April 22, 2018: World’s Fair Memorabilia Show

The 24th annual World's Fair Memorabilia Show will be held on Sunday, April 22, 2018 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Holiday Inn at 1000 Busse Road (Rt. 83 and Landmeier Rd.) in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Collectors and dealers will meet to buy, sell and trade items related to World's Fairs from 1876 to the present. Although the main focus will be on the 1933/34 Chicago World's Fair, there will also be items from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and other Chicago-related [...]

By |2023-12-17T08:05:42-06:00March 22nd, 2018|Categories: ANTIQUES, EVENTS (past)|Tags: |0 Comments

Model Stock Car from Woman’s Building at Dec. 6 Auction

A beautiful item that was displayed at the 1893 World’s Fair will be coming up for auction on December 6, 2017. Geneva Armstrong's model cattle car (Jackson's Auction) Exhibits in the Woman’s Building showcased the achievements of many women inventors. Among them was Geneva Armstrong, who displayed a model of the railroad stock car she designed and patented, which had an adjustable trough for feeding and watering cattle. Armstrong’s original model is offered as Lot 1155 by [...]

By |2022-03-05T10:03:07-06:00November 12th, 2017|Categories: ANTIQUES|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

C. D. Arnold Gelatin Silver Prints at Nov. 10th Auction

Charles Dudley Arnold served as the official photographer of the 1893 World's Fair. Between 1891 and 1894, he documented the construction of the fairgrounds and operation of the Exposition, capturing spectacular views of architecture, events, and visitors. Some of the most iconic images of the Columbian Exposition came from C. D. Arnold's camera. Sets of his beautiful large-size platinum prints can be found in several library collections, and many of Arnold's photographs are reproduced in Stanley Appelbaum's The Chicago World's Fair [...]

By |2023-08-05T08:32:42-05:00November 4th, 2017|Categories: ANTIQUES|Tags: , |0 Comments

“Little Mary” model sale by Hindman Auctioneers

From time to time, we’ll post descriptions of interesting or unusual Columbian Exposition items for sale or up for auction. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers of Chicago is offering an interesting item related to the 1893 World’s Fair in their Sale 530: “Fine Furniture, Decorative Arts and Silver” on October 16-17, 2017. A golden Statue of the Republic model is item number 707. The item is described as “A Gilt Plaster Model of the Statue of the Republic / after Daniel [...]

By |2022-03-05T09:54:39-06:00October 16th, 2017|Categories: ANTIQUES|Tags: |1 Comment
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