—Marilyn Monroe
Lorraine, France, 1954
With a precision V-12 motor designed by Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin of air-ship fame, this Maybach is the very peak of German automotive refinement.
Engine Type: OHV, V-Type
Cylinders: 12
Horsepower: 200
Manufacturer: Maybach Moterenbau Friedrichshafen A.B. (Germany)
Coachbuilder: Spohn (Karosserie Ravensburg, Germany)
Price When New: $12,000
Courtesy: The Nethercutt Collection
Steel Pier, Atlantic City
2019
—Rosalind Russell
Bukharan Jewish Girls, Jerusalem, c.1930
“They had already started [filming] in New York, and they had made the clothes at MGM. Hitchcock saw them in tests and didn’t like them. He said, “Get on a plane and come to New York, and we’ll go to Bergdorf Goodman.”
“So there I sat. And he said to me, “Now, Eva Marie, anything you want, just tell me.”
“This model came by in the black dress with the red embossed roses and I whispered “Oh, I like that,” so he said, “Wrap it up for Miss Saint!” I called him my sugar daddy from then on.”
Girl Eating Oysters, 1658
oil on canvas
Height: 8 in. Width: 5.7 in.
Night of the Kabbalist, Jerusalem, 1935
Maybach used to make the engines for the great Zeppilins. He was, IIRC, Gottlieb Daimler’s chief engineer before going out on his own.
Then Zeppelin motor in the Maybach is an illustration of the problems the British had in WWI with aircraft engines. The Germans made all the good engines and, until the war, the British had bought all their magnetos from Germany. I’ve been doing some reading about the RFC.
Brush fires have followed us to Arizona from California and we are currently in an evacuation zone. We are far from the fire but keeping an eye on it.
Eva Marie Saint is still with us at 95.
I think she lives in Santa Monica
Rosalind Russell’s comment covers everything anyone needs to know about life.
I did a quick search for C.D. Peacock, and there seem only to be three stores, all in malls, so my guess is that those wonderful doors are either somewhere in storage or (knowing businesses) were sold or trashed long ago.
I agree with you, ProphetJoe, that Droz watch is wonderful, but like the Maybach, it’s well out of my price range!
And I have a vague notion of Kabbalah, but why is the fellow lying out under the moon?
I hope you have a safe and lovely weekend, Robert.
I love the watch design! The figure 8 design is fantastic. I was not familiar with the manufacturer until I followed your link. Some really interesting designs. I like the blue tone you featured and there was a stunning brown version too. Of course, I can’t afford the price, but for a high-end watch, the $10K-$20K doesn’t seem so outlandish.
The Maybach – Zeppelin was $12,000 in 1932 — that was a small fortune! I did the conversion and that would be about $225,000 today.
Another Myrna Loy photo I had not seen before! Thank you, Robert. Myrna for me and BB for you? Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Myrna Loy, Rosalind Russell and Eva Marie Saint — that’s quite a line-up of attractive women!
The Peacock doors by Tiffany are exquisite. At first glance, I thought they were elevator doors — the side-by-side arrangement, and the round feature above the doors appeared to me to indicate the floors, and the apparent lack of any handles — any idea if these still exist?
I love the composition of Rick’s photo. Simple beautiful!
Have a wonderful weekend!
The doors still exist, in the Palmer House hotel in Chicago:
http://www.flaxartandframe.com/site/epage/79490_640.htm
And thanks for the kind words about the Atlantic City pic.