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A fact from Baldin Collection appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 June 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the disputed Baldin Collection, including Cypresses in Starry Night by van Gogh (pictured), was looted from Germany during World War II and is today held by Russia?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Baldin Collection.

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"Chrome boots"

Baldin managed to coax the officer into exchanging it for his chrome boots.

-- What in the world are "chrome boots"?

Fascinating story. Sca (talk) 13:58, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article seems to be missing details on Baldin's later life. What, for example, was the date of his death? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.64.209.102 (talk) 16:00, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and good question - the "chrome boots" are from the source listed, in English, so I wondered what they were exactly too :) I assumed they were army boots with chrome fittings, but just took the phrase as is because they didn't elaborate either. As for Baldin's life details, it would be more appropriate to have that in a separate biographic article on him, with birthdate, place, etc, rather than in this article. -- Ultracobalt (talk) 21:51, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]