If you had 15 seconds...

Would have to be paintings. Most of the other antiques are not one of a kind and could be replaced if necessary. The paintings are the expression of an individual long gone and can not be replaced. The hardest part would be which ones to choose in 15 seconds. Some of the ones I appreciate the most are not necessarily the most valuable.

 

Oh Brad......your 15 seconds are up....& you're a crispy critter !!

 

Do you remember Babe Ruth Mansons?

 

My dad did; he saw him play. I'm beginning to wonder if Manson's isn't really Arthur MacArthur...(LOL) Or maybe DB Cooper!
Hmmm, apparently they found Arthur a few years ago; he was living in New York and declined to be interviewed.

 

I have have an Uncle who heard someone talking a Babe Ruth and was amazed that anyone still remembered him. He didn't know he was still famous; the only reason he knew who Babe Ruth was is he had childhood memories of him.

 

Of course I remember the Bambino................and the advent of sliced bread...............and to put things in perspective, I had an Uncle whom I knew very well in my childhood who fought in the American Civil War................and he was nowhere near 100 when he died...............but I am FAR from one of the oldest people alive, trust me!

Just a side note, but related - I am in the process of gathering some memories and anecdotes about my Grandparents house in NYC, particularly during the period I lived their during the War. Having no place else in particular, I am going to plop it all on my forum..........I don't think I have any photographs left, but I am actively looking for any.

 

It only feels like it!

 

Hi,
My Gram lived to be 113. I remember reading about a French woman who lived to be 120 she sold oil paint to Vincent Van Gogh. I think she also outlived the man who bought her apartment when she got old.
greg