WORLD
May 12, 2008 | By Geraldine Baum, Times Staff Writer
In between the trendy decoration shops and smart cafes in the Marais quarter, there is old "auntie." That would be Credit Municipal of Paris, the pawnshop owned and operated by this city since 1777 where Auguste Rodin put up pieces of his sculptures to pay for new tools and Claude Monet had a friend buy back his late wife's beloved medallion so she could wear it in her casket.