[ bird caws ] im jamie colby in new york city, here to meet an heir whose strange inheritance not only unraveled her life. It left her hanging by a thread. My names charlotte smith. What do you do when your godmother leaves you 70 huge boxes of dresses . One thought send them right back. But then i realized these werent just dresses. They were oneofakind pieces of history. Charlotte . Hello. Hi. Im jamie. Lovely to meet you. Charlotte, a native of philadelphia who now lives in australia, is in manhattan to meet with fashion students at the famed Parsons School of design. This is my inheritance, all pieces bequeathed to me from my american godmother. Why cant i get so lucky . Charlottes wardrobe is filled with fashion gems that are as timeless as they are priceless. So elizabeth taylor, cleopatra. Yeah this is 1930s. It was all decadence. It was the silver screen. It was hollywood. This was about 1915. Over 100 years old over 100 years old. And this is just a small sampling of the valua
Over again because i always say in the underworld in a criminal well today only trust their own mottos they dont trust each other because your friend of the day can be your enemy of tomorrow so. Its building up a reputation and they now know that i keep my words i have had some big cases and i always kept my word so they know what i do dont know how i do it but again every time you have to gain the trust again. So. Tell us how its happening so we can visualize it you sit down to talk to them is it in a fancy place like fancy restaurant in public or by the fireplace at home with a bottle of wine or i know some kind of a strip joint backroom with cocaine all over the table when we were just exchanging messages on the darn lab how do you guys communicate where do you meet to actually do business well 1st of all when i have a lead and i know which one i have to go which criminal i try to find his number his telephone number because theyre not in the yellow pages so then i give them a call
A judge so they have their own criminal. Laws and you have to accept those laws and those laws. Keep your words. Betray the things like that. And you are pretty safe wrong from way out or stand you have a reputation there right thats why they say to people trust you you earned their trust your reputation in a world like that by just keeping your words or is there Something Else that you have to do for or for them to trust so its its a reputation every time when i meet new people i have to gain their trust over and over again because i always say in the underworld in a criminal well today only trust their own mottos they dont trust each other because your friend the reputation they now know did i keep my words i have had some big cases and i always kept my word so. They know what i do dont know how i do it but again every time you have to gain the trust again so. Tell us how its happening so we can visualize it you sit down to talk to them is it in a fancy place like fancy restaurant in
They also do it to me but i dont take them too serious you know. If you keep your words with criminals or with somebody else most of the time youre quite safe but it does mean to have to keep my words and of course i have to be cautious its keeping your word always depend on you. Yes because if they dont keep their words what can i do but its very important to keep my words these people as says they cannot go to the police they can not go to to a lawyer or to to a judge so to have their own criminal. Laws and you have to accept those laws and those laws. Keep your words. Dont be trade things like that. And you are pretty safe around for a way out or stand you have a reputation there right thats why they say to people trust you you are in their trust your reputation in a world that for them to trust you know its its a reputation every time when i meet new people i have to gain their trust over and over again because i always say in the underworld in a criminal well today only trust thei
To retrieve lost most a piece of. Ours or brand historian and our detective welcome to the show great to have you with us mr brown so. The media call you Indiana Jones of the art world but as far as i can tell from your own accounts your job isnt as action packed i mean its more like dan brown no well you said that you deal with it and underworld and obviously youre risking your life sometimes so why like the most dire threats you say i dont know the colombian necktie or where your family lives do you take this threat seriously. Sometimes you get threats its normal in the underworld in the criminal world they cannot go to a judge they do not have access to the to justice so day have to use threats so they also do it to me but i dont take them too serious you know. If you keep your words with criminals of with somebody else most of the time youre quite safe but it does mean that i do have to keep my words and of course i have to be cautious stance as keeping your word always depend on y