Talk:Rene Paul Chambellan

Recently [Sept 2005]I went searching for these Eagles. The building was demolished but the Eagles were salvaged and in the mid-1970s were purchased by Best products and moved to their HQ, just outside Richmond VA. I went to Richmond and after some poking around learned that Best Products had gone under and that the building was now owned by a major bank. So I went there and found a pretty high secutiry thing happening [see Post 911 World ]. I discovered the Eagle by the front entrance, which was locked. I buzzed the security person inside and asked to photograph the scullptures - and was told, "No". I said that I had traveled 2,000 miles to photograph them and asked if I could speak to a superior and was again told, "No." I asked if there was anyone that that I could talk to and was yet again told, "No."

As I walked away I heard a parting, "And have a nice day sir."

So. . . . . . ............ I went and found a phone, called the bank and could get no answer, [it was by then Friday afternoon] from customer service. ["Who's On First is out of the office, please call What's On Second if you need help", and What's On Second didn't seem to be there either]. So. . . . . ....... I called my wife, 2,000 miles away, who looked up the major bank on the internet and got some more phone numbers. None of them got me a human. So. . . . .........   I drove 2,000 home [hitting Hurricane Rita en route] and began sending emails. That lasted several weeks until I finally got hold of the person in charge of this bank's art. And learned that their bank didn't actually own the building [or the sculptures] but just leased it from - another big bank. So. . . . . ........  if I lived within a day's drive I probably would have continued but I don't and so I didn't.  A couple days in the life of an art historian trying to get more pictures and information for wikipedia. Carptrash 05:58, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Well done for trying. At least you got a story out of it... -- Solipsist 08:27, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks Slip - I am just wondering if I should revoke my, "Ask-First" rule in picture taking and just come in shooting. I have a Rules-to-Live-Life-By #17 that says, "If you can't take 'No' for an answer then don't ask the question." I transgressed the rule that time and am still complaining months later. Carptrash 16:42, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Bob sent me a photo of a pair of limestone Eagles with a large lamp that were in front of a bank these came originally from the Airlines Building on 42nd and Park Ave NYC which was demolished around 1979. I added a photo link of the building to the article page. lostNYC

Diacrit in "Rene"
Encyclopedic, biographical, and other reliable sources differ on the diacrit in the second "e" of Chambellan's first name; many sources record it as "René." Per Carptrash, Chambellan's grandson has indicated that there is no diacrit in Chambellan's first name, according to his own usage:
 * "He never used the accent on his first name. Look at all his signatures and it isn't there. In our family, both he and his namesake, many times would be pronounced "renie" instead of the proper Rene."

For this reason, the article title and subsequent usages omit the diacrit, and "René Paul Chambellan" redirects to "Rene Paul Chambellan" Nickknack00 (talk) 02:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

"Correction" added to "Life and career" needs correcting
Under the heading "Life and career", the second paragraph currently reads as follows: "A resident of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, Chambellan died in a nursing home in Jersey City, New Jersey. CORRECTION: I am the grandson of Rene Chambellan and NO - he did NOT die in a nursing home in Jersey City. He succumbed to a stroke (after having several) and worked up until his death." (emphasis added) Needless to say, this violates WP's guidelines. Corrections should be done to the incorrect information, not added after it, and certainly not in the first-person singular. WP is an encyclopedia, not a social network platform. If the person who added this statement is actually privy to information that contradicts that which was previously listed here, they should correct it and add a link to a reliable, secondary source for that information (and no, being someone's grandchild does not automatically make one a reliable source). Bricology (talk) 10:25, 25 May 2023 (UTC)