porcelain, art by well-known artists, autographs, and period furniture. Other items of more recent interest include old photograph records, old magazines, post cards, baseball cards, art glass, dolls, classic cars, old bottles, and comic books. These relatively new kinds of collectibles may actually appreciate faster as short-term investments, but may not hold their value as long-term investments
PORCELAIN DOLLS.
NELL
Im not going to stay. Ill get a job.
Ill get my own apartment.
Richie knocks a porcelain DOLL off, and it breaks all over
the carpet. His parents dont notice. But Nell feels it in
the soul. Richie stops. A long beat. He looks at her,
insolent, then plows on with his tank.
JANE
Nell. A job? Two months and where is
this job? You have no degree, youve
never worked --
Nell explo
bottle caps.
On that fateful day, Louis saved my life.
You see this guy?
And I never forgot it.
He just saved your life.
He wouldnt let me.
And now its 20 years later.
My new stepfather, Sal,
set me up in my own business:
A beauty salon.
He did it for my mother.
Of course, his goons come in every week
and take 80 percent of the profits.
That, he did for himself.
Hey, Carbone.
And Louis, the guy w
porcelain tray.
VISUAL FX TRANSITION TO:
EXT. SAN PIEDRO ISLAND - DAY
Snow falling on cedars.
The heavens descend softly onto our island. Exquisite,
silent, hypnotic. An epic snowfall inspiring awe at our
frailness against the limitless scope of nature. As CREDITS
BEGIN...
TRANSITION TO:
EXT/INT ISHMAELS APARTMENT - DAY
Through a snow covered window we see a pensive, sombre young
man in his mid-2
bottle today?
Smallish? Three inches long? Tapered?
It could be Reinhardt glass, you know, from Rotterdam, before the war.
-It didnt look like... -We didnt find any bottle.
Wait....
My name is Henri Bondurant.
A jeweler by trade.
By avocation, a collector of rare and unusual glass.
You see...
...the government here has rather strict rules about diving.
Legally, you cannot take anything off Bermud