The crumbling old house that hid a treasure trove of art

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In 2006 Thomas Schultz and his business partner Lawrence Joseph made a business plan. They were looking for a property to buy, do up and sell. Thomas had his eye on a little cottage near his home in Bellport, a small coastal village to the east of New York City. It was old, dilapidated and needed a lot of attention. But when he crawled through the broken garage door he found something entirely unexpected - 7,000 pieces of art, stacked in piles, rolled up canvasses and strewn across the floor. It turned out to be the work of an unknown artist called Arthur Pinajian and a discovery that would change Thomas' life. Search online to find out more about Arthur Pinajian. At the end of January, Brazil lost a music icon. Elza Soares has been described as one of the country's greatest singers of all time. Her career spanned six decades and her death produced an outpouring of tributes. To mark the extraordinary life of Brazil's Queen of Samba, we're replaying an interview she gave to Outlook's Harry Graham in May 2019. Get in touch: [email protected] Presenter: Mobeen Azhar (Photo: Thomas Schultz in front of an Arthur Pinajian oil painting. Credit: The Estate Collection of Arthur Pinajian)