{"id":96902,"date":"2021-10-19T22:52:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T20:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/2021\/10\/profile-jean-paul-bascoul-story-hound-and-photo-collector\/"},"modified":"2021-10-20T10:08:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T08:08:50","slug":"profile-jean-paul-bascoul-story-hound-and-photo-collector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2021\/10\/profile-jean-paul-bascoul-story-hound-and-photo-collector\/","title":{"rendered":"PROFILE. Jean-Paul Bascoul, story hound and photo collector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This Monaco native is a collector of all sorts, a &#8220;mad workaholic&#8221;, as he likes to describe himself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Riviera Palace: a colossal building of stunning splendour, a vestige of the opulence of the world&#8217;s richest company of its time and home to a tireless collector.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;Back in the day, it was &#8216;the place to be&#8217;.\u00a0 Kings, princes&#8230; they all came here&#8221;<\/em>, states Jean-Paul Bascoul, one of the occupants of a site that is steeped in history.\u00a0 His daily routine? <em>&#8220;Hunting for photos, I am a story hound.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0Jean-Paul Bascoul buys, restores and collects documents of all kinds in Monaco and its surroundings.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>You use tweezers. I go at it with a digger.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-plus-de-50-000-documents\">More than 50,000 documents<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His time is divided between Toulouse and Beausoleil, but his heart belongs to the C\u00f4te d&#8217;Azur, where he lives part-time with his wife and dog.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;I want to come back and settle here,&#8221;<\/em> he confides. \u00a0The Monaco native grew up in the Riviera Palace, his huge playground.\u00a0<em>&#8220;We used to have fun in the underground passages, in the winter gardens&#8230;&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A love of heritage that has led to the creation of a huge personal collection.\u00a0In just ten years, Jean-Paul Bascoul has amassed more than 50,000 documents: <em>&#8220;the largest collection in Monaco and Beausoleil&#8221;<\/em>, he assures us. \u00a0Photographs, postcards, stamps, documents, medals&#8230; everything is worth having.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;As I say to some collectors, you use tweezers. I go at it with a digger.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To buy in bulk, you have to broaden your horizons: his collection comes from all over the world.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;I&#8217;m a computer engineer by trade, and I know all the salesrooms and auction houses&#8221;.<\/em>\u00a0 He has mastered the intricacies of online auctions, knows how to spot a good deal and has even built up a network over the years.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;At least once a week I get a call about something special.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest example: an autobiographical short film by Formula 1 driver Louis Chiron.\u00a0 The reel came from Austria, and was a random purchase.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;Before I found it I didn&#8217;t even know that this kind of thing existed, it&#8217;s extraordinary.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 There&#8217;s a glint in his eye as he starts up the film. \u00a0Along with Chiron&#8217;s voice, the images showing the Principality and its tramway in the 1930s are moving for any history lover.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s incredible.\u00a0 Never seen anything like it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-tram-monaco-1024x647.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-tram-monaco-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-tram-monaco-475x300.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-tram-monaco-237x150.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-tram-monaco-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-tram-monaco-1536x970.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-tram-monaco-175x111.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-tram-monaco.jpg 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>\u00a9 Collection Jean-Paul Bascoul &#8211; The Monaco tramway<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-une-carri-re-en-europe\">A career in Europe<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His career as a computer engineer came to an end just before he started his collection.\u00a0<em> &#8220;I was already a mad workaholic at the time.\u00a0 If I just sat around doing nothing, I&#8217;d be dead in five minutes.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He worked for many years in the Alcatel group on research and development projects on a European scale.\u00a0 Projects <em>&#8220;that were a bit out of the ordinary<\/em>&#8220;.\u00a0 Brussels, Madrid, Rome&#8230; he travelled all over Europe for work.\u00a0<em> &#8220;What do you expect me to do after that?&#8221;<\/em> he jokes.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;I have no vested interest, other than to get my work out there.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em> His whole approach is non-profit, it is passion that drives this collector.\u00a0 A passion that is reined in by financial reality, especially when you are buying everything.\u00a0 As a result, he works at <em>&#8220;5 or 10%&#8221;<\/em> of what he is capable of doing. \u00a0<em>&#8220;And as I&#8217;m a mad workaholic, it&#8221;s a bit frustrating, but never mind, I do what I can.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Especially as his collection isn&#8217;t limited to Monaco and its surroundings.\u00a0 It is full of treasures that testify to the variety of his interests.\u00a0 Archaeology, Egypt, prehistory, the Bronze Age, astronomy, art-science&#8230; <em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t rule anything out&#8221;<\/em>, explains Jean-Paul Bascoul.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>&#8220;Before, there were no books about Beausoleil.\u00a0 And now there are three. Ours.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faire-parler-les-photos\">Talking pictures <\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To promote his work, Jean-Paul Bascoul started his <a href=\"https:\/\/monaco4ever.blogspot.com\/\">Monaco4ever<\/a> blog, where more than 20,000 images of the Riviera Palace, Beausoleil and the Principality of Monaco can be viewed.\u00a0 At the same time, he opened a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1389253567814679\">Facebook group<\/a> of the same name, which now has almost 6,000 members.\u00a0 The idea behind the group is to <em>&#8220;make the photos talk&#8221;<\/em>.\u00a0 And it works: each of his publications is a real story incubator.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;That&#8217;s where I get my kicks, when there&#8217;s a personal anecdote, and people react.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has also teamed up with Jean-Claude Volpi, a historian. <em>&#8220;My wildest dream was to do a book on the Riviera Palace, and it happened with Volpi.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 Together they give lectures and have just published their third book.\u00a0 <em>&#8220;Before, there were no books on Beausoleil. And now they have three. Ours.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what to do with all this?\u00a0 A museum?\u00a0 Not necessarily. \u00a0He wants something dynamic, a place where <em>&#8220;people come to work, contributing to or writing articles.&#8221; \u00a0<\/em>Ideally he would like his\u00a0images to be used by teachers, to teach children.\u00a0 But in the meantime, Jean-Paul Bascoul will continue to hunt for stories, driven by his motto: <em>&#8220;I can, therefore I do&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-voli-collectionneur-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-voli-collectionneur-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-voli-collectionneur-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-voli-collectionneur-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-voli-collectionneur-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-voli-collectionneur-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-voli-collectionneur-175x98.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jean-paul-bascoul-voli-collectionneur.jpg 1930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>\u00a9 Jean-Paul Bascoul &amp; Jean-Claude Volpi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Monaco native is a collector of all sorts, a &#8220;mad workaholic&#8221;, as he likes to describe himself. 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