Mr. Valenne’s Marine Conservatory

By the 1910s, Valenne had built a discreet but highly lucrative trade supplying rare and exotic marine life to collectors, private aquariums, and certain scientific institutions willing to pay for exclusivity without questions.
With his fortune, he established two residences in a grand Haussmann style in a major continental city.
One serves as his official residence and office, where contracts are signed, correspondence handled, and visitors received under strict formality.
This second house is what made him a legend.