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Hope you are having a great week!

I’m searching for the world's greatest collectibles, and exploring the journey of legendary creators and icons.

Here’s a few things I’ve learned over the last few days -

#1 - Claude Monet, Pursuing the Impossible

“To me, the motif itself is an insignificant factor. What I want to reproduce is what lies between the motif and me. I am pursuing the impossible.”

-Claude Monet

Monet believed that a landscape was not a static entity but something alive, constantly changing with the light and air. He famously stated, "For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment."

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#2 - Colin Chapman, Man on a Mission

Colin Chapman was the relentless and revolutionary founder of Lotus and arguably the greatest Formula One car designer in history.

Starting from a snow-filled, unheated shed with just a couple of hacksaws and scrap metal from old filing cabinets, Chapman built a racing empire that achieved 72 Grand Prix victories and seven World Championships.

His unmatched ability to motivate people, his absolute obsession with reducing weight, and his radical interpretation of the rulebook forever reshaped the destiny of motor racing.

“I was not really an enthusiast... I was enthusiastic for building a thing which moved.”

"You never engineer anything to be light in weight in the first instance without it breaking, and therefore you should engineer it on the borderline. Then, once that particular item breaks, you beef it up until it is strong enough."

- From the book, 'Colin Chapman: The Man and his Cars' by author Gerard Crombac, published in 1986

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#3 - The Father of the Automobile, Carl Benz

I translated the memoirs of Carl Benz, the only copy I could find was in German.

What I found was the story of determination, stubbornness, and extreme optimism. A potent combination of traits!

“Such expert opinions could not shackle my belief. Unyielding and tenacious, I sought to fight my original idea through all stages of its development to its goal.”

- Memoirs of Carl Benz,

Published on his 80th birthday, the only book he ever wrote.

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#4 - The King of American Coins

You won’t believe the amazing history of the 1804 silver dollar - The King of American Coins.

Not only is the incredible coin super rare and valuable, but it took the greatest coin collectors in the world over 100 years to solve the mystery of the legendary 1804 silver dollar!

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#5 - The Legend of Babe Ruth

I dare you to try and define Babe Ruth in just one phrase. It’s almost impossible.

It was a struggle to describe Babe Ruth, although everyone tried.

“Carefree,” “Loud,” “Profane,” “Appealing,” “Joyful,” and “Unselfconsious,” were just a few of the many words people used to describe the Big Fella.

He was a completely uninhibited, larger-than-life character who survived flipping his fire-engine red Packard roadster one day and hit a home run the very next.

From brawling with rival Ty Cobb and wearing cabbage leaves under his cap to stay cool, to hilariously demanding “gas” for a torn fingernail, the Babe lived by his own rules.

As sportswriter John Drebinger perfectly summarized, Ruth was the most uninhibited human being ever known, who simply “just did things.”

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