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Auction # 23

Auction Ended: Tuesday - April 8th, 2014 at 10:00 PM EDT

Auction Local Time: Mar 29, 2024 03:44:49 EDT


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Category: 1851 Exhibition of All Nations (1 to 2)

The London Crystal Palace - the First World's Fair
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Peep show or Telescoping view in the original box. The cover has a multicolor picture of the Crystal Palace with people in front of the building with "The Great London Exhibition of Industry 1851." written in English and also written in German and French. When you open it up, it expands to show 4 cut outs of the inside of the building in front of a back picture of the end of the building. When you look down the hole in the center of the cover you see a three dimensional view of the inside of the Crystal Palace. The edge of the box is marked "Great Exhibition (Interior). Size: Closed in the box: 6 5/8" by 6 1/8" by 1" thick. When opened it expands to 27" long. Condition: Very Good. The cover is darkened with paper loss to the edges. The back panel on the inside has a stain in the middle. The box has a tear on the edge where is opens. A very rare toy. $ 300
"The Illustrated Exhibitor", a small magazine that describes in detail the different exhibits at the Crystal Palace. This issue is "No. 2", published on "June 14, 1851" and covers "Fine Arts in the Crystal Palace". 22 pages, numbered 21 to 42. Inside are "The Origins of Expositions" (Describing the first one in 1797) and "The Foreign or Eastern Have. (sic)". There are engravings of Exhibition buildings that predated 1851 and engravings of statues. There is a fold out picture of the "View of the Great Eastern Avenue from the South Transept Gallery." A fabulous reference material of exhibition information predating the Crystal Palace. Size: 6 7/16" wide by 9 5/8" high. Condition: Very Good, there are some stains at the top of the pages, some edge tears (and small pieces missing from edges) and spine wear. $ 210
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