invites families from diverse backgrounds to join a Disney-inspired cooking competition at Walt Disney World that’s positive and playful in tone. In each episode, two families will participate in a themed challenge based on their family traditions and the magic of Disney. The finalists will apply what they’ve learned to create a dish that represents their family through a Disney lens.

Cinema Relics: Iconic Art of the Movies (2019-2020) - An anthology series that takes a unique look at beloved films through the props and costumes that made them unique - from the craftspeople who created them, the actors who interacted with them, and the collectors/archives who own and cherish them

Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (2019-2020) - As never before in its near-century long history, Walt Disney Animation Studios is opening its doors, allowing cameras to capture in intimate detail how the voice cast, directors, and team of artists come together to create “Frozen 2”. This multi-episode documentary series shows the hard work, imagination, heart, fun, and intensity that go into making one of the most anticipated Disney Animation features of all time.

Magic of the Animal Kingdom (2019-2020) - In the heart of Central Florida, a team of more than 1,000 highly respected animal care experts, veterinarians, and biologists perform groundbreaking work at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park and Epcot’s SeaBase aquarium. Now for the first time, National Geographic will offer viewers an all-access pass into the 24/7 world of the incredible animal caretakers running one of the most advanced veterinary facilities in the world.

Marvel’s 616 (2019-2020) - An anthological documentary series from Marvel New Media in partnership with Supper Club that explores the intersection between Marvel’s rich legacy of stories, characters and creators and the world outside your window. Each documentary will dive into the rich historical, cultural and social context that has become inseparable from stories of the Marvel Universe.

On Pointe (2019-2020) - The series will follow a year in the life of students at the New York City school as they go through rigorous training, auditions and preparations for the New York City Ballet’s annual performances of “The Nutcracker”.

(Re)Connect (2019-2020) - In each episode, a family will disconnect from their busy lives, devices and outside influences in order to address a relatable issue that’s driving a wedge between them. With the help of a specialized expert, each family will go on a unique journey to confront the family’s dilemma head on. 

Rogue Trip (2019-2020) - Renowned journalist Bob Woodruff travels the world with his 27-year-old son, Mack, and visits all of the places your average tourist is least likely to venture - the roguish, often misunderstood and frequently overlooked corners of the world whose hidden corners surprise, amaze and inspire.

Shop Class (working title) (2019-2020) - A new competition series featuring teams of inventive students, who are tasked with designing, building, and testing new contraptions. In each episode a panel of experts will rate their work based on engineering, design, and the final test of the build.

Untitled Chip ‘n’ Dale series (2019-2020) - Plot unknown, the series will feature “classic style comedy”.

Loki (2021) - The series will follow the Loki who stole the Tesseract in Avengers: Endgame. Additional plot details are unknown, but the series will tie in to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

WandaVision (2021) - The series will be a take on a superhero sitcom. Additional plot details are unknown. Similarly to Loki, the series will tie into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

What If...? (2021) - The series explores what would happen if major moments from the Marvel Cinematic Universe occurred differently.

Hawkeye (2021) - The series will focus on Clint Barton passing the mantle of Hawkeye to Kate Bishop.

Untitled Cassian Andor series (2021) - The series is billed as a rousing spy thriller that will explore tales filled with espionage and daring missions to restore hope to a galaxy in the grip of a ruthless Empire.

Ink & Paint (2020-2021) - The documentary series, based on the book of the same name, tells the story of animation at Disney, and how an unsung workforce of trailblazing women helped create some of the greatest animated films of all time.

Earthkeepers (working title) (2020-2021) - The series is a cinematic documentary series that enters the adventurous lives of the people changing the way we see the animal kingdom. The episodes focus on conservationists and the animals they’ve devoted their careers to studying, diving deep into the personal trials and professional breakthroughs of protecting the planet’s most endangered species.

Big Shots (TBA) - The series follows a temperamental college basketball coach who gets fired from his job and must take a teaching and coaching job at an elite all-girls private high school.

Lizzie McGuire revival (TBA) - An update of the classic Disney Channel series that will follow the title character as a 30-year-old millennial navigating life in New York City. 

Love, Simon (TBA) - The series is set in the same world as the 2018 film and focuses on a new student at Creekwood High School, Victor. The series follows his journey of self-discovery: facing challenges at home and struggling with his sexual orientation. He reaches out to Simon when it seems too difficult for him to navigate through high school.

Moon Knight (TBA) - The plot is unknown, but the series will introduce Moon Knight (Marc Spector) into the MCU.

Ms. Marvel (TBA) - The plot is unknown, but the series will introduce Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan).

She-Hulk (TBA) - The plot is unknown, but the series will introduce She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters).

Untitled Obi-Wan Kenobi series (TBA) - The series will take place eight years after the events of Revenge of the Sith. The rest of the plot is unknown.

Becoming (TBA) - Each episode of the documentary-style series, shot in vérité, will visit a celebrity’s hometown, touring important locations that were central to their upbringing. A supporting cast of family members, coaches, teachers, mentors, and friends will also be interviewed, sharing anecdotes and insight into the star’s “becoming” story.

Behind the Attraction (TBA) - The series takes viewers into the history of how popular Disney attractions and destinations came to be, how they have changed over time, and how fans continue to obsess over them. The series will feature interviews with fans as well as Disney Imagineers and other people behind the scenes.

The Big Fib (TBA) - In this game show, two grown-ups claim to be experts on a topic and one of them is lying. It’ll be up to a kid contestant to try and figure out which one is telling “the big fib”.

Marvel’s Storyboards (TBA) - This series will follow Joe Quesada, Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer, as he explores the origin stories and creative drives of storytellers of all mediums, backgrounds, and experiences.

People & Places (TBA) - The series will present true stories from all around the glob about real - and extraordinary - people who embody the Disney ethos. A mix of up-and-coming and established filmmakers will be featured.

Explorer Academy (TBA) - The series will be “fact-based fiction”. The plot is unknown.

Life and Deaf (TBA) - The series is a comedy about a kid growing up in the ‘70s with deaf parents - and the mischief that ensues when, as their ears and mouthpiece, he’s given the “keys to the kingdom”.

The Proud Family revival (TBA) - The series will be revived according to the VA of Oscar Proud, Tommy Davidson. What the premise will be is unknown.

Untitled Mighty Ducks series (TBA) - The series focuses on a 13-year-old boy when he gets kicked off the junior division Mighty Ducks team, his mom decides to start their own team, finding players, a coach, and a place to play.

Untitled The Sandlot series (TBA) - Plot unknown, the series will be set in 1984 and focus on the kids of the original.

Untitled True Lies series (TBA) - Plot unknown. Mostly a reboot.

Untitled Willow sequel series (TBA) - Plot unknown.

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U.S. style icon, socialite Gloria Vanderbilt lifeless at 95

http://tinyurl.com/y5pel9wv (Reuters) – Gloria Vanderbilt, the “poor little wealthy woman” who lived a life on the highest ranges of style, society and wealth as an inheritor to one of many biggest household fortunes in U.S. historical past, died on Monday on the age of 95, her son, CNN correspondent Anderson Cooper, stated. The community stated Vanderbilt died at house amongst household and mates. Cooper stated she had realized this month that she had abdomen most cancers. Vanderbilt grew to become a style icon within the 1970s and ‘80s with an eponymous line of tight-fitting blue denims that bore her signature and trademark swan brand. They have been a must have for any girl with aspirations to model. “If you happen to have been round in early 1980s it was fairly exhausting to overlook the denims she helped create however that was her public face – the one she realized to cover behind as a toddler,” Cooper stated on CNN. “Her personal self, her actual self – that was extra fascinating and extra beautiful than something she confirmed the general public.” Vanderbilt wrote that as a woman she had thought-about turning into a nun, which might have been an unbelievable loss to the chroniclers of excessive society and superstar tumult. As an alternative of a nunnery, she went on to a life that might have supplied storylines for dozens of cleaning soap operas, romance novels, Broadway musicals and tear-jerker films. Vanderbilt was born into wealth on Feb. 20, 1924, in New York Metropolis. She was the great-great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the 19th century railroad and delivery magnate who amassed one of many biggest fortunes of the time. She was not but 2 years outdated when her father, Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, died and she or he spent lots of the following years residing in Europe along with her mom, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, on her belief fund, which was estimated at $2.5 million – the equal of at the very least $33 million at this time. Gloria’s aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, who based the Whitney Museum of American Artwork, stated Gloria’s mom was misusing the belief fund on a free-wheeling life-style that included a feminine lover, and went to courtroom. Whitney received custody of the kid in an acrimonious, sensationalized case that finally reached the U.S. Supreme Courtroom. The custody battle featured high-society character witnesses for each side and testimony so delicate that courtroom spectators have been barred at instances. The general public carefully adopted the destiny of “Little Gloria,” who was protected on the time by 12 bodyguards. Whitney finally received custody of Gloria with one choose reproaching the woman’s mom for residing a way of life that was “calculated to destroy her well being and neglectful of her ethical, non secular and psychological training.” Vanderbilt stated being taken from her mom began her on a lifelong quest for love and approval. This led her to marry a 32-year-old Hollywood agent, Pat DiCicco, when she was solely 17. They divorced in 1945, when on the age of 21, Vanderbilt married conductor Leopold Stokowski, who was 63. FILE PHOTO – Actress Gloria Vanderbilt speaks at a panel for the HBO documentary “Nothing Left Unsaid” throughout the Tv Critics Affiliation Cable Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, California, January 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni The couple had two sons and by the point they separated in 1955, Vanderbilt was being seen round New York with singer Frank Sinatra. After one other divorce, Vanderbilt discovered herself in one other custody combat – this time with Stokowski claiming that she was an unfit mom who spent an excessive amount of time in psychotherapy. From 1956 to 1963 Vanderbilt was married to Sidney Lumet, director of the acclaimed movies “12 Indignant Males,” “Canine Day Afternoon,” “Serpico” and “Community.” She was married to her fourth husband, author Wyatt Cooper, till his dying throughout coronary heart surgical procedure in 1978. That they had two sons, Anderson and Carter. In 1988, within the biggest tragedy of Vanderbilt’s life, Carter, aged 23, killed himself by leaping from the household’s 14th-floor residence in New York, despite his mom’s makes an attempt to cease him. She later wrote a memoir, “A Mom’s Story,” through which she mirrored on her painful upbringing and blamed Carter’s suicide on psychosis introduced on by an anti-asthma drug. Vanderbilt known as her son’s dying “the ultimate loss, the deadly loss that stripped me naked,” and stated she didn’t assume she may survive it. In a 2012 tv interview along with her son Anderson, she stated she thought in regards to the tragedy day-after-day and that she had thought-about leaping after her son. “There was a second after I thought I used to be going to leap after him however then I considered you … and it stopped me from doing that,” she advised Anderson. Vanderbilt dabbled in performing, portray, poetry and modeling earlier than the Hallmark greeting card firm purchased a few of her paintings for a line of paper items within the early 1970s. Her work additionally graced a group of scarves earlier than she began the road of denims and expanded to fragrance, footwear, leather-based items and equipment. In 1978 she bought her Gloria Vanderbilt model and began one other style firm. Vanderbilt received a $1.5 million judgment in 1993 in opposition to her lawyer and psychiatrist, claiming that they had stolen from her. As a result of the lawyer had not paid her taxes for a number of years, she owed the Inner Income Service a lot cash she needed to promote a summer season house in Southampton and a New York Metropolis house. Intercourse, Vanderbilt stated, was a topic she discovered endlessly fascinating. Considered one of her memoirs advised of her romances with Hollywood figures corresponding to Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Gene Kelly and Howard Hughes (she was a teen on the time), in addition to numerous married males. In 2009 at age 85 she revealed an specific erotic novel, “Obsession.” Slideshow (2 Photographs) Vanderbilt additionally challenged racial requirements of the instances by courting black photographer-filmmaker Gordon Parks within the 1950s. “I embrace all of it – the ache and the pleasure, the drama and the disappointments,” Vanderbilt wrote in summing up her life within the romantic memoir, “It Appeared Necessary on the Time.” Reporting by Invoice Trott in Washington; Modifying by David Brunnstrom and Matthew Lewis Our Requirements:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Source link

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BEANSONBREAD AWARDS 2017 - BEST ALBUM

AWARD NO.2 - BEST ALBUM OF 2017

PAST WINNERS

2016 > Blood Orange - ‘Freetown Sound’ (see full list HERE)

2015 > Holly Herndon - ‘Platform’ (see full list HERE)

2014 > FKA Twigs - ‘LP1′ (see full list HERE)

2013 > These New Puritans - ‘Field Of Reeds’ (see full list HERE)

2012 > Django Django - ‘Django Django’ (see full list HERE)

2011 > Shabazz Palaces - ‘Black Up’ (see full list HERE)

2010 > These New Puritans - ‘Hidden’ (see full list HERE)

2009 > Animal Collective - ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ (see full list HERE)

2008 > Wild Beasts - ‘Limbo, Panto’ (see full list HERE)

2007 > Animal Collective - ‘Strawberry Jam’ (see full list HERE)

2006 > Safetyword - ‘Man’s Name Is Legion’ (see full list HERE)

2005 > Animal Collective - ‘Feels’ (see full list HERE)

2004 > Devendra Banhart - ‘Rejoicing In The Hands’ / ‘Nino Rojo’

2003 > Dizzee Rascal - ‘Boy In Da Corner’

2002 > The Streets - ‘Original Pirate Material’

2001 > The Beta Band - ‘Hot Shots II’

2000 > Outkast - ‘Stankonia’

1999 > The Beta Band - ‘The Beta Band’

1998 > The Beta Band - ‘The Three EPs’

1997 > Radiohead - ‘OK Computer’

1996 > Beck - ‘Odelay’

THE RULES - NO Re-issues, Live Albums, Compilations, or EPs

Never enough time to listen everything and give it proper time. As ever they’ll be stuff i’ve missed or forgotten. Been keeping lists throughout the year this time so probably included more albums this time.

WORTH A MENTION (in no order) - Mix of albums that i either - 1. enjoyed / 2. feel are worth mentioning / 3. feel will be re-visting in the future 

Billy Woods ‘Known Unknowns’ / Alex Cameron ‘Forced Witness’ / Hercules & Love Affair ‘Omnion’ / Yeah You ‘Id Vendor’ / Yung Nnelg ‘Contra’ / Graeme Miller ‘The Moomins’ / Milo’s Planes ‘Individual Development Plan’ / Lil Pump ‘Lil Pump’ / Konrad Sprenger ‘Stack Music’ / Trust Fund ‘Too Big To Fail: demos, covers, and deep cuts’ / Manuela ‘Manuela’ / The Surfing Magazines ‘The Surfing Magazines’ / Julie Byrne ‘Not Even Happiness’ / Girlpool ‘Powerplant’ / Ryuici Sakamoto ‘Async’ / Palberta ‘Bye Bye Berta’ / Dutch Uncles ‘Big Balloon’ / Rostam ‘Half-Light’ / Jessie Ware ‘Glasshouse’ / Thee Oh Sees ‘Orc’ / Talaboman ‘The Night Land’ / Slonk ‘Songs About Tanks’ / Here Lies Man ‘Here Lies Man’ / Jink ‘Joy In The End’ / J Hus ‘The 15th Day’ / Aldous Harding ‘Party’ / Jane Weaver ‘Modern Kosmology’ / Toydrum ‘Prevenge’ OST / Duds ‘Of A Nature or Degree’ / Sylvan Esso ‘What Now’ /  Dauwd ‘Theory Of Colours’ / Phoenix ‘Ti Amo’ / Big Thief ‘Capacity’ / Cigarettes After Sex ‘Cigarettes After Sex’ / Bamboo ‘The Dragon Flies Away’ / Beach House ‘B-Sides & Rarities’ / Warm Digits ‘Wireless World’ / Lone Taxidermist ‘Trifle’ / Nadine Shah ‘Holiday Destination’ / O/S/E ‘February 2017=*Mix2.3116A/B’ / Brian Eno ‘Reflection’ / The xx ‘I See You’ / Menace Beach ‘Lemon Money’ / Sinkane ‘Life & Livin’ It’ / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard ‘Flying Microtonal Banana’ / Laura Marling ‘Semper Femina’ / Max Richter ‘Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works’ / The Shins ‘Heartworms’ / Idles ‘Brutalism’ / Sir Was ‘Digging A Tunnel’ / Real Estate ‘In Mind’ / Joe Goddard ‘Electric Lines’ / Gorillaz ‘Humanz’ / Feist ‘Pleasure’ / Alt-J ‘Relaxer’ / Fleet Foxes ‘Crack-Up’ / Big Boi ‘Boomiverse’ / Lorde ‘Melodrama’ / James McAlister ‘Planetarium’ / Songhoy Blues ‘Resistance’ / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard ‘Murder Of The Universe’ / Kane Strang ‘Two Hearts & No Brain’ / Mura Masa ‘Mura Masa’ / Dizzee Rascal ‘Raskit’ / Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever ‘Talk Tight’ / Wiki ‘No Mountains In Manhattan’ / Bicep ‘Bicep’ / The Babe Rainbow ‘The Babe Rainbow’ / The National ‘Sleep Well Beast’ / Anna Of The North ‘Lovers’ / Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile ‘Lotta Sea Lice’ / Beck ‘Colours’ / Wu-Tang Clan ‘The Saga Continues’ / Daniele Luppi ‘Milano’ / Yo No Se ‘Soma’ / Flat Worms ‘Flat Worms’ / Tim Heidecker ‘Too Dumb For Suicide’ / The War On Drugs ‘A Deeper Understanding’ / King Glizzard & The Lizard Wizard ‘Sketches Of Brunswick’ / British Sea Power ‘Let The Dancers Inherit The Party’ / Dean Rodney Jr ‘The Buzzard Degree’

ALBUMS I ENJOYED (in no order) - But didn’t spend enough time with to be properly considered for the final lists  

2814 ‘2814’ / Syd ‘FIN’ / Robert Sotelo ‘Cusp’ / Dawn Richard ‘Redemption’ / Little Simz ‘Stillness In Wonderland’ / Kehlani ‘SweetSexySavage’ / Jay-Z ‘4:44’ / The Proper Ornaments ‘Foxhole’ / Bonnie Prince Billy ‘Best Troubadour’ / Rick Ross ‘Rather You Than Me’ / Jansport J ‘Pharaoh’ / Homeshake ‘Fresh Air’ / Kojey Radical ‘In Gods Body’ / Mhysa ‘Fantasii’ / Ho99o9 ‘United States Of Horror’ / Matt Martians ‘The Drum Chord Theory’ / Chloe x Halle ‘The Two Of Us’ / Lil Uzi Vert ‘Luv Is Rage 2’ / PVT ‘New Spirit’ / Vic Mensa ‘The Autobiography’ / Amine ‘Good for You’ / Clap Your Hands Say Yeah ‘The Tourist’ / Xiu Xiu ‘Forget’ / Half Waif ‘Form/a’ / Mozart’s Sister ‘Field Of Love’ / A$AP Ferg ‘Still Striving’ / Mozzy ‘Up Top Ahk’ / Emily Yacina ‘Overflow’ / Clap! Clap! ‘A Thousand Skies’ / Herva ‘Hyper Flux’ / Nathan Fake ‘Providence’ / Tennis ‘Yours Conditionally’ / The Bug & Earth ‘Concrete Desert’ / Nines ‘One Foot Out’ / Pharmakon ‘Contact’ / Clark ‘Death Peak’ / Diet Cig ‘Swear I’m Good At This’ / Show Me The Body ‘Corpus I’ / Joey Bada$$ ‘All Amerikkkan Bada$$’ / Little Dragon ‘Season High’ / Part Chimp ‘Iv’ / Raekwon ‘The Wild’ / Allan Kingdom ‘Lines’ / GoldLink ‘At What Cost’ / Timber Timbre ‘Sincerely, Future Pollution’ / Software ‘Digital-Dance’ / G Perico ‘All Blue 2’ / Girlpool ‘Powerplant’ / !!! ‘Shake The Shudder’ / The Unthanks ‘Diversions, Vol.4’ / Dent May ‘Across The Multiverse’ / Downtown Boys ‘Cost Of Living’ / Stas THEE Boss ‘S’women’ / Amber Coffman ‘City Of No Reply’ / Marika Hackman ‘I’m Not Your Man’ / Sinjin Hawke ‘First Opus’ / Beach Fossils ‘Somersault’ / Crescent ‘Resin Pockets’ / Eyedress ‘Manila Ice’ / M.E.S.H. ‘Hesaitix’ / Omar Souleyman ‘To Syria, With Love’ / Mount Eerie ‘A Crow Looked At Me’ / Varg ‘Nordic Flora Series Pt.3’ / 2 Chainz ‘Pretty Girls Like Trap Music’ / Tops ‘Sugar At The Gate’ / Snoop Dogg ‘Neva Left’ / Pixx ‘The Age Of Anxiety’ / Com Truise ‘Iteration’ / Kevin Morby ‘City Music’ / Quavo ‘ATL’ / Ex Eye ‘Ex Eye’ / Karen Gwyer ‘Rembo’ / Klyne ‘Klyne’ / Washed Out ‘Mister Mellow’ / Kirin J Callinan ‘Bravado’ / 21 Savage ‘Issa Album’ / Damien Dubrovnik ‘Great Many Arrows’ / Love Theme ‘Love Theme’ / Waxahatchee ‘Out In The Storm’ / Toro Y Moi ‘Boo Boo’ / Triptides ‘Afterglow’ / Breakfast Muff ‘Eurgh!’ / Cornelius ‘Mellow Waves’ / Lana Del Rey ‘Lust For Life’ / The Fall ‘New Facts Emerge’ / Ross From Friends ‘The Outsiders’ / Ben Frost ‘Threshold of Faith / Soccer Mommy ‘Collection’ / Roger Robinson ‘Dog Heart City’ / Nadia Reid ‘Preservation’ / IAMDDB ‘Hoodrich Vol.3’ / Nosaj Thing ‘Parallels’ / Lunice ‘CCCLX’ / Susanne Sundfor ‘Music For People In Trouble’ / Wifisfuneral ‘Boy Who Cried Wolf’ / Laraaji ‘Bring On The Sun’ / Godspeed You! Black Emperor ‘Luciferian Towers’ / Tricky ‘Ununiform’ / Metz ‘Strange Place’ / Torres ‘Three Futures’ / Protomartyr ‘Relatives In Descent’ / Ben Frost ‘The Centre Cannot Hold’ / Giggs ‘Wamp 2 Dem’ / Jabu ‘Sleep Heavy’ / Alessandro Cortini ‘AVANTI’ / Petit Fantome ‘Un Mouvement Pour Le Vent’ / Snapped Ankles ‘Come Play The Trees’ / Smokepurpp ‘Deadstar’ / IDK ‘IWASVERYBAD’ / Trippie Redd ‘A Love Letter To You 2’ / Gucci Mane ‘Mr. Davis’ /  Lee Gamble ‘Mnestic Pressure’ / HKE ‘From SQ777-6:16-Cell’ / G Herbo ‘Humble Beast’ / Visionist ‘Value’ / Lindstrom ‘It’s Alright Between Us As It Is’ / Ty Dolla $ign ‘Beach House 3’ / Julien Baker ‘Turn Out The Lights’ / Hyetal ‘Youth & Power’ / Charles Howl ‘My Idol Family’ / Young Dolph ‘Thinking Out Loud’ / 21 Savage, Offset, Metro Boomin ‘Without Warning’ / DJ Python ‘Dulce Compania’ / Errorsmith ‘Superlative Fatigue’ / Phoebe Bridgers ‘Stranger In The Alps’ / The Cornshed Sisters ‘Honey & Tar’ / DJ Seinfeld ‘Time Spent Away From U’ / Peverelist ‘Tessellations’ / Converge ‘The Dusk In Us’ / Bibio ‘Phantom Brickworks’ / Angel Olsen ‘Phases’ / Mica Levi ‘Delete Beach’ / Qasim Naqvi ‘Film’ / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard ‘Polygondwanaland’ / Call Super ‘Arpo’ / Monoganon ‘Killmens’ / Charlotte Gainsbourg ‘Rest’ / Duds ‘Of A Nature Or Degree’ / Aidan Moffat ‘Songs That Weren’t To Be’ / Bitchin Bajas ‘Bajas Fresh’ / Diamondstein & Sangam ‘Lullabies For Broken Spirits’ / Eyedress ‘Art Is Not A Sport’ / Egyptrixx ‘Pure, Beyond Reproach’ / Anamai ‘What Mountain’ / Endlings ‘Endlings’ / Karen Gwyer ‘Rembo’ / Pharmakon ‘Contact’ / Kodak Black ‘Painting Pictures’ / Cornelius ‘Mellow Waves’ / Mount Eerie ‘A Crow Looked At Me’ / Valerie June ’The Order Of Time’ / Golden Teacher ‘No Luscious Life’ / Love Theme ‘Love Theme’ / The World ‘First World Record’ / Machine Girl ‘...Because I’m Young Arrogant And hate Everything You Stand for’ / Pictures Of Belgrade ‘Feel More Robot’ / STILL ‘I’ / Stephen Kerrison & Richard Quirk ‘The Noise In My Voice’ / William Doyle ‘Lightnesses 1 & 2’ / Nidia ‘Nidia e Ma, Nidia e Fudida’ / Quinta ‘The Quick Of The Heart’ / $HIT AND $HINE ‘Total Shit!’ / Typhonian Highlife ‘The World Of Shells’ / Lil Ugly Mane ‘Mista Thug Isolation’ / Jesuits ‘Cloudhead’ / NE$$ ‘OTAKU’ / HKE ‘Dragon Soul’ / Tica Douglas ‘Our Lady Star Of The Sea, Help And Protect Us’

THE RUNNERS-UP (in no order) 

Andrew Hung ‘Realisationship’

Eric Copeland ‘Goofballs’

(Sandy) Alex G ‘Rocket’

Liars ‘TFCF’

Stormzy ‘Gang Signs & Prayer’

Pan Daijing ‘Lack’

Charli XCX ‘Number One Angel’

Avey Tare ‘Eucalyptus’

Daphni ‘Joli Mai’

Lomond Campbell ‘Black River Promise’

Deerhoof ‘Mountain Moves’

H. Hawkline ‘I Romanticize’

Kingdom ‘Tears In The Club’

Sampha ‘Process’

Aimee Mann ‘Mental Illness’

The Horrors ‘V’

Four Tet ‘New Energy’

Moses Sumney ‘Aromanticism’

The Flaming Lips ‘Oczy Mlody’

Omni ‘Multi-task’

Future & Young Thug ‘Super Slimey’

Sugai Ken ‘UkabazUmorezU’

Sneaks ‘It’s A Myth’

Mhysa ‘Fantasii’

MIKE ‘May God Bless Your Hustle’

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith ‘The Kid’

The I.L.Y’s ‘Bodyguard’

Spinning Coin ‘Permo’

Yung Lean ‘Stranger’

Euros Childs ‘House Arrest’

THE TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2017

100. Tom O.C. Wilson ‘Tell A Friend’

99. Lil Yachty ‘Teenage Emotions’

98. Peaking Lights ‘The Fifth State Of Consciousness’

97. The Evil Usses ‘Amateur Pro Wrestling’

96. Not Waving ‘Good Luck’

95. Drake ‘More Life’

94. Princess Nokia ‘1992 Deluxe’

93. Playboi Carti ‘Playboy Carti’

92. Francois & The Atlas Mountains ‘Solide Mirage’

91. Future ‘HNDRXX’

90. Alvvays ‘Antisocialites’

89. LCD Soundsystem ‘American Dream’

88. Grandaddy ‘Last Place’

87. Future ‘FUTURE’

86. Moon Diagrams ‘Lifetime Of Love’

85. St. Vincent ‘MASSEDUCTION’

84. Ibeyi ‘Ash’

83. Mica Levi ‘Jackie’ OST

82. Big K.R.I.T. ‘4eva Is A Mighty Long Time’

81. Woopheadclrms ‘Meeting Room + Rare Plants’

80. WHY? ‘Moh Lhean’

79. Kelly Lee Owens ‘Kelly Lee Owens’

78. Nmesh ‘Pharma’

77. Baxter Dury ‘Prince Of Tears’

76. Dubi Dolczek ‘Dubi In Space Part 1: The Emerald Gauntlet’

75. Dirty Projectors ‘Dirty Projectors’

74. Yorkston Thorne Khan ‘Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars’

73. Kamaiyah ‘Before I Wake’

72. Jasss ‘Weightless’

71. Mac DeMarco ‘This Old Dog’

70. Visible Cloaks ‘Reassemblage’

69. Terry ‘Remember Terry’

68. James Holden & The Animal Spirits ‘The Animal Spirits’

67. ESPRIT ‘200% Electronica’

66. Actress ‘AZD’

65. Giant Claw ‘Soft Channel’

64. Tara Clerkin ‘Hello’

63. Ski Mask The Slump God ‘You Will Regret’

62. Death’s Dynamic Shroud ‘Heavy Black Heart’

61. Oliver Wilde ‘And This Is Where The Tragic Happens’

60. Forest Swords ‘Compassion’

59. Sleaford Mods ‘English Tapas’

58. Sacred Paws ‘Strike A Match’

57. Grizzly Bear ‘Painted Ruins’

56. John Maus ‘Screen Memories’

55. Fever Ray ‘Plunge’

54. Laurel Halo ‘Dust’

53. Knife Liibrary ‘Relentless Hammer’

52. Mogwai ‘Every Country’s Sun’

51. Shabazz Palaces ‘Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines’ / ‘Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star’

50. J Hus ‘Common Sense’

49. Antwood ‘Sponsored Content’

48. Japanese Breakfast ‘Soft Sounds From Another Planet’

47. Spindle Ensemble ‘BEA’

46. Young Thug ‘Beautiful Thugger Girls’

45. Jay Som ‘Everybody Works’

44. The Moonlandingz ‘Interplanetary Class Classics’

43. Oneohtrix Point Never ‘Good Time’ OST

42. Yves Tumor ‘Experiencing The Deposit Of Faith’

41. Oro Swimming Hour ‘Penrose Winoa’

40. Los Campesinos! ‘Sick Scenes’

39. Taos Humm ‘Flute Of The Noodle Bender’

38. MXLX ‘Kicking Away at the Decrepit Walls til the Beautiful Sunshine Blisters Thru the Cracks’

37. Migos ‘Culture’

36. Jlin ‘Black Origami’

35. GFOTY ‘GFOTYBUCKS’

34. Blanck Mass ‘World Eater’

33. Spectres ‘Condition’

32. Brockhampton ‘Saturation’

31. Bjork ‘Utopia’

30. Various Artists ‘Mono No Aware’

29. Ariel Pink ‘Dedicated To Bobby Jameson’

28. Mount Kimbie ‘Love What Survives’

27. Sweet Baboo ‘Wild Imagination’

26. Vince Staples ‘Big Fish Theory’

25. Colin Stetson ‘All This I Do For Glory’

24. Hype Williams ‘Rainbow Edition’

23. Alexis Taylor ‘Listen With(out) Piano’

22. Iglooghost ‘Neo Wax Bloom’

21. Lil B ‘Black Ken’

20. This Is The Kit ‘Moonshine Freeze’

19. Thundercat ‘Drunk’

18. Seamus Fogarty ‘The Curious Hand’

17. King Krule ‘The OOZ’

16. Happyness ‘Write In’

15. Brockhampton ‘Saturation 2’

14. Oliver Wilde ‘Post-Frenz Container Buzz’

13. Luxury Dad? ‘S.S.R.I Vol.1’

12. SZA ‘Ctrl’

11. Ed Dowie ‘The Uncle Sold’

10. Wiley ‘Godfather’

9. Arca ‘Arca’

8. Tyler, The Creator ‘Flower Boy’

7. Wesley Gonzalez ‘Excellent Musician’

6. Kelela ‘Take Me Apart’

5. Edward Penfold ‘Denny Isle Drive’

4. Perfume Genius ‘No Shape’

3. Girl Ray ‘Earl Grey’

2. Kendrick Lamar ‘DAMN.’

1. Richard Dawson ‘Peasant’

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Artwork can sell for millions of dollars, so it’s always a newsworthy event when someone discovers a new piece by a famous artist. The vast majority of found art is found in storage units or secure vaults, but in some cases people have found incredible artwork where you’d least expect.

#1 Nazi Artwork In Tiny Apartment In 2012, police discovered a collection of over 1,300 pieces of art in a small Munich apartment. Most of the work had been feared destroyed during Nazi rule in Germany. The collection had belonged to the art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt, who had used his position on the Nazi Commission for the Exploitation of Degenerate Art to hide away and sell a huge number of paintings. The artwork, most of which appeared to have been acquired legally, was inherited by his son, Cornelius Gurliit. Cornelius hoarded most of the work in his small apartment, only selling pieces when it was financially necessary. Following his death in May of 2014, most of the artwork passed to a museum in Switzerland. Police only made the discovery after Cornelius was found to be in possession of €9,000 on a train. With no apparent income, tax authorities obtained a warrant to investigate his apartment. The artwork came to light during that search.

#2 Painting Found Inside Couch In 2007, a German student in Berlin bought a pullout couch at a flea market. When she unfolded the couch at home she found a small oil painting inside. The painting was a piece called “Preparation to Escape to Egypt” and has an unknown origin, though it is believed that the artist was part of the inner circle of the better known Venetian painter Carlo Saraceni. It was painted at some point between 1605 and 1620 according to the auction house appointed to sell the work. It went on to be purchased in Hamburg by an anonymous bidder for a price of $27,630, making the student 100 times what she originally paid for the couch.

#3 Tamayo Piece In Pile Of Trash A New York resident came across a painting lying in the trash while walking through Manhattan in 2003. Elizabeth Gibson knew nothing about modern art but decided to take the piece home with her. After spending four years trying to find out information about the painting she finally saw a website that listed it as having appeared on Antiques Roadshow. The painting was by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, who died in 1991. The piece “Tres Personajes” was painted in 1970 and had previously belonged to an anonymous Houston collector. It was stolen while the collector and his wife were moving and had been lost ever since. Upon learning this, Elizabeth turned it in and it went on to sell for over one million dollars. She received a percentage of the seller fee as well as a $15,000 reward for finding it.

#4 Golden Buddha Found Inside Statue A statue of Buddha dating from the 13th or 14th century was moved around various temples for a number of years before eventually settling at Wat Traimit in Thailand. This temple was not large enough to hold the sculpture so the people in charge chose to leave it outside, where it was protected only by a tin roof. In 1954, the decision was made to house the statue in a newly constructed part of the temple. While moving the statue a rope accidentally snapped and the statue crashed to the floor. Workers discovered that plaster had been chipped off and solid gold could be seen beneath the surface. After carefully removing the rest of the plaster, they found that the statue was in fact made of gold. At some point in the past, the statue had been covered in plaster and painted over. Scholars theorized it was to deter it from being stolen by hiding its value. Over time, people forgot about the gold sculpture underneath the plaster, believing it to be just another ordinary statue.

#5 Jackson Pollock Painting From Thrift Store During the 1990s, retired truck driver Teri Horton entered a thrift store and saw a strange painting. After negotiating the price down from $7 to $5, she took it home intending to give it to a friend as a gift. However, an art teacher happened to notice the painting and its unique style, and believed that it could have been the work of Jackson Pollock. Horton then went on a quest to have the painting authenticated, enlisting the help of forensic experts when auction houses would do nothing to verify it. Matching a partial fingerprint on the painting with some of Pollock’s on his art equipment seemed to prove that it was genuine. Although there is still intense debate over whether it’s authentic, she has since had numerous offers for the painting and it’s currently valued at $50 million by a Toronto gallery.

#6 Movie Poster Found Behind Artwork Laura Stouffer, an art dealer and collector, was looking through the items in a thrift shop when she noticed a print of “Shepard’s Call.” The painting shows a dog who has found a lost lamb in the snow, and was originally painted at some point between 1850 and 1880. She immediately recognized the print and bought it for a relatively low price. Intending to clean the incredibly dusty picture, she took the backing off to discover that between the frame and the print was a poster — an original window card from the 1930 classic film All Quiet on the Western Front, which theaters would have used to advertise showings. Very little memorabilia remains from the film, making the poster more valuable than the print she initially bought.

#7 Abandoned Apartment Contains Rare Painting An apartment that had been abandoned for 70 years was discovered to hold a painting by the artist Giovanni Boldini that eventually sold for $2.5 million. The original owner of the apartment had fled Paris before World War II began, but kept up payments on it despite never returning to it from her new home in the south of France. When she died in 2010, experts had to enter the home to catalog all the items and belongings. While the apartment had a number of expensive items scattered around beneath layers of dust, the painting was what immediately grabbed everyone’s attention. Although they suspected it may have been by Boldini they could find no mention of the painting in any records. However, upon searching the home further they found a note signed by Boldini himself that confirmed the painting was genuine.

#8  Venus de Milo Buried Underground This famous statue was accidentally found when a man from the Greek village of Tripiti came across it. Yorgos Kentrotas found the Venus de Milo buried underneath a field he was working in. With the help of a local farmer, Yorgos was able to dig up the entire sculpture and a number of other statues in a few hours. A French naval officer who was on the island immediately arranged for the statue to be purchased by the French ambassador. It was later presented to King Louis XVIII as a gift, who then donated the statue to the Louvre.

#9 Ancient Statue Used As Bike Rack Two Egyptologists discovered a 2,700-year-old statue of the Pharaoh Taharqa in the basement of a British museum. The statue, a piece of Kushite art, shows the Egyptian king portrayed as a god marching forward in victory. The artwork had been left in the basement of Southampton’s God’s House Tower archaeological museum for over a hundred years. The staff, unaware that the statue was of any value, had been using it as a bike rack. Its importance only became known by chance, when the two Egyptian experts were visiting the museum and noticed it. No one has any idea how anyone could leave such a historic work of art in a basement for so long. However, the statue has since been moved to its own gallery, meaning staff at the museum will have to find something else to rack their bikes on.

#10 Ancient Disc Underneath a City On February 25, 1978, a number of electrical workers were digging up roads in order to begin laying new wiring. After digging for two meters, they eventually hit a large chunk of stone. Careful excavation revealed a giant stone disk that weighed around 20 tons. The disk had a detailed carving that depicted the Aztec goddess Coyolxauhqui. This discovery lead to a search of the whole area for other lost work. After demolishing blocks of apartments, archaeologists began working on digging up the surrounding land and found that it was the site of an ancient Aztec temple that had been destroyed by Spanish colonial forces. The project went on to unearth the remains of the pyramid temple along with a number of skeletal remains and smaller statues and carvings. Most of the findings are now available in the Templo Mayor Museum just 200 yards from where the original disk was found.

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Picture perfect for collectors

When it comes to fine art photography, sometimes what you pay for may not be what you get.

Using a camera obscura (a latin term meaning literally ‘dark room’), Nicéphore Niépce produced the first permanent photoetching in 1822, but it was only four years later that the French inventor made the View from the Window at Le Gras, the world’s oldest surviving camera photograph.

Not long after Niépce’s death in 1833, Louis Daguerre developed the Daguerreotype, the first commercially successful photographic process which reduced the development time from hours to seconds. An international sensation, the popularisation of this technique gave rise to speculations about the "end of painting". 

In that same period, American pioneer of photography Robert Cornelius produced the earliest surviving selfie (1839) and painter and inventor Hércules Florence had started working out a silver-salt-based paper process in Brazil, later naming it photographie.

Meanwhile, British inventor William Fox Talbot developed a different process called Calotype (from the Greek kalos, meaning ‘beautiful’ and tupos meaning ‘impression’). Using paper sheets covered with silver chloride to create a negative exposure, it was then placed in contact with another paper so as to print multiple positive copies. This technique is actually very similar to the photographic process in use today.

Making a long story short, almost fifty years later, American inventor George Eastman patented the first photographic roll film and perfected his camera to take advantage of his invention. By 1892, Eastman founded Kodak, and soon after launched the Brownie camera with a price of US$1, bringing, therefore, photography to the mass market (‘You press the button, we do the rest!’).

Since then, the photography market has experienced a growing technological evolution with the establishment of colour film as a standard, auto-focus, and automatic exposure. These innovations undoubtedly made it easier to capture an image, improve the quality of reproductions and accelerate the processing speed.

From the end of the 20th-century, digital photography minimised costs, sped up processes and facilitated the production, manipulation, storage and distribution of images. However, these technological advances also facilitated the production and circulation of forgeries. 

With so many artists using photography but so few of them printing their own work, forgeries by underpaid darkroom technicians are a common, especially in the vulnerable contemporary market. How problematic the fine art photography forgery has become can be illustrated by recent scandals involving counterfeit prints by Man Ray, Lewis Hine and Crespy Le Prince.

As the number of copies is virtually limitless with today’s printing capabilities, defining an ‘original photograph’ is of great importance. 

Here are some ways to determine the originality of a photographic work: • Original photographs will have provenance information, including its copyright, typically documented on a Certificate of Authenticity. • If the artwork is has a Smart Tag, check its tag number on the Tagsmart online platform. Each Smart Tag has its own unique reference number, linked to the work's secure Certificate of Authenticity and its digital counterpart. Designed to assure the genuineness of artworks, warrant the accuracy of ownership status, and protect buyers and sellers against fakes and forgeries, Tagsmart offers the art market a better, simpler way of doing what it already does, while also solving the problems of trust and credibility. • If the photograph is labelled as a reproduction, it probably means that the photographer had little (or nothing) to do with the printing, distribution, and selling of that work. • Finally, accept that if the photograph is priced very cheaply, it is most likely a reproduction.

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