Hamilton (1757-1804) was the first Secretary of the Treasury (1789 to 1795) during George Washington’s presidency. He might be the best economist who understood human…
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Hamilton (1757-1804) was the first Secretary of the Treasury (1789 to 1795) during George Washington’s presidency. He might be the best economist who understood human…
A friend is traveling from Munich to New York on Lufthansa (LH410) today, and encounters delay. The reason? The captain hasn’t showed up for work.…
I received an email at 5am today from a fin firm, saying that my account isn’t funded and will be closed in 6 days. The firm…
Fareed Zakaria’s GPS today 2024.2.18 (35:02) has his take on Tucker Carlson’s comment on Moscow (not the interview), bewilderingly said, ” …you need to get…
CulRev 抄家物资所见所闻——抄家后那些传世珍品都去哪了? | 阿拉老底子 2024-02-14 上海 打开尘封的记忆,寻觅往昔的岁月 Image 叙老底子事 忆老底子人 诉老底子情 Image Image 目 录 抄家物资所见所闻 文革时期的抄家照片 抄家物资所见所闻 马传德 前些日子我在微信朋友圈,看到朵云轩拍卖公司的承载先生发了九张图,我点开来仔细一看,发现是1969年7月11日的抄家物资清单,清单中列了199件文物,其中有唐寅、文征明、仇英、董其昌、苏澈等大家的字画,当时收购价是0.10元到150元不等。这些作品若是放在今天拍卖,都是价值百万、千万,甚至过亿的。 我看着这份清单,不由想起在文革中,我也曾亲身体会到抄家的经历。当时我父母居住在渔阳里,整条弄堂总共有36户人家,凡是属于资本家和小业主阶层的,都被抄过家。因为我父亲原来开过店,所以也被列入了抄家对象名单。当时我父亲被抄去的物资,主要是研究钱币的图书,以及有少量的字画,还有百余枚印章。我父亲喜爱的珍贵钱币实物,在抄家前,均已分别转移到几位亲戚朋友处,仅藏在屋顶上的吉林戊申库平一两等11枚金银币遗失之外,其他损失不多。 扫四旧时期,很多人跟我父亲一样将贵重物品转移,也有很多人选择把家里的贵重物品销毁。 Image 有一天我路过淮海中路陕西南路口,看到上海中国人民银行(现上海徐汇区中心医院)门口有很多人,他们排着队等着进银行,大多都是些老年人,他们将自己家的金戒指、金项链等金首饰,全部在银行兑换成人民币,我只看见银行的工作人员,他们将这些金银首饰上镶嵌的各类宝石,如翡翠、钻石等等,都用工具一一撬下来扔在旁边,因为银行只要金银,称重只算金银的重量,而宝石等虽然价值远远超过金银,但是银行不收。据说,当时街道、里弄里,常常在垃圾箱里,会发现被居民扔掉的各类金银首饰、黄金美钞,甚至还有古董字画。 我岳母有个要好的女性朋友,她是上海鼎鼎有名的纺织业大老板邓仲和的三姨太。文革抄家期间,作为大资本家,邓家是必抄的对象,邓家三姨太当时有十几颗钻石,她怕被抄走,所以就拿到我岳母家,让我岳母帮忙藏匿一下,后来担心会牵连我岳母,就让我岳母把这些钻石都扔到抽水马桶里冲走了。…
Despite a couple of restaurants that left me pointy rebuttals, my reviews on Google Maps, Yelp and TripAdvisor, etc. have a banner year. On Google…
The Glitter and the Gold, 1953 and 2012, by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan. Saw the following article about a few Vanderbilt mansions in New York City.…
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Killers of the Flower Moon (book 2017, movie 2023). I enjoyed listening to this book, and am looking forward to the movie. So yesterday a…
This book was published in 2022, authored by Dr. Becca Levy, who teaches at Yale Institute for Global Health. I listened to this book. ……