Columbian Exposition collectors may be interested in World’s Fair Auction #36, now open for preview. Online bidding closes on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. The auction catalog can be viewed at: http://www.worldsfairauction.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi.

Lots 22 through 59 are items related to the 1893 World’s Fair, and include several products commemorating various building of the White City:

  • a handsome powder jar made of milk glass and featuring a color image of an unusual vista of the Administration Building.
  • a rare Parker Brothers “World’s Fair Picture Puzzle” complete with 23 large jigsaw pieces in original box.
  • a hand-written letter from a visitor on October 19, 1893, on World’s Fair stationary.
  • souvenir match safes, a glass bell, silk ribbons, postcards, and a paperweight.
  • several badges and large assortment of medals, and more.

An Administration Building powder jar. [Photo courtesy of World’s Fair Auction.]

Parker Brothers World’s Fair Picture Puzzle. [Photo courtesy of World’s Fair Auction.]

World’s Fair Auction offers world’s fair and international exposition items, souvenirs, and historical pieces from all fairs held from 1851 to 1992.